Cold Green Bean Salad with French Mustard Vinaigrette Dressing
A cold green bean salad flavored with a homemade french mustard vinaigrette dressing. The dressing is easy to prepare in less than 2 minutes. See serving suggestion in the post. Usually, a small quantity is served per Person with a meal, that means about 100 grams of green beans per Person (calories calculated according to this)
Servings: 1 Servings
Calories: 291kcal
Ingredients
For the Beam Salad:
- 7 ounces Green Beans
- 2 small Shallot
For the Dressing:
- 2 Teaspoons Dijon Mustard *see Note
- 2 Teaspoons Vinegar
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- pinch Black Pepper
- 1 ½ Tablespoon Oil
Instructions
- First, prepare your green beans by cutting off both ends. Wash your beans and keep aside.
- Keep a pot with water to boil and once the water boils place the green beans into the water.
- Cook green beans for 6-7 minutes exactly or until they are cooked but still crunchy. That way they will remain green too and won't overcook and get mushy which doesn't look too appetizing.
- Then take the green beans from the heat once ready and place in a bowl with ice water. That way you stop the cooking process and the beans will cool down fast. Keep for 2-3 minutes in the ice water then strain the green beans from the water. Keep aside.
- Then prepare your vinaigrette. Place the mustard with the vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix the content well with a fork.
- Next, pour in the oil. Beat the dressing until the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Pour the vinaigrette over the green beans and serve cold.
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Notes
- Use a French Mustard Paste, the Dijon variation. You can use wholegrain mustard as seen in the post or the ground classic dijon mustard. Further options: Green Pepper Mustard and fruity red colored black currant wholegrain mustard.
- For the Vinegar use something like apple cider, white vinegar or even rice vinegar.
- For the oil use plain sunflower oil or oilseed rape. Use Extra virgin olive oil only with lemon juice (instead of vinegar)
- Pick raw green beans which are tight, dark green young and slim. The older the more fibrous the green beans get.
Nutrition
Serving: 188g | Calories: 291kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 712mg | Potassium: 585mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1370IU | Vitamin C: 28.2mg | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 2.6mg