Best Butter Bean Salad Recipes

BUTTER BEAN & TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Tip all the ingredients into a bowl with some salt and pepper and mix well. Cover and leave at room temperature until ready to serve. This salad can happily be made the day before and chilled.
• On the day, bring the salad to room temperature and give it a good stir before serving.

BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the beans, peppers, onion and garlic. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour over bean mixture and toss to coat. Chill until serving.

MARINATED GREEN BEAN AND BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath. Cook green beans in boiling salted water, just until bright green and tender, about 5 minutes. Reserving the cooking liquid, remove beans with a large slotted spoon; transfer to ice-water bath to stop the cooking. Transfer beans to a colander. Cook butter beans in the boiling cooking liquid, just until tender, 5 minutes if frozen. Strain; place under cold, running water to stop cooking. Set aside.
• Make vinaigrette: In a medium bowl, combine vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper to taste, and minced shallot. Whisk in olive oil until vinaigrette is creamy. Whisk in tarragon and parsley.
• In a large bowl, toss green beans until well coated with about three-quarters of the vinaigrette. In a large bowl or on a platter, arrange the green beans in an even layer. Sprinkle the reserved butter beans over the top. Drizzle the remaining vinaigrette over the beans. Garnish with tarragon and parsley. Serve at room temperature.

BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Toss to coat beans and vegetables evenly in dressing.

SUMMER BUTTER BEAN SALAD WITH HOT SAUCE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For the hot sauce vinaigrette: Put the hot sauce, vinegar, honey, mustard, garlic, oil and salt and pepper to taste in a lidded jar. Seal the jar and shake to combine. Set aside.
• For the salad: In a large bowl, combine the butter beans, corn kernels, cucumber, red onion, tomatoes and basil. Toss to combine. Start by adding 1/2 cup vinaigrette and gently stir to combine. Add more vinaigrette as desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

BUTTER BEAN TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the beans, tomatoes, onion, yellow squash, zucchini and cilantro. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Drizzle over salad; gently toss to coat. Cover and chill until serving.

FAVA AND BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the fava beans and cook until skins are translucent and easy to pull away, about 6 minutes. Transfer beans with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice water; cool to room temperature, 1 to 2 minutes. Squeeze each bean at one end to remove the bean from it's skin; discard skins and reserve beans.
• Whisk lemon juice, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl; slowly whisk 2 tablespoons olive oil into lemon juice mixture until dressing is thick and emulsified.
• Stir fava beans, butter beans, roasted red peppers, and mint into dressing; toss to coat beans completely. Drizzle remaining olive oil over the top and season salad with salt and black pepper. Cover and refrigerate until flavors blend, at least 1 hour.

FENNEL AND BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine butter beans, fennel, and scallions in a bowl.
• Whisk lemon juice, olive oil, dill, honey, salt, pepper, and garlic together in a separate bowl. Pour dressing over the bean mixture; toss together to coat.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving, or up to 1 day.

EASY SUMMER "MEXICAN" BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Add garlic, oil, cumin, cayenne, lime juice, pepper and salt to large mixing bowl.
• Wisk well.
• Add all other ingredients.
• Mix well to coat all ingredients with the dressing.
• Cover.
• Refrigerate until chilled.
• Stir well before serving. Serve cold.

GREEK BUTTER-BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Roughly chop one of the tomatoes and place in a liquidizer with half the mint and garlic and whizz until smooth.
• Add the lemon juice and the live oil and some salt and pepper and whizz again to make a smooth dressing.
• Cut the remaining tomatoes into wedges and toss with the butter beans, olives, red onions, feta and dressing.
• Transfer to serving plates, scatter over the reserved mint and serve with warm pitta bread.

BUTTER BEAN & CHILLI TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Drain and rinse the butter beans and place in a mixing bowl. Chop the tomatoes and add to the beans. Place the chilli, basil (reserving a few small leaves) garlic, olive oil and vinegar in the small bowl of a food processor then whizz until smooth. Add to the tomatoes and beans, season and mix. Serve scattered with a few small leaves.

SMOKED MACKEREL, COURGETTE & BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Toss everything together in a salad bowl, taste and adjust for seasoning, then serve.

CHILLED BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Chill.
• Enjoy.

BUTTER BEAN, CUCUMBER & RADISH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, garlic, parsley, mint, lemon juice and zest and olive oil with some seasoning to make a dressing.
• Add butter beans, radishes and cucumber then mix the dressing through the salad.

BUTTER BEAN, GRILLED COURGETTE, ROAST RED PEPPER & CHORIZO SALAD

Steps:

• Heat grill to high. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the chorizo and cook for 7-9 mins, until it is cooked through and has released its oil. Take chorizo out of the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside. Reduce heat, whisk in vinegar, then remove pan from heat.
• Put the pepper on a baking sheet, cut-side down then grill for 3-4 mins, or until the skin blisters and starts to turn black. Put the pepper in a bowl and cover with cling film. Once it is cool, peel off the skin, remove the seeds and then tear the pepper into strips.
• Cook peas and broad beans in boiling salted water for 1-2 mins, then tip into a big bowl of ice cold water to keep their bright green colour. Drain and set aside.
• Heat a griddle pan until hot. Brush the courgettes with a little bit of olive oil, then cook on both sides for 1-2 mins until just tender but not soft.
• Add the butter beans and rest of the ingredients to the pan with the dressing. Add the lemon juice and seasoning and gently toss everything together.

BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Toss to coat beans and vegetables evenly in dressing.

WARM CHICKEN AND BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the beans, roasted peppers, pickles, celery, parsley and lemon zest and juice in a large bowl.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and thyme, then scatter the red onion and red pepper flakes around the pan. Cook until the chicken is browned on the bottom and the onion is soft, about 4 minutes. Turn the chicken, add 1/4 cup water, cover the skillet and reduce the heat to low. Continue cooking until the chicken is cooked through, 5 to 8 more minutes. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board; discard the thyme. Add the cooked onion to the bean mixture.
• Thinly slice the chicken against the grain and add to the bean mixture. Add the greens and toss to combine.
• Per serving: Calories 499; Fat 16 g (Saturated 3 g); Cholesterol 99 mg; Sodium 1,384 mg; Carbohydrate 36 g; Fiber 6 g; Protein 47 g

HOT BUTTER BEAN SALAD WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a small frying pan, then soften the garlic for 1 min. Tip in the beans and briefly warm in the garlicky oil. Turn off the heat, then stir in the lemon zest and juice, the parsley and some seasoning. Serve warm.

CHICKPEA, BACON AND BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix together the yoghurt, lemon juice, garlic, parsley and pepper. Set aside.
• Divide the spinach between the two plates.
• Fry the bacon until it's almost done, then add the beans and yoghurt mixture. Keep stirring so it doesn't stick or burn and keep on the heat until everything is hot through.
• Spoon the mixture over the spinach leaves and stir.

BUTTER BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix mustard, oil and lemon juice until well blended; set aside.
• Combine remaining ingredients in large bowl. Add mustard mixture; toss to coat. Cover.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.