Rice Free Turkish Shepherd's Salad
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. Ripe tomatoes, cool cucumber, crisp green bell pepper, and sharp red onion come together in a bowl that's as refreshing as it is colorful. The dressing is nothing more than good olive oil, fresh lemon juice, and a pinch of sumac — that tangy, brick-red spice that gives the whole thing a subtle citrusy depth you won't get from anything else. Fresh parsley and optional mint keep it bright and herbaceous right up until the last bite. Because every single ingredient here is naturally grain-free, there's no substituting or second-guessing — just straightforward, wholesome produce doing exactly what it's supposed to do. Serve it immediately after tossing so the vegetables hold their satisfying crunch, and don't be surprised if it disappears before anything else on the table does.
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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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