📂 Salads
#Vegetarian
#Traditional
#Gluten-Free
#Comfort Dinner
Warm Green Bean, Potato, and Hard-Boiled Egg Salad
🥗 The all-time classic, nutritious and satiating. Al dente cooked green beans, new potato, and hard-boiled egg, dressed with good extra virgin olive oil.
🛒 Ingredients
- 10.5 oz Green beans
- 2 Medium potatoes
- 2 Free-range eggs
- 1 fl oz EVOO
- Salt and pepper
- Apple cider vinegar (optional)
🥗 The Mediterranean Dinner Par Excellence
Sometimes we forget that the humblest recipes of our gastronomy are also the healthiest. This warm green bean salad is a monument to simplicity. To turn it from a boring dish into a delicious one, the secret is in the cooking: the bean must remain crunchy (al dente) and the potato tender, all crowned with the protein of the egg and the liquid gold of the Mediterranean.
🥔 Why it is exceptionally healthy
- Resistant Starch: By boiling the potato and letting it cool until warm, some of its carbohydrates are transformed into resistant starch, which acts as prebiotic fiber and doesn't make you gain weight.
- Perfect Amino Acid Profile: The boiled egg is the food with the highest biological value, ensuring your muscles receive exactly what they need after the day.
- Intact Vitamins: Green beans are an excellent source of vitamin K and folic acid. Cooking them just the right amount of time prevents the loss of these nutrients.
📝 Step-by-Step Preparation
- Green Preparation: Wash and trim 10.5 oz (300g) of flat or round green beans. If they are very long, cut them in half. Peel and cut 2 medium potatoes (10.5 oz / 300g) into medium chunks (snapping the potato).
- Perfect Cooking: Bring a pot with plenty of salted water to a boil. Add the potatoes first. After 10 minutes, add the green beans and let everything boil together for another 10-12 minutes. The bean should remain somewhat crunchy, not mushy.
- Draining: Drain the vegetables and potato, but do not rinse them with cold water. We want the salad to be served warm, retaining a comforting heat.
- The Protein: While the vegetables are boiling, put 2 free-range eggs in another saucepan with boiling water for 10 minutes. Refresh them in cold water, peel them, and cut them into wedges.
- Assembly: On a large platter, arrange the warm bean and potato mixture. Place the hard-boiled egg wedges on top.
- Liquid Gold: Dress generously with 1 fl oz (30ml) of premium quality EVOO (this is where a good oil stands out), a pinch of flaky salt, black pepper, and optionally, a few drops of apple cider vinegar.
