Seven Bean Salad Recipes

SEVEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Place red onion in a small bowl with enough red wine vinegar to cover. Let marinate for one hour.
• In a medium bowl, combine beans, celery, and parsley. Drain onion and add to bean mixture.
• Drizzle with olive oil and enough vinegar to taste. Season with salt and pepper. Toss until well combined. Salad may be eaten immediately or refrigerated up to a day.
• Just before serving, shave thin slices of Parmigiano over each portion.

SEVEN-LAYER SALAD

Steps:

• Place salad greens in large salad bowl. Layer radishes, onions, celery, bacon and peas on salad greens.
• Spread mayonnaise over peas, covering top completely and sealing to edge of bowl. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours to blend flavors but no longer than 12 hours. Just before serving, toss if desired. Store covered in refrigerator.

TANGY BAKED SEVEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In an ovenproof Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Cook and stir onion, yellow pepper, red pepper, garlic, chipotle pepper and pepper in bacon drippings until vegetables are tender. Remove from heat., Add beans and cooked bacon to Dutch oven; stir in barbecue sauce, vinegar and, if desired, liquid smoke., Bake, covered, 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until heated through. Freeze option: Freeze cooled beans in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary.

BEST BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the green beans, wax beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, green pepper, onion, and celery in a large bowl; toss to mix.
• Whisk together the oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and sugar in a separate bowl until the sugar is dissolved; pour over the bean mixture. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight before serving.

7-LAYER SALAD

Steps:

• Layer lettuce, cucumber, peas, Cheddar cheese, and egg, respectively, in a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
• Whisk creamy salad dressing, sugar, and vinegar together in a bowl until dressing is smooth; spread over the egg layer. Crumble bacon over dressing layer.

7 BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Saute Spicy sausage, onions and bell pepper in a skillet and season to taste. Stir in bottle of chili sauce, 1/4 cup of mustard and 1/2 cusp of brown sugar and cook on low heat for about 3 mins. Stir in 2 Cans of Pork & Beans, 2 cans of chili beans, kidney and green beans. Transfer all contents to a cassarole dish. Add 4-5 bacon strips o top of contents, cover with foil and bake for 1 hour 25 min. Then remove foil and bake for 25 min. uncovered.

FIVE-BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the vinegar, sugar, oil, salt and pepper. Pour over bean mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Serve with a slotted spoon.

SEVEN-LAYER BEAN DIP

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix refried beans and taco seasoning mix. Spread mixture on large platter.
• In another medium bowl, mix cream cheese and chiles. Carefully spread over bean mixture.
• Top with salsa, lettuce, cheese, olives and tomato. Refrigerate until serving time. Serve with tortilla chips.