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French Green Bean Salad Recipe
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French Green Bean Salad Recipe

Fresh green bean salad with a homemade vinaigrette dressing. This is a classic French side dish salad recipe.

Prep Time
7 mins
Cook Time
7 mins
Total Time
14 mins
Servings: 2 small Portions
Calories: 150 kcal
Course: Salad
Cuisine: French

Ingredients

For the Bean Salad:
  • 8 ounces green beans
  • 2 small shallot
  • water to boil beans
  • salt to boil beans
  • water to stop the boiling process, ice
For the Dressing:
  • 2 Teaspoons Dijon mustard *see Note
  • 2 Teaspoons vinegar *see Note
  • ¼ Teaspoon salt
  • pinch black pepper ground
  • 1 ½ Tablespoon neutral cooking oil see Note, generic cooking oil

Instructions

For the Bean Salad:
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  1. Prepare your green beans by cutting off both ends. Rinse your beans and keep aside.
  2. Slice shallots and keep aside.
  3. Keep a pan with salt water to boil and once the water boils place the green beans into the water.
  4. Boil green beans for 5–7 minutes, or until they are cooked but still crunchy. That way they will remain green too and won't overcook and get mushy.
  5. Quickly place cooked beans into a bowl prepared with ice water to stop the cooking process.
  6. Strain cooked beans and pat dry.
For the Dressing:
  1. Prepare your vinaigrette dressing. Place the mustard with the vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix the content well with a fork.
  2. Next, pour in the oil. Beat the dressing until the ingredients are well incorporated.
Assemble Salad:
  1. Add sliced shallots to the green beans in a serving bowl. Briefly mix together.
  2. Pour the vinaigrette over the green beans and serve at room temperature or cooled.

Notes

  • Use a French Dijon mustard. You can use wholegrain mustard as seen in the post or the ground classic Dijon mustard. Further options: Green Pepper Mustard and fruity red colored black currant wholegrain mustard. These are all Dijon mustard flavor variations.
  • For the Vinegar use something like white wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar or regular distilled white vinegar
  • For the oil, use plain sunflower oil or canola oil or vegetable oil.
  • Pick raw green beans which are tight, dark green young and slim. The older, the more fibrous the green beans get.

Nutrition Information

Serving 188g Calories 150kcal (8%) Carbohydrates 12g (4%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 11g (17%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g (18%) Monounsaturated Fat 7g (35%) Trans Fat 0.04g (2%) Sodium 356mg (15%) Potassium 330mg (7%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 6g (12%) Vitamin A 787IU (16%) Vitamin C 16mg (18%) Calcium 55mg (6%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2 small Portions

Amount Per Serving

Calories 150

% Daily Value*

Serving 188g
Calories 150kcal 8%
Carbohydrates 12g 4%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g 18%
Monounsaturated Fat 7g 35%
Trans Fat 0.04g 2%
Sodium 356mg 15%
Potassium 330mg 7%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 6g 12%
Vitamin A 787IU 16%
Vitamin C 16mg 18%
Calcium 55mg 6%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.