Five Bean Salad

Submitted by carlanna livingstone

"I am the third generation using this wonderful recipe. It is soooo simple and delicious. Its not overly oily like most are. Overnight chilling time not included in preparation time."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 salad
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can green beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can wax beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
• 1 onion, chopped (I add the next day about an hour before serving, other wise it seems too strong)
• 1 green pepper, chopped (my grandmother's recipe calls for this but we never put it in as we don't care for it)
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 cup vinegar
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 -2 teaspoon celery seed

directions

1. Drain all the beans and combine in a large bowl.
2. Heat (but do not boil) (I do it in the microwave for about 1 minute) vegetable oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, dry mustard, and celery seed.
3. Mix with bean mix and let stand overnight.
4. Add onion/pepper about an hour before serving.

Reviews

[Kenneth C.]

This Five Bean Salad is just like my Grand Aunts version which brought back childhood memories of my family holidays from over 60 years ago, but this version is sweet as was my Grand Aunt Pearl’s version. However for a more modern taste, I substituted Butter Beans for the Lima Beans (I like them, but most don't). Also, I added 1/2 each diced red pepper and green pepper, 1 diced serrano chili (adjust per your taste), 1/2 diced cucumber, 8 cloves diced garlic, and 1/2 bunch chopped parsley. To boost the flavor profile, I infused the oil with a 1/2 tsp. each garlic powder, onion powder and dried basil, combined with the 1 tsp. each salt, black pepper, dry mustard and the celery seeds. As for the Sugar, I used brown sugar (to add a little carmel to the flavor profile) for half the adjusted (1/3 to 1/2 cup) sugar in this recipe.

 

[Boyz 5]

This is my "go-to" recipe whenever I crave bean salad!....What I have done so that it's easy to remember,I use 1/2 a cup of each the oil,vinegar and sugar and 1 teaspoon each of the salt,pepper,mustard and celery seed....I omit the green pepper and if I happen to have lima beans on hand,I'll add them otherwise I omit them....Today I've decided to omit the onion as well;However it's all good!....A good basic recipe....Thanks for posting!

 

[Miri G]

A great salad, it disappeared very quickly :-) Thanks for posting. Following other reviews used less than a quarter cup of sugar, also used only 1/4 cup of oil and that worked well for us.

 

[martinejkd]

A wonderful recipe, just like my grandmother made. But watch the sugar! 3/4 C is very very sweet...1/3 to 1/2 C works for my family. Using fresh green and wax beans cooked to just crisp puts a lot of summer into it. No leftovers with this salad.

 

[Rug Lady]

Great recipe. Took it to a church dinner, and it disappeared so fast that I didn't get any. Good thing I tasted it at home!!