Vetted Recipes

Shirazi Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 medium spring onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1 pound Persian, Armenian, lemon, or English hothouse cucumbers, peeled, leaving alternating strips of peel, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 garlic clove, finely grated
  • 2-3 large heirloom tomatoes, sliced
  • 6 small red tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 2 pints small cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1/2 cup fresh lime juice, divided
  • 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
  • 1/2 bunch chives, cut into 1" pieces
  • 1/4 bunch dill with tender stems and blossoms, cut into 1" pieces
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves with tender stems
  • 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves with tender stems
  • 1/4 cup fresh tarragon leaves

Instructions

  1. Combine spring onion and vinegar in a small bowl; let sit 20 minutes. Drain.
  2. Toss spring onion, cucumbers, garlic, all tomatoes, 1/4 cup lime juice, and 2 tablespoons oil in a large bowl; season with salt and pepper and toss gently with hands to coat. Transfer salad to a platter, reserving bowl.
  3. Add herbs and remaining 1/4 cup lime juice and 2 tablespoons oil to reserved bowl; season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Mound herb mixture over salad.

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