Italian Green Bean Salad

🧂 Ingredients

You'll only need a handful of ingredients to make our Italian green bean recipe:

• green beans
• roasted red peppers
• basil leaves
• almond slivers
• extra virgin olive oil
• lemon juice
• garlic powder
• salt and black pepper

🔪 Instructions

1. Fill a large pot with salted water and bring to a boil.
2. Once boiling, drop your beans into the water.
3. Cook for 8-10 minutes or until bright green and crisp.
4. Immediately drain the beans and drop them into an ice bath. Drain well.
5. In another large bowl, toss together your fresh green beans, roasted red peppers, basil, and almonds.
6. Whisk olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in a smaller bowl until combined.
7. Pour your smaller bowl into the larger one and toss to coat.
8. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

🥄Equipment

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⭐ Tips

✔️ Dropping the string beans into a bowl of ice water stops the cooking process so you'll have the perfect crisp-tender green beans.

🍲 Storage

To Store: Leftover cold green bean salad should be kept in an airtight container in the fridge. It will last 3-4 days. (These are my favorite airtight containers.)

✏️ Make Ahead

This recipe can be made a day ahead of time and stored in the fridge until ready to serve.

📖 Variations

The first time you try any new recipe we recommend that you make it just as it is written on the recipe card since that is how the Italian Green Bean Salad recipe has been tested. However, the next time you make our recipe, you might want to try one of these ideas:

• Add thinly sliced red onion or cherry tomatoes for more color and flavor.
• I love fresh basil in this delicious side dish but you could use other fresh herbs like oregano or thyme.
• Sprinkle in parmesan cheese or feta cheese just before serving.
• Substitute toasted pine nuts for the almonds, or omit the nuts altogether.
• Drizzle a little bit of balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar on top for some extra tartness.
• For even more flavor, use our Italian seasoning which includes dried herbs in addition to garlic powder and onion powder. (It would also be delicious with our Mediterranean seasoning.)

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🍴 Serving Suggestions

This cold salad is fantastic in the summer months for cookouts and equally fabulous for holiday meals. I also love having it alongside ravioli lasagna.

😋 Similar Recipes

Next time, try one of these delicious recipes:

• For summer cookouts, you can go wrong with BLT pasta salad or loaded potato salad.
• Our winter citrus salad with orange poppy seed dressing is a great addition to any holiday meal.
• If you love green beans, you have to try our green bean casserole or garlic green beans.