Chicken and White Bean Salad with Za'atar

Bright, healthy, tasty, beautiful, simple, for every day! Salad with canned white beans, cucumber and chicken is so tasty that you will want to cook it again and again. Zaʼatar seasoning gives it a unique flavor. The longer the salad sits, the tastier it becomes!
cook time: 1h
Elijah Stroud
Chicken and White Bean Salad with Za'atar

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

119
Calories
7g
Fat
7g
Carbs
8g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Canned beans 400 g
Chicken fillet 200 g
Cherry tomatoes 200 g
Feta 100 g
Olive oil 50 ml
cucumbers 1 pc
Lemons 1 pc
Mint 15 pc
Green onions 20 g
Parsley 25 g
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Zaʼatar:

Sesame 1 tsp
Sumac 0.5 tsp
Thyme, thyme 0.5 tsp
Oregano dry 0.5 tsp
Sea salt 0.5 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a salad with white beans, canned cucumber and chicken? This recipe calls for a seasoning called zaʼatar, a mixture of toasted sesame seeds, dried herbs and salt. This seasoning cannot be bought everywhere, but it is absolutely easy to prepare at home. First, toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden brown.

Step 2

Step 2
Mix sesame seeds, sumac, dried herbs (thyme, oregano) and salt. Grind the resulting mixture in a mortar and pestle or grind for a few seconds in a coffee grinder. The result is a fragrant, sour-salty mixture of spices.

Step 3

Step 3
Now prepare the main ingredients for the salad. Drain the liquid from canned white beans and dry the beans. Remove the zest from the lemon and squeeze out the juice.

Step 4

Step 4
First boil the chicken fillet in salted water and cut into small pieces.

Step 5

Step 5
Wash vegetables and herbs and dry. Cut cherry tomatoes in half.

Step 6

Step 6
Cut the cucumber into cubes or quarters. The skin, if it is not rough, damaged or bitter, does not need to be cut off.

Step 7

Step 7
Chop parsley, mint and green onions. At the same time, first pick the mint from the branches so that only tender leaves remain. If you donʼt have mint, fresh basil is an ideal substitute.

Step 8

Step 8
In a bowl, combine white beans, chicken fillet, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and chopped herbs.

Step 9

Step 9
Add olive oil, lemon juice, zest and 1 tbsp. l. Zaʼatara. If desired, add salt, pepper and chili powder. I didn’t add additional salt or pepper to the salad — the za’atar was enough for my taste (the sumac tastes spicy). If you don’t have the opportunity to cook/buy za’atar, you can simply sprinkle the salad with Provençal herbs, salt and pepper.

Step 10

Step 10
Mix everything carefully and let the salad brew for 30 minutes.

Step 11

Step 11
Add crumbled feta before serving. Bon appetit!

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