Runner Bean Salad
This simple runner bean salad recipe is a delicious runner bean recipe. Having a healthy green bean salad in the fridge will encourage you to eat more veggies, and there's plenty of suggestions for variations if you've got a glut of runner beans.
Ingredients
- 300 g runner beans
- 1 small clove of garlic very finely chopped or crushed
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Preparing the beans
- Top and tail the beans, and cut or peel a thin sliver from each side of the bean. This will ensure there are no stringy bits, if your beans are very young you can skip this step.
- Slice each bean thinly into strips about 2-3mm wide. Cut the strips into lengths about 8cm. To save time, you could just cut the beans diagonally into diamond shapes.
Cooking runner beans
- Place the beans in a pan and cover with boiling water. Bring up to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and drain well.
Dressing
- Add the olive oil, vinegar, finely crushed garlic and a generous pinch of seasoning to a lidded jar. Screw the lid on firmly and shake well until mixed and emulsified.
- Pour the dressing over the beans and mix well.
- Serve warm or cold.
Notes
- Make sure that you drain the beans very well so that the dressing doesn't become diluted and watery.
- Ensure that the garlic is very finely crushed or chopped - you don't want to end up with large pieces of raw garlic! For a more mild garlic flavour, you can soak the chopped garlic in a teaspoon of lemon juice for a few minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 115kcalCarbohydrates: 5.6gProtein: 1.4gFat: 10.6gSaturated Fat: 1.5gFiber: 2.6gSugar: 1.1g
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