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    Kidney Bean Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing

    Published: Mar 16, 2017 Β· Modified: Dec 21, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Kidney beans makes a nourishing salad which can be served with all kinds of other dishes. Feel free to double the vinaigrette if you prefer more dressing and your salad juicy.
    Total Time: 15 minutes
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    4 servings
    5 from 5 votes
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    Kidney Bean Salad

    Kidney bean salad is a lovely nourishing and delicious high protein bean salad, which I prepare with a homemade vinaigrette dressing.

    Red Kidney beans are a wonderful healthy source of protein which you shouldn't miss incorporating into your diet.

    Learn how to make this vegan bean salad from scratch further below and get the recipe + video!

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    • πŸ₯£ How to make Kidney Bean Salad with Vinaigrette? [VIDEO]
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    • πŸ‘οΈ More high protein lentil and bean recipes:
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    πŸ“• What are Kidney beans and how to use kidney beans?

    These wonderful, kidney shaped, dark red/brown beans with little specks on them are a common sight all over the world.

    I love turning these red healthy beans into a kidney bean salad.

    So good with a French mustard vinaigrette dressing!

    Kidney beans can be used in stews, wraps, curries and even salads, such as in the kidney beans salad.

    I think so I even saw some sweet mashed kidney bean recipes.

    So, actually, it's a very versatile and tasty bean variety.

    My only issue with kidney beans was getting them cooked.

    You have to soak kidney beans before even thinking of cooking them.

    Because of that, I would forget to soak them and the bag of kidney beans would just be waiting for me at the back of my pantry cupboard.

    Also, to cook kidney beans soft you absolutely need a pressure cooker!

    There is no point of cooking kidney beans in a normal pot for more than 2 hours.

    It's a waste of time, electricity/gas and the uncertainty if they are done is way too high.

    To get it right with kidney beans, you need to soak them at least for 10 hours.

    So keeping them the previous night to soak in water to use for the next day, is a smart meal prepping step.

    Then you just need to pressure cook for 30 minutes and the kidney beans will be done.

    Kidney Bean Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing

    If you do this (cooking your own kidney beans), you will understand why using kidney beans can be so easy and you will never need to go back to canned beans again, which by the way rarely comes close to the taste of home-cooked kidney beans.

    Once the beans are cooked you can add them to any dish preparation and most of those dishes won't take you more than 20 minutes to prepare them from scratch.

    So you have tasty home-cooked food, which is nutritious and in the case of today's high protein bean salad, on top of that even easy to put together and it's completely vegan

    πŸ₯£ How to make Kidney Bean Salad with Vinaigrette? [VIDEO]

    Kidney bean salad Dietary details:

    1. Gluten-free
    2. Low -Carb
    3. Vegan
    4. with whole unprocessed organic ingredients. I use these quality red kidney beans, the farmers get proper market value.

    🧰 Things you can need to make this kidney bean salad:

    • Instant Pot (electronic pressure cooker) - quick to cook the kidney beans and lentils soft
    • Pantry Storage containers to store your dried kidney beans and lentils
    • Salad Dressing Shaker

    πŸ‘οΈ More high protein lentil and bean recipes:

    • How to sprout mung beans
    • Moroccan lentil and chickpea soup
    • Masoor Dal Recipe

    Kidney Bean Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing

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    Kidney Bean Salad

    Kidney Bean Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing

    Kidney beans makes a nourishing salad which can be served with all kinds of other dishes. Feel free to double the vinaigrette if you prefer more dressing and your salad juicy.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: French
    how to make kidney bean salad, kidney bean salad
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 260kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    For the salad:

    • 1 Cucumber diced
    • 2 Tomato diced
    • Β½ medium Onion
    • 3 cups Kidney Beans = 200 grams or 1 cup dry raw

    For the Vinaigrette Dressing:

    • 1 Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
    • Β½ Teaspoon Salt
    • ΒΌ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
    • 1 Tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
    • 2 Tablespoon Oil
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    Instructions

    • Prepare your veggies. Peel your cucumber if necessary (some cucumber types have a bitter flavor) and cut into dice- like size. Do the same with your clean tomato. Peel and cut your onion small too. Place all the ingredients into a bowl.
    • Kidney beans should be soaked previously for 10-12 hours and then cooked for 3-4 whistles in the pressure cooker. Strain from water and let cool. Mix into the vegetables.
    • Prepare the dressing by mixing the mustard paste with the salt, pepper and vinegar first. Then add the oil and mix it well. I like to use a shaker to blend the ingredients well together. You can double the vinaigrette dressing too if you want a more juicy salad.
    • Pour the vinaigrette over the mixed salad and serve cold.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Kidney Bean Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 260 Calories from Fat 72
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 8g12%
    Saturated Fat 1g5%
    Sodium 341mg14%
    Potassium 803mg23%
    Carbohydrates 36g12%
    Fiber 11g44%
    Sugar 4g4%
    Protein 13g26%
    Vitamin A 565IU11%
    Vitamin C 13.4mg16%
    Calcium 57mg6%
    Iron 4.3mg24%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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