Spanish Green Bean Salad
photo by Bayhill
- Ready In:
- 16mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 2 lbs green beans, trim ends and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 ounces red bell peppers, roasted, skinned and diced (in the USA, you can buy this in a jar as pimiento)
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil (or more)
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (white vinegar is also okay)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2 small red onion, minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped finely
- 1 -2 teaspoon sugar (depending on your sweet tooth)
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- shredded lettuce, to serve
directions
- Cook beans in the microwave for 6-7 minutes until crisp-tender. Or you can cook in a pan with a small amount of boiling water.
- Put the next 9 ingredients (dressing) in a jar with a lid. Cover and shake well.
- Pour dressing over beans, stir well and refrigerate (I usually put this all in a container with a tight-fitting lid and shake the dickens out of it).
- Serve over shredded lettuce -- at whatever temperature you prefer. It takes at least an hour for this to come to room temperature after being in the fridge.
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Reviews
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I bought a large bag of fresh beans on special from the supermarket and made this recipe twice with them.<br/>So quick and easy to make, I served it chilled and the family loved this. The left overs were taken for lunches and were just as good next day.<br/>An easy salad I will be making during summer again and again. I am even going to plant beans next season for this recipe. Thanks Peggy.
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*Made for Australia/NZ Swap #61* THIS is a winner, Peggy ! I had picked up a 1/2 pound bag of haricot vert, in the steam-in-bag and decided to prepare this for our side with pasta. Had no red onion, but that's OK, mixed remaining ingredients (had pear infused white balsamic), and poured the mixture over the hot beans when they came out of the microwave. Just let them sit on the counter for about an hour, and served them room temperature -- no lettuce. We ate the WHOLE thing -- enthusiastically ! Next time I will steam less than 3 minutes, and add no sugar. This will be the next contribution to a pitch-in party ! Many thanks for posting --( maybe even for next Thanksgiving !)
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