Green Bean Salad

Green Bean Salad

Green Beans Salad

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is an easy green bean salad which serves as an excellent side for your meals. It is fresh and tasty and the toasted almonds gives it some crunch. It can be dressed up or down, depending on the occasion or your mood. This is one salad you will make over and over again.

INGREDIENTS

(1) About 400 Grams Green Beans

(2) 1/4 Cup Sliced almonds

(3) 1 Small Shallot

(4) 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

(5) Salt and Pepper to Taste

(6) Goat Cheese and Roasted Garlic (Optional Toppings)

Green Beans

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROCEDURE:

(1) Chop off top and tail from green beans.

Trim

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Bring water to boil in a sauce pan and blanch beans for a couple of minutes. You want them to still have some crunch. Take off heat after 2 minutes and shock beans in cold water to stop cooking process and keep color. This next step is optional but creates a larger surface area for the seasoning: tear beans into two to expose the interior.

Tear

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) Toast almonds for a couple of minutes or till slightly brown. Please do not ignore the almonds. It is an essential part of this recipe. Toasting them adds a lot of flavor to the salad. Trust me.

(4) Mince shallot finely.

(5) In a salad bowl, combine green beans, almonds and shallot. Drizzle olive oil over beans, season with salt and pepper and toss salad.

mix

 

 

 

 

 

 

This salad can be served as a side with some meat or vegetables. Try it with some Mashed Potatoes (Recipe here). You can make it more interesting by adding some goat cheese and roasted garlic to the mix. Enjoy.

Potato and Beans

Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.

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6 comments on “Green Bean Salad
  1. Mimi says:

    Hi Terry,

    would like to know if you made/cooked all the food displayed on your blog

    thank you

  2. khulthum says:

    Hi Terry, how do you toast the nuts(almond or any other type)?

  3. Daniel says:

    Hi Terry,

    is there any other way to stop the green beans from decolouring apart from the cold water?

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