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Balsamic Three Bean Salad


When you're having a barbecue, the last thing you need is to be stressed out, it's supposed to be fun! For me, one of the best ways to avoid that is to choose a few simple make ahead recipes, like this Balsamic Three Bean Salad.

You start out with some fresh green beans, trimmed and steamed until crisp tender.  Or maybe you don't.  Maybe you pick up a bag of frozen "steam in bag" green beans and no one is the wiser! I'll never tell.  That being said, the one step you do not want to skimp or skip is draining and rinsing the canned beans, trust me on that one!


Using the bottled vinaigrette definitely makes things easy, but you can quickly throw together your own if you aren't a fan of store bought.  The longer this sits the better, I liked it the same day, but I really loved it the next day.


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Balsamic Three Bean Salad

Balsamic Three Bean Salad
Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cans kidney beans (16 ounces each) rinsed and drained
  • 2 cans cannellini beans (15 ounces each) rinsed and drained
  • 4 fresh basil leaves, torn

Instructions

  1. Fill a Dutch oven three-fourths full with water; bring to a boil. Add green beans; cook, uncovered, 3-6 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and immediately drop into ice water. Drain and pat dry.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk vinaigrette, sugar, garlic and salt until sugar is dissolved. Add canned beans and green beans; toss to coat. Refrigerate, covered, at least 4 hours. Stir in basil just before serving.

Notes

Source: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/balsamic-three-bean-salad/

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  1. Family Around the TableMay 23, 2019 at 5:25 PM

    Such a classic dish for any summer gathering. It's always popular when I serve it. This looks delicious.

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  2. Colleen - Faith, Hope, Love , & LuckMay 23, 2019 at 8:09 PM

    I’m always stresses pre-BBQ, so this is pretty much the perfect recipe!!!

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  3. KarenMay 24, 2019 at 1:08 AM

    I love stress free side dishes. This sounds delicious.

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  4. TeriMay 24, 2019 at 2:21 PM

    Perfect for summer get togethers and BBQ's, and it always gets eaten up when served!

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  5. ChrisMay 25, 2019 at 12:39 PM

    I love that you used fresh green beans. They taste like summer to me. This is going on the menu to try this summer.

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