White bean salad

Chicken salad with fruit

• 400 GRAM WHITE BEANS, cooked
• 1 ONION, chopped
• 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
• 100 GRAM CHORIZO, cubed
• HANDFUL PARSLEY, chopped
• HANDFUL MINT, chopped
• 2 TBSP OLIVE OIL
• 2 TBSP VINEGAR

• 300 GRAM CHICKEN BREAST, in strips
• 200 GRAM PAPAYA, cubed
• 1 MANGO, peeled and cubed
• 150 GRAM GRAPES, halved
• 75 GRAM WALNUTS, chopped
• 3 TBSP ORANGE JUICE
• 2 TBSP VINEGAR
• 1 TBSP MAYONNAISE
• 1 TSP MUSTARD

Stir fry the onion and garlic 5 minutes and allow them to cool down. Beat for the dressing the oil with the vinegar and pepper and salt to taste. Mix the beans with the onions, the chorizo, the parsley and the mint and pour the dressing on top. Toss before serving.

Worldcook is a big bean salad lover. See also recipes for white bean salad from the Dominican Republic and vegan bean salad.

This is a recipe from Galicia (province of Spain). 25 July is Día Nacional de Galicia. It has been celebrated since  1979 as it is the day of Sint James, patron saint of Galicia and its capital, Santiago de Compostela. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and history.

Stir, for the dressing, the orange juice together with the vinegar, the mayonnaise and the mustard. Stir fry the chicken 20 minutes and allow it to cool down. Put the chicken, the papaya, the mango, the grapes and the walnuts in a salad bowl and pour the dressing on top. Toss the salad before serving.