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Green bean salad with mustardy dressing

Name: Green bean salad with mustardy dressing
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: fine green beans 400g, trimmed; olive oil 2 tbsp; echalion shallot 1, finely chopped; Dijon mustard 2 tsp; white wine vinegar 1½ tbsp; caster sugar a pinch; mint, parsley or dill to serve

15 minutes
serves 4 as a side
Easy

Green beans taste delicious simply steamed, but they taste even better charred on a griddle pan and mixed with a mustardy dressing!

Published: June 22, 2020 at 2:28 pm

Try our green bean salad recipe then check out our vegetarian one pot.

Ingredients

fine green beans 400g, trimmed
olive oil 2 tbsp
echalion shallot 1, finely chopped
Dijon mustard 2 tsp
white wine vinegar 1½ tbsp
caster sugar a pinch
mint, parsley or dill to serve

Method

Step 1

Heat a frying or griddle pan over a very high heat. Toss the green beans with 1 tbsp of the olive oil and season generously. Tip into the pan and cook for 4-5 minutes, turning every now and again, until blistered and cooked through.
Step 2

Meanwhile, whisk together the remaining tbsp of oil, shallot, mustard, vinegar, sugar and 1 tbsp of water with some seasoning.
Step 3

Tip the charred beans onto a serving platter and drizzle over the mustardy dressing. Scatter over the herbs.