Traditional Three Bean Salad

Description

This is my mother-in-law Roberta Cormia’s recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) can green beans, drained
  • 1 (16 ounce) can yellow wax beans, drained
  • 1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
  • 1 (4 ounce) jar chopped pimento peppers, drained
  • ½ cup vinegar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Mix green beans
  2. yellow wax beans
  3. kidney beans
  4. onion
  5. celery
  6. green bell pepper
  7. and pimento peppers in a bowl.
  8. Combine vinegar
  9. oil
  10. sugar
  11. salt
  12. and pepper in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved
  13. about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from burner and pour dressing over bean mixture; toss to coat. Refrigerate until flavors blend
  14. 8 hours to overnight.

Prep Time: 50 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 8 hrs 55 mins

Servings: 6

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