Best Marinated Bean Salad Recipes

MARINATED GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a pot. Add green beans and cook until just crisp-tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and rinse immediately in cold water.
• Transfer green beans to a large bowl and stir in corn, black beans, tomatoes, celery, bell pepper, and onion.
• Mix apple cider vinegar, sugar, olive oil, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl. Pour over vegetables and stir to coat. Refrigerate, covered, for 4 hours, or up to overnight.

MARINATED BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine beans and peas in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine the next nine ingredients; mix well. Pour over bean mixture and stir well. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours. Add onion rings just before serving. Serve with a slotted spoon.

GREEN BEAN, CORN AND PEA MARINATED SALAD

Steps:

• Drain the green beans, and corn over a colinder, then place in a glass bowl with the cooked peas, green pepper and sliced onions.
• In a saucepan heat sugar, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and garlic powder (if using) bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer stirring continuously ONLY until the sugar dissolves completely (do not boil for a long time).
• Remove from heat and pour over the veggies.
• Refrigerate overnight.

MARINATED POTATO AND GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all dressing ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until well combined.
• Gently boil new potatoes in a saucepan until potatoes are tender. Drain and set aside.
• Steam green beans in a steamer basket until tender.
• Drain under cold water to stop cooking. Set aside.
• Cut warm potatoes into quarters and add all vegetables and potatoes to a medium bowl.
• Pour all the dressing over the potatoes and vegetables and mix gently to combine.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and serve this salad warm or room temperature.
• ENJOY!

MARINATED THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the beans, tomato, onion, celery and peppers. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients; gently stir into bean mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours, stirring occasionally.

MARINATED-ARTICHOKE AND GREEN-BEAN PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a pot of generously salted water according to package directions. Add green beans to pot 4 minutes before end of cooking. Drain; transfer pasta and green beans to a large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil; toss to coat. Let cool slightly.
• Drain artichokes; whisk brine and reserve 1/2 cup. Chop artichokes into 1-inch pieces. Transfer pasta and green beans to a large bowl. Add artichokes and reserved brine, parsley, lemon zest and juice, onion, cheese, and remaining 2 tablespoons oil; toss to combine. Season with salt and red-pepper flakes. Serve room temperature or chilled. Pasta can be made up to 4 hours ahead.

MARINATED BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients in a large bowl; toss.
• Combine sugar and remaining 4 ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pour hot vinegar mixture over bean mixture; stir gently.
• Cover and chill at least 4 hours. Serve with slotted spoon.

MARINATED BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare a large bowl of ice water. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and cook until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and add to the ice water to stop the cooking. Drain and pat very dry. Add to a serving bowl along with the cannellini beans, chickpeas, tomatoes, sliced celery and leaves, red onion, peperoncini, olives and parsley.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, peperoncini brine, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper. Whisk in the olive oil to make a smooth dressing. Pour over the bean mixture and toss well. Season with salt if needed. This salad can be made a day ahead --- the green beans may discolor a bit because of the lemon juice but will taste even better with the longer marination time.

BEAN MEDLEY MARINATED SALAD

Steps:

• Drain all beans and rinse.
• Put in a large bowl.
• Add peppers and onions.
• Mix sugar,vinegar and salad oil.
• Pour over bean mixture and all salt and pepper.
• Toss and chill at least 4 hours.
• Serve and enjoy.

MARINATED VEGETABLE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients. Pour dressing over salad; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Stir before 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.

MARINATED LIMA BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the first 11 ingredients; shake well. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour. , In a serving bowl, combine the lima beans, onion, mushrooms and pimientos. Add dressing and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

MARINATED VEGETABLE AND BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine veggies and beans in large, sealable, container.
• Blend chives, oil, vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt and pepper with immersion blender, or whisk together well.
• Add dressing to veggies, seal container, shake well, and allow to marinate overnight. Shake the container whenever you open the fridge to distribute the marinade.

COLD MARINATED GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add green beans and cook until crisp tender, about 7 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water (or submerge in a bowl of ice water) to stop the cooking process. Transfer to a bowl.
• While the beans are cooling, combine dill, onion, vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Slowly add oil, whisking to combine. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Pour dressing over the green beans, tossing gently to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or up to 3 days before serving.

MARINATED THREE BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in a bowl.
• Chill overnight.
• Toss before serving.

MARINATED CORN AND BLACK BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Place corn in colander and rinse with cool water to thaw. Drain well and place in large bowl.
• Chop (rinsed) green onions finely; add to corn.
• Stir in remaining ingredients; chill until ready to serve.

MARINATED BALSAMIC BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a colander in the sink, add the corn, green beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, and black beans; rinse them well then let drain.
• In a large bowl combine the onion and remaining ingredients and the mixture in the colander and stir to coat.
• Transfer to a container with a cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, stirring or shaking occasionally.
• Note: also good with yellow wax beans and a bit of black olive added - I omit the corn and substitute the yellow wax beans.

MARINATED THREE-BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Drain the canned beans.
• Combine the drained beans, onion and green pepper in a large bowl.
• In a screw top jar combine vinegar, salad oil, sugar and celery seed.
• Cover and shake well.
• Pour vinegar mixture over vegetables and stir lightly.
• Cover and chill for at least 6 hours or overnight, stirring occasionally.
• Drain before serving.
• Quick Three-Bean Salad.
• Prepare bean salad as above, except substitute one 8 oz bottle of italian salad dressing for the vinegar, salad oil, sugar, and celery seed.
• Continue as directed.
• Marinade in refrigerator for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Drain before serving.

MARINATED CUCUMBER AND GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• First make the marinade by whisking together the vinegar, sugar, mustard, pepper. Don't add all the sugar at once: taste it first. We don't like it too acidic, so adjust to your taste.
• Top the washed beans, keep whole, and parboil for 30 seconds if it's the fine, pencil-thin beans. For thicker beans, parboil for a minute. Rinse under cold water. If not very thin, slice them in two along their lengths.
• With a potato peeler, peel ribbons from the cucumber, on all sides, until you reach the inside seeds. Discard the centre seed part. Roll the ribbons roughly.
• Mix the vegetables plus the chopped spring onions in a bowl, and add the marinade and salt. Leave for 10 - 30 minutes, turning a few times.
• Lift the salad out of the marinade (the cucumber will have shed some water too), and leave on a scrunch of kitchen paper just so most of the marinade is absorbed.
• Pile on a plate, add the piquante pepper pieces if using, and sprinkle with coarse black pepper.

MARINATED BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients.
• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and vinegar and bring to a boil.
• Boil for 3 minutes.
• Pour over veggies and toss well.
• Cover and refrigerate until well chilled. I do mine the night before I intend to serve.
• Serve with a slotted spoon.