Market Lunch · Warm Bean Salad
Salade Liégeoise
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It's served warm, not cold — the green beans and bacon are tossed together straight from the pan, unusual for a dish called a 'salad.'
Green beans and boiled potatoes are tossed with crisp bacon lardons, onions cooked in the bacon fat, and a sharp vinegar dressing, served warm as a quick lunch at Liège market stalls and brasseries.
Why it's made this way: The combination reflects Wallonia's farmhouse habit of building a full meal around whatever vegetables were in the garden, dressed with bacon fat and vinegar rather than oil.
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