Cucumber Salad Recipe for Crunchy Cucumbers on Creamy Butter Beans
Our cucumber salad recipe makes a deliciously simple salad of crunchy cucumber spears that are tossed in an easy vinaigrette and fresh herbs, and piled onto a creamy butter bean purée. Full of texture and flavour, and quick to come together, it’s one of our best cucumber salad recipes.
Servings: 4
Calories: 626kcal
Ingredients
- 210 g tin butter beans drained and rinsed
- 2 cloves garlic roughly chopped
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 300 g cucumbers sliced into spears
- 2 tbsp vinaigrette – see recipe
- ½ cup fresh herbs (dill, mint, coriander), roughly chopped
Instructions
- Make the butter bean puree by transferring the drained butter beans, chopped garlic cloves, sea salt, onion powder, and extra virgin olive oil to a blender and blend until you have a fairly smooth consistency.
- Spread the creamy butter bean puree onto a serving plate.
- In a large bowl, toss the cucumbers spears in the vinaigrette so that they’re completely covered in the salad dressing, then toss the fresh herbs in at the last minute just before serving.
- Use tongs to arrange the cucumber spears on the butter bean puree, then pour the rest of the vinaigrette over the cucumbers, garnish with extra herbs if you like, and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 626kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Sodium: 3092mg | Potassium: 1093mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 2887IU | Vitamin C: 54mg | Calcium: 150mg | Iron: 7mg