Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

---

This recipe is easy to make, and delicious as hell (depending on your beliefs). Today we're making a tomato salad with my twist from Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook.

🔪 My Essentials
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: amzn.to/3ZEgYr3
My Favorite Knife: amzn.to/3PZ6eAi
My Apron (other colors available): amzn.to/45uQOZr
Please note as an Amazon Associate I earn (a rather small percent 😅) from qualifying purchases through these links. Thank you!

💜 Support me and get a shoutout! - ko-fi.com/mitchmai
⭐️ Subscribe: youtube.com/channel/UCej3
🎵 TikTok: tiktok.com/@mitchmoves1?
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/mitch.mai/?

📚 Chapters
00:00 - Anthony Bourdain's Tomato Salad With My Twist
01:11 - My Variation... BREAD
03:59 - Plating And Tasting

🍎 Ingredients
• 2 lb / 900 g heirloom tomatoes , cored and cut into wedges
• coarse sea salt, freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 medium onion or large shallot, very thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove , slightly crushed
• 1/4 cup / 56 ml extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 Tbsp / 28 ml balsamic vinegar
• 1-2 sprigs fresh basil, leaves only

My Variation Includes:
• handful of baby arugula
• 1-2 Tbs. / 15 g capers
• large croutons
• juice of ½ a lemon

🫕 Equipment
• 2 colanders
• wooden salad bowl

#anthonybourdain #tomatosalad #italianfood