With four different types of beans, red onion, celery, and a vinegar dressing, this bean salad is delicious and simple to make. It was a gift from my neighbor’s acquaintance years ago.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 day |
| Total Time: | 1 day 20 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 6 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 medium red onion, chopped
- 1 (4 ounce) jar pimento peppers, drained and chopped
- 1 (14 ounce) can cut green beans
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can yellow wax beans
- 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans
- 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the white sugar, vinegar, and vegetable oil. Stir in the celery, green pepper, red onion and pimentos. Pour the green beans, wax beans, lima beans and kidney beans into a colander, and rinse under cold water. Let drain for a few minutes, then stir into the bowl with the rest of the salad. Store in a large jar in the refrigerator, and shake or turn occasionally for 1 day to marinate. If you do not have a sealed container, simply stir the salad every few hours. This keeps for about a week, but will be gone sooner.
Reviews
Just cooked as is and it’s great!
Tastes like it should! Hubby asks for it. Make mine simple, just beans, onions and dressing. Tastes like Mom made it.
I hate bean salad….until I made this one! This is a keeper and so easy to throw together. The onions, celery, bell pepper, and pimento really add a nice touch. Plus, I bought pimentos that were already chopped so I just had to drain them. I don’t like onions so I added half and that was enough for my liking. I was also intimidated by the amount of sugar to add so I added 1/2 cup and then a little more from there. Altogether I didn’t have more than 3/4 cup of sugar and that was enough for me. Everything else was perfect!
AWESOME salad! Having to watch my fats, sodium, and spices so this was a wonderful find. Made it last night and just had some for breakfast! Paired it with a little bow-tie pasta with garlic and enjoyed a quick meal for the first time in weeks!
I kinda made it my own…. 1 can of chic peas, 1 can of green beans, 1 can of kidney, 1 can of black, pimentos, can of diced chillis, 1 can of diced tomatoes, jar of artichokes, onion, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, 1/4 of olive oil, some italian seasoning…not bad, a good way to clean out your cupboards
I had to make a few adjustments because I live in Argentina now and the food variety is not as great. I basically just picked 4 different types of beans, whatever I could get. I had to skipe the pimiento peppers too. I used red wine vinegar and less sugar and it still turned out really tasty! I don’t eat much meat so this is a great way to get protein and a perfect summer dish.
Well ! My husband just couldn’t eat it. My 1.5 year old and I could eat a little and now I have the entire amount in the refrigerator. I don’t know what to do.
I’m glad I tried this salad and it turned out excellent. However, for $4.88 I can buy a big jar of 4 bean salad at Sam’s Club – half the cost of the ingredients to make this recipe.
Used black eyed peas, kidney and green beans as I did’t have any of the others. Was delicious. Can’t wait to make again.
I never thought I’d like bean salad! This was great – although I didn’t use quite as much sugar (about 1/2 cup) and I used a little more vegetable oil (again, about 1/2 cup). I wonder what it would be like with balsamic or red wine vinegar? Thanks.
I cut this recipe in half, added carrots, corn, and cucumbers. I also added celery seed to my dressing/ brine, and heated it on the stove to dissolve the sugar so it wasn’t granular. My sister in law loved and so did I, and normally I HATE bean salads.
This is great