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Bulgur salad with iceberg lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 1 onion(s)
  • ½ cucumber(s)
  • ½ head of iceberg lettuce
  • 3 m.-large tomato(s)
  • 1 lemon(s)
  • 1 cup bulgur, fine
  • Chili flakes (pulbiber)
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp paprika paste
  • Water

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Pour boiling water over the bulgur in a glass or metal bowl and let it swell slightly. Finely dice the onion and sauté in the olive oil until translucent. Add the tomato puree and paprika puree and heat through. Mix with the bulgur. Cut the iceberg lettuce into fine strips, wash it, and spin it dry in a salad spinner. Wash the cucumber, halve it lengthwise, scrape out the seeds with a small spoon, and dice the cucumber. Wash the tomatoes and also dice them. Mix the iceberg lettuce, cucumber cubes, and tomato cubes into the bulgur. Finally, season the salad with Pulbiber and add lemon juice just before serving.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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