{{short description|Mediterranean kind of soup}} {{Infobox food | name = Fasolada | image = Fasolada.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = | alternate_name = Fasoulada, fasoulia | region = Greece, Cyprus | creator = | course = | type = Soup | served = | main_ingredient = Dry white beans, olive oil, vegetables and herbs | variations = | calories = | other = }} '''Fasolada''' ({{langx|el|φασολάδα}}) or '''fasoulada''' ({{langx|el|φασουλάδα}}) is a Greek and Cypriot soup of dry white beans, olive oil, and vegetables. It is sometimes called the "national food of the Greeks".<ref>{{cite book|title=Λεξικό της κοινής Νεοελληνικής|language=el|date=1998|author=Collective Work|location=Athens|publisher=Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation)|isbn=978-960-231-085-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://users.sch.gr/galexiad/files/lexika/babiniotis.pdf|title=Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας|language=el|date=2002|location=Athens|publisher=Lexicology Center EPE|first=Georgios|last=Babiniotis|author-link=Georgios Babiniotis|edition=2nd|pages=2031|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718055726/https://users.sch.gr/galexiad/files/lexika/babiniotis.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> Fasolada is made by simmering beans with tomatoes and other vegetables such as carrots, onion, parsley, thyme, celery, and bay leaf. Lima beans are sometimes used instead of white beans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/fasolada|title=Fasolada |publisher=TasteAtlas|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114185621/https://www.tasteatlas.com/fasolada |archive-date=14 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntagh/fasolada-vinteo/119011/|title=Fasolada soup (video)|first=Nena|last=Ismyrnoglou|language=el|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525195101/https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntagh/fasolada-vinteo/119011/|archive-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> Recipes vary considerably, often including meat and olive oil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntages/fasolada-ola-ta-mystika-kai-13-lachtaristes-syntages/55435/|title=Fasolada soup: All the secrets and 13 delicious recipes|language=el|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528122719/https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntages/fasolada-ola-ta-mystika-kai-13-lachtaristes-syntages/55435/ |archive-date=28 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntagh/fasolada-paradosiaki/97211/|title=Traditional fasolada soup|language=el|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228152419/https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntagh/fasolada-paradosiaki/97211/ |archive-date=28 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntagh/fasolada-klasiki-paradosiaki/244518/|title=Classic and traditional fasolada soup|language=el|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510211909/https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntagh/fasolada-klasiki-paradosiaki/244518/|archive-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>
== History ==
Its counterparts are Italian ''fagiolata'', the Portuguese and Brazilian ''feijoada'', Bosnian ''grah'', Romanian ''fasole'', Albanian ''fasule'', and Spanish ''fabada''. A similar dish in Turkish cuisine is called ''kuru fasulye''. The Arabic version is called fasoulia ({{langx|ar|فاصوليا}}) and is found in Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kurdistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntages/fasolada-me-polloys-tropoys-21-syntages-axeperastis-nostimias/250534/|title=Fasolada in many ways: 21 recipes|language=el|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240301134129/https://www.gastronomos.gr/syntages/fasolada-me-polloys-tropoys-21-syntages-axeperastis-nostimias/250534/|archive-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
==See also== * Gigandes plaki * Arab cuisine * Greek cuisine * List of bean soups * List of legume dishes * List of soups * {{portal-inline|Food}}
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