CHEF Jim Botsacos created this variation on the popular island bean salad, which is traditionally served with a lemon vinaigrette and topped with chopped scallions or thin onion rings. He adds a little chopped garlic and diced tomatoes and dresses the beans with a thin lemony mayonnaise flavored with chopped capers.
You can serve this bean salad as a side dish or as a meze. Chef Botsacos pairs it with his garlic-scented crab cak