Mediterranean Lima Beans Summer Salad

Delicious, fresh summer salad made with jumbo lima beans, bell peppers, red onions etc. In Albania these beans are called fasule pllaqi.

Course Salad

Cuisine Albanian, Mediterranean

Keyword Albanian Food, Albanian Salad, Butter Beans Salad, Lima Beans, Lima Beans Salad, Mediterranean Food

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Chilling time 1

Servings people

Calories 337kcal

Author Sonila

14 ozs dry lima beans (white)
0.5 red bell pepper
0.5 green bell pepper
3 tbsps sliced red onions
0.5 cup seedless kalamata olives I slice them in half because of choking hazard with my toddler. Otherwise, you don't need to cut them.
5 tbsps olive oil
3 tbsps red wine vinegar
1 tsp salt add salt to taste, so adjust accordingly
3 tbsps freshly chopped parsley

Clean the beans from any broken beans, remove stones or impurities. Rinse. Let soak overnight covered in water, room temperature.
Rinse the beans, put them in Instant Pot, cover them in water. Cook on high setting for 45 minutes. Let the IP steam release slowly before you open the lead. Drain the beans and let cook for few minutes.
Start chopping the bell peppers, onions, parsley and slice the olives. Put onion in cool water to remove the strong smell.
Several of the beans might have a layer or transparent skin separated from the actual bean, you can manually remove that. But you don't need to peel all of them, just the ones with visible separation.
Place beans in a shallow salad bowl. Add bell peppers, olives, red onion (after you drain it). Sprinkle salt to taste, pour olive oil and red wine vinegar. Mix or toss carefully so you don't break the beans. Cover with transparent food wrap, place in refrigerator for about an hour so the whole salad marinates in oil/vinegar. Add fresh parsley as decoration on top before serving. Serve chilled.