Legume Free Turkish Shepherd's Salad

Total time15 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time0 min

4.5

(18)

This vibrant chopped salad is a staple of Turkish home cooking, and once you taste it, you'll understand why it shows up on tables at nearly every meal. Juicy ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumber, and sweet green bell pepper are diced fine and tossed with red onion and fresh parsley, creating a bowl that's as colorful as it is refreshing. A simple dressing of extra-virgin olive oil and fresh lemon juice ties everything together, while a pinch of sumac adds that distinctive tangy, slightly floral note that makes this salad taste unmistakably like the real thing. Optional fresh mint folded in at the end takes the brightness up another level. Because the whole dish is built entirely from fresh vegetables, herbs, and pantry staples, there's nothing here that sneaks in legumes — no chickpeas, no lentils, no hidden bean-based fillers. It's naturally, effortlessly free of all that without any substitutions required. Serve it immediately so everything stays crisp and the dressing doesn't turn the vegetables soggy.

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Ingredients

4 servings

4 medium ripe tomatoes, seeded and cut into ¼-inch dice
2 persian cucumbers (or 1 english cucumber), cut into ¼-inch dice
1 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into ¼-inch dice
½ small red onion, finely diced
½ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
½ tsp sumac
½ tsp salt, or to taste
¼ tsp black pepper, or to taste
2 tbsp fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped (optional)

Instructions

1
Combine the diced tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and parsley in a large mixing bowl.
2
Drizzle the olive oil and lemon juice over the vegetables, then sprinkle with the sumac, salt, and black pepper.

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