Winter Bean Salad with Fennel and Clementines

Turn a humble can of beans into this impressive salad. It's already a main dish, but you can make it heartier by adding seared salmon or sizzled shrimp.

Winter Bean Salad with Fennel and Clementines
Photo: Blaine Moats
Total Time:
20 mins
Servings:
4

Ingredients

  • 4 - 5 clementines

  • 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar

  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

  • Pinch sugar

  • 2 ½ tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

  • 1 15 ounce can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

  • 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

  • 3 cups arugula

  • ¾ cup thinly sliced fennel bulb

  • cup thinly sliced red onion

Directions

  1. Remove 1 teaspoon zest from clementines. Peel clementines; cut crosswise into 1/4-inch rounds.

  2. In a medium bowl, combine zest, vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, and sugar; whisk in oil.

  3. Add beans and parsley to bowl; toss. Use a slotted spoon to transfer bean mixture to four plates. Add arugula, fennel bulb and red onion to the bowl; toss well. Divide arugula mixture and clementine rounds among plates with beans.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

215 Calories
9g Fat
30g Carbs
7g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 4
Calories 215
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 9g 12%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 400mg 17%
Total Carbohydrate 30g 11%
Total Sugars 10g
Protein 7g
Vitamin C 73mg 367%
Calcium 158mg 12%
Iron 4mg 20%
Potassium 643mg 14%
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