Bean Salad Recipes

Bean Salad Recipes

There are probably more bean salad recipes that haven't been invented yet as opposed to those that have.

These salads are often called 3,4,5,or 7 bean.
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The beauty of these dishes is that you can just keep adding stuff until you have enough to fill your bowl.

The list of ingredients is endless for all the versions you could make. The usual recipes call for 3-7 different types of beans, usually canned, some oil/vinegar dressing, some veggies and spices.

I'm going to show you a simple one to start with, using a can of 6-bean variety rather than one can of each bean. This is a great way to get a good variety of beans without having to make a giant salad.

Ingredients:

1 can mixed beans
Olive oil(about1/3cup)
Balsamic vinegar(about 50/50 with oil)
1-2 slices red onion
1/4 orange pepper
1 celery stick
1/2-1 clove garlic
Oregano-1 pinch
Basel-1-pinch
1/4 cup sugar(optional)

Drain can of beans and put in large bowl

Chop vegetables, mince garlic and mix with beans

Mix oil and vinegar with oregano and basel. The oil/vinegar should be about 50/50 but mix it to your preference.

Add dressing to bowl, stir and marinate in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight. Drain dressing and transfer salad to a smaller bowl. If you prefer a stronger flavour just keep the salad in the dressing until it's eaten.

bean salad

Finished mixed bean salad ready to eat.

Here's a list of many of the popular different ingredients you can use for this type of salad. Just mix and match your favorite ingredients for totally unique bean salad recipes.

BEANS
Here are the most popular bean-types for salads:
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Garbonzo
Black
Red
Red Kidney
White kidney
Black eyed peas
Green
Waxed
Great Northern
Lima

DRESSINGS

1-Salad oils:

Olive
Sesame
Canola
Safflower
Any other Vegatable/cooking oil will do.

2-Vinegars:

White
Balsamic
Cider
Any wine or flavoured vinegar will add its own unique flavour.

3-Other:

Lemon juice
Lime juice
Hot sauce-lots to choose from there.
Sugar
Molasses

4-Spices:
These spices are quite popular, try any others you like as well.

Basel
Ground mustard
Cumin
Garlic powder/salt
oregano
Thyme

VEGETABLES