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Liège Salade

Belgium

A cornerstone of Liège cooking, eaten year-round as a starter or light lunch.

Warm Liège-style salad of green beans and potatoes dressed with a hot bacon-and-vinegar dressing — hearty Belgian simplicity at its best.

Authentic Belgium Liège Salade recipe
Prep
15 mins
Cook
20 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
460 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

500ggreen beans, trimmed
400gsmall potatoes, boiled
200gsmoked bacon lardons
3 tbspwhite wine vinegar
1 tspDijon mustard
1shallot, finely chopped
fresh parsleyto garnish

Method

1

Boil green beans until tender. Drain.

2

Fry lardons until crispy. Remove, keeping the fat.

3

Add shallot to the fat. Cook 1 minute. Add vinegar and mustard. Whisk.

4

Toss warm beans and potatoes in the dressing.

5

Top with lardons and parsley. Serve warm.

Chef's Tip

The salad must be served warm — the dressing is meant to be hot when it coats the beans.

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