Five-bean salad

Name: Five-bean salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 9 min
Yield: Serves: 6–8 as a side dish
Ingredients: 150 g French beans; 200 g tin red kidney beans; 200 g chickpeas; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise; 200 g butter beans; 200 g black eyed beans; ½ red onion finely chopped; 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; salt and pepper

Preparation info

Serves:
6–8
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

There are so many pulses and beans available in tins that you will be spoilt for choice of what to put into this salad.

Ingredients

150 g French beans
200 g tin red kidney beans
200 g

Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Trim and cut the French beans in half. Cook in boiling water for 3–4 minutes until tender. Drain under cold, running water.
Mix the mayonnaise, mustard, sugar, vinegar and chopped onion and season with salt and pepper.
Put all the tinned beans into a colander and wash well to remove all the juices. Add the cooked French and tinned beans to the mayonna