Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Green Bean Salad with Egg Topping

The "green salad"or "garden salad is most often composed of  leafy vegetables such as lettuce varieties, or spinach. Due to their low caloric density, green salads are a common diet food. The salad leaves may be cut or torn into bite-sized fragments and tossed together.
Green salads including leaf lettuces are generally served with a dressing, as well as various garnishes such as nuts, and sometimes with the addition of meat, pasta, cheese, eggs, or whole grains.




INGREDIENTS
  • 675 gm green beans
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 2 tbsp butter 
  • 1 cup white breadcrumbs 
  • 4 tbsp chopped parsley 
  • 1 egg-hard boiled and shelled
  • salt to taste 
METHOD: 
Bring a large pan of salted water to a boil. Add the beans and cook for 6 minutes.
Drain well and toss the beans in olive oil and allow it to cool. Heat the butter in a large frying pan and add the breadcrumbs and fry until they turn golden. Remove the pan from the heat and add the chopped parsley and then grate in the egg. . The salad can be prepared in advance and then chilled until needed. 

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