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Shirazi Salad

Name: Shirazi Salad
Cuisine: persian
Ingredients: 1 medium spring onion, thinly sliced; 1/4 cup red wine vinegar; 1 pound Persian, Armenian, lemon, or English hothouse cucumbers, peeled, leaving alternating strips of peel, cut into bite-size pieces; 1 garlic clove, finely grated; 2-3 large heirloom tomatoes, sliced; 6 small red tomatoes, cut into wedges; 2 pints small cherry tomatoes, halved; 1/2 cup fresh lime juice, divided; 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided; Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; 1/2 bunch chives, cut into 1" pieces; 1/4 bunch dill with tender stems and blossoms, cut into 1" pieces; 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves with tender stems; 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves with tender stems; 1/4 cup fresh tarragon leaves

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Combine spring onion and vinegar in a small bowl; let sit 20 minutes. Drain.
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Toss spring onion, cucumbers, garlic, all tomatoes, 1/4 cup lime juice, and 2 tablespoons oil in a large bowl; season with salt and pepper and toss gently with hands to coat. Transfer salad to a platter, reserving bowl.
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Add herbs and remaining 1/4 cup lime juice and 2 tablespoons oil to reserved bowl; season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Mound herb mixture over salad.

Recipes sourced from Epicurious.com.

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