Green Bean Salad

  4.4 – 57 reviews  • Green Bean Salad Recipes

On a steamy summer day, this marinated green bean salad is fantastic.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Additional Time: 4 hrs
Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  1. 1 (15 ounce) can green beans, drained
  2. 1 (15 ounce) can peas, drained
  3. 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
  4. 1 (4 ounce) jar pimentos
  5. 1 onion, chopped
  6. 4 stalks celery, chopped
  7. 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  8. ½ cup vegetable oil
  9. 1 cup distilled white vinegar
  10. 1 cup white sugar
  11. 1 teaspoon salt
  12. 2 tablespoons water

Instructions

  1. Combine green beans, peas, corn, pimentos, onion, celery, and bell pepper in a large bowl.
  2. In a small bowl, mix together oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, and water. Pour over vegetables and stir to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

Reviews

Carlos Tucker
This is now one of my favorite salads! It’s a great way to get vegetables into my diet. I end up making it about once a month now. Great flavor!
Vicki Turner
There is too much dressing for amount of salad. I also agree that frozen veggies would be better than can. I could not find pimentos at the grocery store so subbed 1/2 fresh red peppers with roasted red peppers.
Joel Miller
This was fantastic! I really loved it. They only things I did differently were to use green onions, red pepper i/o pimento, and frozen peas i/o canned. It had only sat about 2 1/2 hours before we sat down to eat, but oh Yum! Still great the next day. There was an awful lot of liquid after our first meal with it, so added a can of kidney beans. Still pretty liquedy the next day, but hey, that’s why they invented slotted spoons! I prefer this over regular 3 bean salads. Maybe it’s the combo of colorful veggies that make it so good, or a little different dressing than a 3 bean. Great way to have a lot of veggies! Thanks for this keeper.
Kristi Smith
LOVE this, I did add kidney beans and garbonza beans to the mix. This makes alot, but we managed to eat it all within the week.:) Looking forward to making it for company this summer.
Justin Green
My family loves this dish. It’s super simple to make.
Larry White
This is very good! But being a woman I had to change a few things, I only use 1/2 cup sugar(and next time I make it I am going to use sweetner have to watch my sugar) and I use blanched frozen peas
Nicholas Hernandez
This is a fantastic summer salad, with a few modifications (yielding a 5-star rating). I used all organics vegs (canned), just 2 T oil, perhaps 1/4 c white balsamic vinegar, and a sprinkle of Stevia, completely eliminating the need for white (yikes!) sugar, and no water. I can’t stop eating it!
Cynthia Joseph
the dressing was too bold. very stark vinegar and sugar. hardly tasted the veggies.
Lisa Lawrence
Awesome recipe Patsy! I used parboiled fresh veggies and added a diced roasted red pepper instead of the green pepper. (I roasted the red pepper on top of the burner on a gas stove and removed the blackened skin under cold running water.) I also heated the dressing in a sauce pan to dissolve the sugar. Yummy! A keeper.
Dr. Daniel Bell Jr.
Great sweet and sour type salad! I wouldn’t recommend using the canned peas, they are mushy enough even before marinating. I used frozen peas straight out of the bag, no need to thaw. I prefer yellow or red peppers over green, so that’s what I used. I would make this again, it’s quick and easy to throw together.
Lindsey Castro
This should be like what I ate before and it was very good
Alexis Anderson
This salad is very refreshing. I used all frozen veggies and it turned out perfectly!
Andrea Wilkinson
Excellent. Left out the peas and was just great. Will be a repeat for sure.
Gabrielle Hernandez
This recipe has been in my family for years and everyone likes it. The only difference is that I would advise using La Soeur Petite peas and french cut green beens. This is a great dish for cook outs , picnic and potlucks! The longer it sits the better!!
Jamie Pratt
Very tasty…did not add pimentos because I didn’t have any. I reduced the sugar some but it could easily be reduced by half in not more without affecting the taste.
Cody Reed
ok salad, maybe I was hoping it would taste more like a marinated salad I get from Dixie Cafe. Too vinegary
Penny Blair
Although I made some changes, this is a spectacular tasting salad! First, I used 1 1/2 cups each of frozen green beans & corn instead of canned (one reviewer asked if they should be cooked first – no, simply put into a strainer, run under water and toss into bowl. This keeps them crisp!) I also added a can of 5 bean medley (Unico brand), didn’t use pimentos, used red pepper instead of green, 1/2 cup of sugar instead of 1 cup and 2 tbsp of onion powder instead of onion because my husband can’t eat onions. What a great tasting salad for summer! Thanks so much!
Kyle Jenkins
This tasted OK but it looked horrible. I made it just as stated in recipe (only halfing dressing) and it just looked ugly. I will not make this again unless I use all fresh veggies.
Wayne Yates
I didn’t give it 5 stars because I didn’t follow the recipe. Instead of making my own dressing for the salad, I just used Italian dressing and it was delicious!!! I used 1 can green beans, 1 can corn, 4 small celery stalks chopped up, about 1/2 cup of chopped carrots, and 1/2 an onion chopped up. I then mixed it with about 1/2 cup of Italian dressing. Everyone loved it!!!
Valerie Cox
I was able to use garden fresh green beans from my father, as well as some various peppers he had grown in his garden, it was a big hit with the in-law family, so it’s a keeper!
Kevin Allen
I’m sorry but we didn’t like this at all. It was WAY too sweet and we weren’t a fan of the sweet/vinegary concoction.

 

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