Three bean salad is perfect for summer picnics and potlucks.
Three bean salad is one of those quintessential American summer picnic foods.
It’s comforting, protein-rich, and easy to put together quickly with pantry ingredients.
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What Kind of Beans Go Into a Three Bean Salad?
But I’ve yet to meet a canned green bean I like, so cannellini it is.
In addition to canned cannellini beans, we are using kidney beans and garbanzo beans.
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you might also swap out any of them for cooked green beans, wax beans, or black beans.
(Also, try thisMexican Three Bean Saladif you’d like something a little different!)
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How Do You Dress This Salad?
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Olive oil is key to the dressing and will coagulate when chilled.
So to serve, remove the bean salad from the refrigerator and let it come close to room temperature.
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Three Bean Salad
Prep the onion first.
Add the dressing to the beans.
Let come to close to room temperature to serve.
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