Traditional Three Bean Salad

Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This traditional three bean salad tosses green beans, wax beans, and kidney beans together with a warm vinaigrette dressing and is marinated overnight for maximum flavor.

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) can green beans, drained
1 (16 ounce) can yellow wax beans, drained
1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 (4 ounce) jar chopped pimento peppers, drained
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients.
2 Mix green beans, yellow wax beans, kidney beans, onion, celery, green bell pepper, and pimento peppers in a bowl.
3 Combine vinegar, oil, sugar, salt, and pepper in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
4 Remove saucepan from burner and pour dressing over bean mixture; toss to coat. Refrigerate until flavors blend, 8 hours to overnight.