Three bean salad is the most basic of the bean salad recipes. This little gem of a salad is often overlooked by people who spend hours searching for the exotic. A little trick I use sometimes is to add a handful of roasted peanuts just before serving to add some crunch. This isn’t cheating because the peanut is a bean and not a nut.
Ingredients
1 16 oz can (450 grams) green beans
1 16 oz can (450 grams) kidney beans
1 16 oz can (450 grams) wax beans
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper (capsicum)
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup vinegar
1/2 cup salad oil
1/4 tsp black ground pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped red onion
Roasted peanuts (optional)
Instructions
Drain the three kinds of beans and place them in a bowl.
Add all ingredients except the onion.
Mix well and chill several hours.
Add peanuts (optional) and onion before serving.
Adjust quantities to suit the number of people being served.
Three Bean Salad
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz can 450 grams green beans
- 1 16 oz can 450 grams kidney beans
- 1 16 oz can 450 grams wax beans
- 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper capsicum
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup vinegar
- 1/2 cup salad oil
- 1/4 tsp black ground pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- Roasted peanuts optional
Instructions
- Drain the three kinds of beans and place them in a bowl.
- Add all ingredients except the onion.
- Mix well and chill several hours.
- Add peanuts (optional) and onion before serving.
- Adjust quantities to suit the number of people being served.
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