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French bean salad with vinaigrette

A very simple recipe for a salad of green (or yellow) French beans: The beans are boiled first, then thoroughly drained and served mixed with herbs, chopped shallot and a good vinaigrette (french dressing).

40K 24 4.2

Last modified on: October 27^th 2016

Keywords for this recipe:Salad Simple Green beans French dressing Vinaigrette

For 6 people, you will need:

1 750 g green beans
2 coarse salt
3 1 shallot
4 3 tablespoons herbs of your choice
5 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 895 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
28 min.	7 min.	35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

French bean salad with vinaigrette : Photo of step #1

Prepare and rinse 750 g green beans.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

French bean salad with vinaigrette : Photo of step #2

It isn't essential, but the beans are much more pleasant to eat and cook more rapidly if they are cut up.

Stage 3 - 7 min.

French bean salad with vinaigrette : Photo of step #3

Tip the beans into a large pan of boiling salted water and cook until tender.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

French bean salad with vinaigrette : Photo of step #4

Drain them...

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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..and dry thoroughly (you can also use a salad spinner for this).

It is most important for the beans to be "dry", otherwise they will release water once in the salad bowl and ruin the vinaigrette.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

French bean salad with vinaigrette : Photo of step #6

Prepare 1 shallot and chop finely.

Chop the herbs (parsley shown here).

Stage 7 - 1 min.

French bean salad with vinaigrette : Photo of step #7

Put the beans, shallot and and herbs into a salad bowl...

Stage 8 - 2 min.

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...add 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette), mix well and it's ready.

Remarks

A variant is to mix in the beans while they are still hot (well drained, of course) for a delicious warm brean salad.

Keeping

A few hours in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
794 Kcal or 3,324 Kj	19 gr	58 gr	54 gr
40 %	7 %	5 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
89 Kcal or 373 Kj	2 gr	7 gr	6 gr
4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
132 Kcal or 553 Kj	3 gr	10 gr	9 gr
7 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 9.58 €
Per person : 1.60 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green beans with tomatoes, Grandma's salad, Minestrone, Macédoine of vegetables, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Herb salad, Warm lentil salad, Raw green asparagus salad, Bistro-style cabbage salad, Polish-style beetroot salad, ... All
	Herbs of your choice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tabbouleh, Tender tuna, Avocado with gravlax, Chicken and avocado bagels, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dipping bread with cheese, Pan con tomate, Pasta with mushrooms, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Chinese Soup, ... All

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