Marinated Bean Salad
Okay, this bean salad has many names –
and they usually include the number of bean types incorporated into the
recipe. My thinking is if you like the
bean/pea/legume at all – include it. If you do not like it – leave it out. If
you have to make this for a large gathering – use one can of each of MANY items
even if you are not keen on them because you won’t taste them with all the
other goods going on anyway!
This item is seen on many salad bars and usually does NOT taste that good. Either it is not made with enough of the good stuff (salt, sugar, vinegar and etc.) or it has actually been made but only right before it hit the bar. No marinating happened. No flavors soaked in. No fun to waste stomach space with.
This bad boy is EASY as hell. You do
not have to understand physics, chemistry, baking, or why the chicken crossed
the road. You just mix, chill and go.
If you are on a bit of a budget, and
you need to take a dish to a gathering of say 5 or more people, buy the store
brands of the ingredients, mix it up when you have time a day or two earlier
and watch people be impressed with your COOKING ABILITY!
If you are only serving maybe 3-6
people, only use maybe 4 of the canned ingredients. If you are serving more,
add a can of something per every 2 people expected. If you add canned goods, make a little more
of the marinade. If you love this, make more using more cans because you have
about a week or so to eat it. I stuff my
face with it at night when I am too lazy to make anything.
This is the easiest thing to make -
and it is SOOOO good IF you let it marinade a day or even two. It simply gets
better as it sits. THAT, my friends, is the key!
Marinated Bean Salad
1 can cut green (or French) beans
1 can bean sprouts
1 can lima beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can shoepeg corn
1 can baby corn ears
1 can garbonzos
Ok, pretty much put in 3 or 4 cans of whatever you like up there…
1 onion cut up
1 green pepper cut up
1 cup oil (light olive, corn, etc)
1 cup vinegar (white)
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup sugar
Mix oil, vinegar, sugar and salt. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
Drain veggies and put everything in a large container (big enough to hold this nightmare)
Pour liquid over veggies.
Marinade AT LEAST 24 hours. Stir occasionally. This gets better as it sits. So, again, this can be made a day or two early instead of rushing the last minute!
Keep refrigerated after mixing...
Marinated Bean Salad
1 can cut green (or French) beans
1 can bean sprouts
1 can lima beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can shoepeg corn
1 can baby corn ears
1 can garbonzos
Ok, pretty much put in 3 or 4 cans of whatever you like up there…
1 onion cut up
1 green pepper cut up
1 cup oil (light olive, corn, etc)
1 cup vinegar (white)
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup sugar
Mix oil, vinegar, sugar and salt. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
Drain veggies and put everything in a large container (big enough to hold this nightmare)
Pour liquid over veggies.
Marinade AT LEAST 24 hours. Stir occasionally. This gets better as it sits. So, again, this can be made a day or two early instead of rushing the last minute!
Keep refrigerated after mixing...
Okay – the disclaimer? Yeah, the fine print…
This will make you a gassy gopher
baby! So, if you have to live with any of
the people eating this – make them sleep in the guest room…
For some reason the email of this hit my Inbox "empty". Nothing in that critter but a white page, so I had to zip over here to read. I hadn't thought of doing sprouts of any kind, but I like the idea! I always add water chestnuts and bamboo shoots for extra crunch factor, because I leave out the onions (allergic to them) and the peppers (just don't like them). Then I make the marinade w/ whatever I have on hand and spice the patooties out of it! I hadn't ever thought of adding sugar, though, so I learned two things w/ this one!
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With the liquid portion of this salad, you can basically do anything! Little baby corns, garbanzo beans, any bell peppers, peas. The sprouts are great - but definitely AFTER 24+ hours! French cut green beans are yum quickly! Much more fun than regular cut beans.
ReplyDeleteButter beans, sliced beets, water chestnuts, bamboo... If it is canned, that means it is already cooked and you can use it!
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