Spicy Turkish Tomato Salad

Name: Spicy Turkish Tomato Salad
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon Aleppo pepper, 1 tablespoon Turkish pepper paste (see Note), or 1 to 2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes; 2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon Aleppo pepper, 1 tablespoon Turkish pepper paste (see Note), or 1 to 2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes; 1 tablespoon Aleppo pepper, 1 tablespoon Turkish pepper paste (see Note), or 1 to 2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes; 1 to 2 hot green peppers, such as horn peppers or jalapeños, seeded and cut into fine dice (for a hotter salad, leave the seeds in); ¼ cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 to 2 hot green peppers, such as horn peppers or jalapeños, seeded and cut into fine dice (for a hotter salad, leave the seeds in); 1 to 2 hot green peppers, such as horn peppers or jalapeños, seeded and cut into fine dice (for a hotter salad, leave the seeds in); 2 luscious, red ripe tomatoes, cut into ¼-inch dice, with their juices; ½ small sweet onion, cut into fine dice (about ¼ cup); 2 luscious, red ripe tomatoes, cut into ¼-inch dice, with their juices

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

About

Tomato salads like this one accompany grilled meats throughout Turkey—you could think of them as Turkish salsa. Here’s the salad Usta serves with his lamb burgers.

Ingredients

2 luscious, red ripe tomatoes, cut into ¼-inch dice, with their juices
½ small sweet onion, cut into fine dice (about ¼ cup)
1 to 2

Asia
Turkey
Raw
Vegan
Spicy
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Place the tomatoes, onion, hot pepper(s), parsley, Aleppo pepper, oil, and lemon juice in a nonreactive mixing bowl. Toss to mix, then season the tomato salad with salt and black pepper to taste.