Warm Butter Bean Salad With Roasted Bell Peppers and Pili Pili Oil | VegNews

Ingredients

• For the Pili Pili Oil:
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 2 (2-inch) thyme sprigs
• 2 (2-inch) rosemary sprigs
• 9 small fresh bird’s-eye or Thai chilis
• 1 cup olive oil
• For the salad:
• 1 pound dried large white lima beans, soaked in water and 3 tablespoons salt overnight
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 large yellow onion, half diced, half left intact
• 5 garlic cloves, 3 cut in half, 2 minced
• 1 dried red chili pepper
• 1½ teaspoons salt, divided, plus more as needed
• 2 large red bell peppers
• 2 large yellow bell peppers
• 2 large orange bell peppers
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons Pili Pili Oil, plus more for drizzling
• ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
• 12 loosely packed cups baby arugula, washed and spun dry
• 1 lemon, halved
• ¼ teaspoon flaky sea salt, for finishing