Easy Green Bean Salad with Mustard and Garlic Dressing
A fresh, vibrant and Delicious Easy Green Bean Salad tossed with a simple mustard and garlic dressing. This salad is perfect as a side dish or light lunch and is ready in only 10 minutes!
- Prep time
- 6 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 14 oz fresh French green beans ((400g))
- 4 radishes (, finely sliced)
- 1 cup radicchio or red chicory (chopped (140g))
- 10 cherry tomatoes (, cut in half)
- 1 small handful fresh basil (, chopped)
- 2 tsp djion mustard
- zest and juice of half a lemon
- 1 clove garlic (, crushed)
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper (, to season)
Instructions
- 1
Fill a large bowl with cold/icy water then bring a large salted pot of water to the boil. Trim the ends of the green beans then boil for 1-2 minutes, drain then plunge into the bowl of cold water. This will stop the green beans from cooking and keep their vibrant green colour.
- 2
Pat dry and place in a large bowl along with the tomatoes, radicchio and radishes. Tear in some basil reserving some for garnish.
- 3
To make the dressing, put the mustard, garlic, lemon juice and zest and olive oil in a bowl and mix together. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
- 4
pour the dressing over the green bean salad and toss together until it's evenly coated. Add and extra pinch of salt and pepper if needed.
- 5
Serve in one large serving plate or individual plates, garnish with remaining basil. Enjoy.