Warm Three Bean Salad

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 pound haricots vert or just regular green beans, ends trimmed

  • One 15-ounce kidney beans, rinsed and drained

  • One 15-ounce white beans, rinsed and drained

  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes

  • Olive oil

  • Kosher salt

  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

  • 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced

    Instructions:

  • Preheat your air fryer to 400°F (or your regular oven to 425°F).

  • Place the green beans, canned beans, and tomatoes in a large mixing bowl and drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkle with a teaspoon of salt. Mix everything well with your hands.

  • Transfer the mixture to your air fryer basket (or transfer to a sheet pan and place in your regular oven). Don't clean the mixing bowl!

  • Cook the green bean mixture, shaking the becket now. and then for occasionally stir with a teaspoon of salt. Mix everything well with your hands.

  • Transfer the mixture to your air fryer basket (or transfer to a sheet pan and place in your regular oven). Don't clean the mixing bowl!

  • Cook the green bean mixture, shaking the basket now and then (or occasionally stir the mixture on your sheet pan), until the green beans are cooked through, the tomatoes are just about collapsed, and everything is nice and hot, 10 minutes in the air fryer or about 25 minutes in your regular oven.

  • While the mixture is cooking, place the mustard, vinegar, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 cup of olive oil in the bowl you mixed the green bean mixture in. Whisk the dressing together. When the green bean mixture is done cooking, immediately add it the bowl with the dressing and stir well to combine (I think 2 rubber spatulas are the best tool for this job and toss gently as if you were dressing lettuce). Serve immediately while warm, or at room temperature.

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