Crunchy Beans
HB-6801 · Hand-built original
Haricots verts, radishes, onion and cucumber are served over a lemony yogurt dressing and crowned with chickpeas roasted until deeply crisp, plus a dusting of sumac.
Main ingredient: style
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup plain whole-milk yogurt (not Greek-style)
- 3 Tbsp. mayonnaise
- Zest of 1 Meyer lemon
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (15½-oz.) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt
- Ancho chile powder (optional)
- 1 bunch radishes
- ½ small white onion
- 1 English or regular cucumber
- ¾ pound haricots verts
- Kosher salt
- Ground sumac
Method
- Whisk the whole-milk yogurt and mayonnaise in a small bowl with the Meyer lemon zest and grated garlic, then season this dressing with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Heat the oven to 425°F with a rimmed baking sheet inside it, while you spread the drained, rinsed chickpeas on towels and pat them very dry.
- Tip the hot sheet out of the oven, add a few tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil and the chickpeas, season them well with kosher salt and a few pinches of ancho chile powder if you are using it, and roast for about 20 minutes, tossing once, until deep golden brown and crisp.
- Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil and set up a bowl of ice water beside the stove.
- Shave the radishes and the white onion on a mandoline straight into the ice water and leave them for about 10 minutes to crisp, slice the cucumber thinly on a diagonal, and snip the tops off the haricots verts.
- Boil the haricots verts for about 2 minutes, just long enough to lose their rawness, then move them directly into the ice water with the radishes and onion.
- Drain all the vegetables and dry them thoroughly on clean towels, then tumble the radishes, onion, cucumber and haricots verts together on a serving platter.
- Drizzle the yogurt dressing over the vegetables, pile the roasted chickpeas on top and finish the salad with a good sprinkle of ground sumac.
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data