Two-bean Tuna Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 100 g green beans, trimmed and halved
• 1 small red onion
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1 small red chile, seeded and finely diced
• 1 (400 g) can butter beans or 1 (400 g) can cannellini beans
• 1 tomato, cored and chopped
• 200 g tuna in olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
• 1 boston lettuce
• 2 slices brown bread
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
• butter
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 put the green beans in a pan of boiling water for one minute.
• 2 drain and immediately splash with cold water to stop the cooking process.
• 3 finely slice the red onion, then put in a large bowl and squeeze over the lemon juice.
• 4 drain and rinse the butter or cannellini beans, then throw them into the bowl with the green beans, chilli and tomato.
• 5 splash with three tablespoons of the olive oil from the tuna.
• 6 season with salt and pepper and toss until well mixed.
• 7 break the tuna in chunks and scatter it over the top, then finish with the parsley.
• 8 arrange the lettuce on two dinner plates, to make a nest for the salad.
• 9 divide the salad between the two plates, garnish with the egg and serve with buttered bread.