Dressed Three Bean Salad Food

CLASSIC THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• For the salad: Heat a large pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil. Season generously with salt. Add the green beans and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until tender, but still have a slight crunch. Drain in a colander and rinse well under cold water until cool. Chop into 1-inch pieces.
• For the dressing: In a large bowl, whisk to combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper.
• Add the cooled green beans, cannellini beans, kidney beans, celery, red onion, and parsley to the bowl with the dressing. Toss well to combine and serve.

DRESSED THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all beans, onions and green pepper.
• Heat all dressing ingredients until dissolved and pour over vegetables.
• Let stand 24 hours.
• Stir occasionally.

THREE BEAN SALAD WITH BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Drain the soaked black and red beans separately in a strainer. In two medium saucepans, bring 5 cups of water (2 1/2 cups in each) to a boil. Add the black beans to one pot and the red beans to another, reduce the heat under both to medium, and simmer for about 45 minutes, until the beans are tender but not soft.
• Drain the beans separately in a colander and set aside, covered. Bring the remaining 3 cups of lightly salted water to a boil in one of the saucepans, and fill a large bowl with cold water and add several ice cubes to it. Cook the string beans for 3 to 4 minutes, depending on their size, until they are tender but still bright green.
• Immediately drain them and plunge them into the ice water to retain their green color. Drain and dry on paper towels.
• In a medium heavy skillet cook the bacon strips over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and drain briefly on paper towels.
• In a small bowl, measure 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat and whisk it together with the remaining ingredients (except lemon wedges).
• In a large serving bowl, combine all the beans and drizzle the dressing over. Toss gently just to coat all the ingredients evenly, crumble the bacon over the top and serve while still slightly warm, Garnish with lemon wedges.

DRESSING FOR THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in small saucepan and bring to a boil to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool slightly and pour over beans/veggie mixture.

THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Set up a large bowl of ice water. Add the fresh beans to the boiling water, and cook until crisp-tender, about 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and plunge the beans into the ice water to stop the cooking and set their color. Drain.
• In a medium bowl, combine the beans and the onion. In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, vinegar, oil, and salt to a simmer. Pour the liquid over the beans. Marinate the beans at room temperature for 1 hour, tossing several times. Just before serving, season with salt and pepper to taste, add the parsley. Serve.

TRADITIONAL THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix green beans, yellow wax beans, kidney beans, onion, celery, green bell pepper, and pimento peppers in a bowl.
• Combine vinegar, oil, sugar, salt, and pepper in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from burner and pour dressing over bean mixture; toss to coat. Refrigerate until flavors blend, 8 hours to overnight.

OLD-FASHIONED THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together green beans, wax beans, kidney beans, onion, sugar, vinegar, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Let set in refrigerator for at least 12 hours.

THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients.
• Stir.
• Add the remaining ingredients to the mixture and chill overnight.

THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Cook green beans till tender.
• Drain canned beans and rinse.
• Toss beans with onion and pepper.
• Combine the oil with remaining ingredients and pour over the beans.
• Chill at least 4 hours before serving.
• Flavor improves with marinating overnight or longer.

THREE BEAN SALAD WITH SWEET AND SOUR APRICOT DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine apricot preserves, vinegar, and celery seed in medium salad bowl.
• Add the kidney beans, green and yellow beans, and onion; toss well to combine.
• Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

GARDEN FRESH THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Boil green and yellow beans together in salted water for about 10-12 miutes.
• Add the lima beans and cook another 2 minutes.
• Drain and set in a serving bowl.
• Whisk together salt, pepper, a pinch of sugar, olive oil, onions,garlic, lemon juice, and parsley.
• Combine dressing and beans and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Season again with salt& pepper if needed and serve.