bean salad

{{short description|Common cold salad composed of various cooked or pickled beans}}

{{Other uses of|three bean salad|Three bean salad (disambiguation){{!}}Three bean salad}}

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| name = Bean salad

| image = Colourful bean salad.jpg

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| caption =Bean salad made with white beans, red and green bell peppers, and onions

| alternate_name = Three-bean salad, four-bean salad, etc.

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| type = Salad

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| main_ingredient = Beans (green beans, yellow wax beans), chickpeas, kidney beans, onions, peppers or other vegetables

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Bean salad is a common salad composed of various cooked beans—typically green, wax, kidney, and/or lima beans—tossed in a sweet-sour vinaigrette.{{cite book |last=Green |first=O. |title=One Thousand Salads |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |series=Putnam's homemaker series |year=1909 |url=https://archive.org/details/onethousandsala00greegoog |access-date=December 22, 2017 |page=[https://archive.org/details/onethousandsala00greegoog/page/n141 131]}} Variant ingredients include fresh raw onions, bell pepper, and/or other cooked or raw vegetables, such as chickpeas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-bean-salad.htm|title=What is Bean Salad?|website=WiseGeek|access-date=October 27, 2018}}

Bean salad can also be prepared as a pickled dish,{{cite book | title=Better Homes and Gardens Can It! | publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | series=Better Homes and Gardens Cooking | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-544-17842-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQo1G8hXfs4C&pg=PA163 | access-date=May 27, 2017 | page=163}} making it a popular choice for home canning.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freshpreserving.com/pickled-three-bean-salad-recipe-%7C-bean-salad-recipes---ball-fresh-preserving-br1143.html|title=Pickled Three Bean Salad Recipe {{!}} Bean Salad Recipes - Ball® Fresh Preserving - Fresh Preserving|website=www.freshpreserving.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706030150/https://www.freshpreserving.com/pickled-three-bean-salad-recipe-%7C-bean-salad-recipes---ball-fresh-preserving-br1143.html|archive-date=2019-07-06|url-status=dead}} Salads prepared with this method should be used within a year for best quality.{{Cite news|url=https://www.healthycanning.com/the-shelf-life-of-home-canned-goods/|title=What is the shelf life of home canned goods? - Healthy Canning|work=Healthy Canning|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en-US}}

File:Balela.jpg, a Middle Eastern bean salad]]

Cultures around the world have their own version of bean salad.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-bean-salad.htm|title=What Is Bean Salad? (with pictures)|work=wiseGEEK|access-date=2018-10-28}} Balela is a Middle Eastern salad that typically uses chickpeas and black beans with tomatoes, herbs, parsley, and lemon juice.{{Cite news|url=http://12tomatoes.com/balela-salad/|title=Now You Can Make Balela Salad At Home!|date=2018-04-27|work=12 Tomatoes|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en-US}} South American bean salad features poroto beans with tomatoes, parsley, oil and vinegar, and is served with grilled steak.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/uruguayan-bean-salad-305343|title=Uruguayan Bean Salad|website=Genius Kitchen|language=en|access-date=2018-10-28}}

The dish is commonly known in the United States as "three-bean salad".{{cite book | last=Bilderback | first=L. | title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sensational Salads | publisher=Alpha Books | series=The Complete Idiot's Guide Series | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-59257-825-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jaOBjjXYNRwC&pg=PA148 | access-date=December 22, 2017 | page=148}} The generic term “bean salad” may also include a starch such as barley, pasta, rice, or quinoa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/three-bean-salad-quinoa|title=Three-Bean Salad with Quinoa|website=Whole Foods Market|language=en|access-date=2018-10-28}}