2 Terrific Salad Sides: 3 Bean Salad And Potato Salad With Sweet Red Pepper And Onion

Serves: 2

Shirley Senger

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

47

Sweetness

55

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1

Salt

2 tsps

Sugar

Directions:

1

Place red potatoes in a pot and cover with water

2

Place pot on stove, cover and bring to a boil

3

Liberally salt water with coarse salt

4

Place a colander over boiling pot

5

Take your first ingredient from the bean salad, 1/2 pound cut fresh green beans, and place them in the colander

6

Cover the colander with pot lid

7

Steam beans 5 minutes while potatoes boil below

8

Remove beans and cold shock under running water

9

Drain green beans and set aside

10

When the potatoes are just tender, about 12 minutes, remove from heat, turn off burner, drain potatoes and cold shock them under running water until just cool enough to handle

11

Coarsely chop potatoes and return them to the warm pot

12

Add peppers, onions, mint, parsley and vinegar to the pot

13

Toss to allow the vinegar to absorb into the potatoes

14

Add oil and stir the potatoes until they mash up a bit and salad has a spoonable consistency

15

Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and transfer to a serving bowl

16

In a bowl, combine mustard, sugar and vinegar

17

Whisk in oil

18

Add kidney beans, garbanzo beans, green beans and parsley to the bowl and toss to coat bean salad evenly with dressing

19

Season salad with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve