Easy Italian Bean Salad

This Easy Italian Bean Salad is delicious either warm or cold. Made with good for you Beans and fresh ingredients. A healthy main dish or even side dish recipe.

Easy Italian Bean Salad

This was another wonderful recipe that I learned from my mother-in-law. Naturally she would use beans planted in her garden. I was never a big bean lover but I sure learned to eat a lot of different foods, thanks to Maria. I’m sure everyone will love this one.

This is a great salad for a family get together, a BBQ or even a Picnic. It can be eaten warm or cold. I have been know to eat it straight out of the fridge.

How to dry beans:

• Dry beans have to be soaked for at least 8 hours.

The night before, soak the beans in a large bowl of water, (then after the 8 hours drain and rinse) and they are ready for cooking.

How to make Bean Salad

• In a medium pot add the beans and cover with water until one inch (2.5 cm) from the top.
• Cover and cook on medium/high heat until boiling, once it starts to boil the half uncover and continue to cook until the beans are tender.
• Remove cooked beans from the pot leaving the bean juice (do not throw out).
• In a medium bowl add the chopped onion, celery and flaked tuns, gently toss together, the add the cooked beans, salt, olive oil and a little bean juice, again toss gently to combine.
• Serve immediately or at room temperature.

Can I use Different Beans?

You can substitute Borlotti beans with Pinto beans, Cannellini beans or even Kidney beans.

 Bean Salad

How to store Bean Salad:

The bean salad should be refrigerated in an airtight containers. If stored properly it will last for up to 3 to 5 days in the fridge.

More Bean Recipes

Pasta e Fagioli / Pasta and Beans

Italian Two Bean Soup

Hearty Chickpea Soup

This is one of those things that I pull out of the fridge as leftovers for dinner and I eat half of it as I’m setting the table and then I think  “hell, now what?” It’s almost gone!

I make this Bean Salad all year round, it even makes a great appetizer.  But however you serve it, appetizer or main course, I am sure you will love it.  Buon Appetito!

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Easy Borlotti Bean Salad

Borlotti Bean Salad, an easy, fast and delicious healthy Italian bean salad recipe. The perfect appetizer or main meal. Enjoy.

Course antipasto, Side Dishes

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 107kcal

Author Rosemary Molloy / An Italian in my Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups dried borlotti beans 225 grams
• 1 celery stalk chopped
• 1 small onion chopped
• 2 small cans flaked tuna 160 grams
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 grams
• 3 tablespoons olive oil 40 grams
• 1/4 - 1/2 grams bean juice 57 to 115, liquid left in the pot after beans are cooked

Instructions

• The dried beans have to be soaked for at least 8 hours, so the night before soak beans in a large bowl of water, (then after the 8 hours drain and rinse). In a medium pot add beans and cover with water to 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) from the top. Cover and cook on high heat till boiling, once boiling half uncover and continue to cook till tender, approximately 50 minutes (might need to go longer so taste a bean after 40 minutes and then again after 10 minutes, until cooked to desired tenderness). Remove cooked beans from pot leaving bean juice.
• In a medium bowl, add chopped onion, celery, and flaked tuna, toss gently to combine, then add cooked beans, salt, oil and bean juice, again toss gently to combine. Serve immediately or at room temperature. Buon Appetito!

Nutrition

Calories: 107kcal

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Updated from April 28, 2014.