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Green Bean Salad with Brazil Nuts

Steamed haricot verts (French green beans) are tossed with toasted Brazil nuts, and salad dressing made with honey, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. For the finishing touch: torn mint leaves.

Haricot vert (French green bean) salad

Oh, it’s lovely. So easy to make. And the ingredients are pantry staples. It’s inspired by a salad prepared on the last episode of Season 2 of Selena + Chef on HBO.

Selena… who? Selena Gomez, the singer. She has a cooking show on HBO where she learns cooking from professional chefs. It’s remote learning because, you know… We love the show. Spontaneous and honest. Not that we found all guest chefs good but most were helpful in ways that say they understand the essential difference between home cooking and restaurant cooking. So, which chef did the green bean salad with Selena Gomez? Aarti Sequeira.

Haricot vert (French green bean) salad with Chicken Schnitzel and Mashed Potatoes

Of course, this green bean salad recipe had been tweaked to our preferences. The choice of nuts and the ratio of ingredients for the salad dressing, in particular, were modified to suit our taste.

Green Bean Salad with Brazil Nuts

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Haricot vert (the same vegetable used by Aarti Sequeira in Selena + Chef) was used here in lieu of regular green beans. If you substitute regular green beans, snip off the tops and bottoms, then pull and discard the fibrous string on both sides of each pod. Regular green beans will take a little longer to cook.
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Copycat
Servings 4 people
Haricot vert (French green bean) salad with Brazil nuts
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Ingredients
  

Salad

  • 500 grams haricot vert (French green bean)
  • 1 handful Brazil nuts

Dressing

  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
  • 2 generous pinches rock salt
  • 1 generous pinch ground black pepper

To finish

  • 3 to 4 sprigs mint (leaves only)

Video

Instructions
 

Steam the green beans

  • Pour water into the steamer to reach a depth of at least two inches.
  • Set the steamer on the stove over high heat.
  • Rinse the green beans and drain.
  • Spread the green beans on the steamer basket, set the basket over the pot with boiling water and cover.
    Spreading haricot vert in steamer basket
  • Cook the green beans over briskly boiling water for about ten minutes (no longer).

Prep the Brazil nuts

  • Lightly toast the Brazil nuts until glistening with oil (we did this in the oven toaster at 350F for two minutes).
    Chopping toasted Brazil nuts
  • Chop the toasted nuts.

Make the dressing

  • In a mixing bowl, measure the honey, lemon juice and olive oil.
    Whisking honey, olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings
  • Add the garlic, salt and pepper and whisk until the oil no longer separates from the honey and lemon juice.

Toss the salad

  • Remove the green beans from the steamer using kitchen tongs and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
    Adding chopped Brazil nuts to steamed haricot vert
  • Add the chopped nuts to the green beans.
  • Drizzle the dressing (including the garlic) around the edges of the beans.
    Drizzling dressing over haricot vert and Brazil nuts
  • Toss to coat the green beans evenly with the dressing.
  • Take mint leaves, tear up, add half to the salad and toss a few times.
    Haricot vert (French green bean) salad topped with mint leaves
  • Transfer the salad to a shallow bowl, sprinkle in the rest of the mint leaves and serve.
Keyword Green Beans, Nuts
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Published: October 11, 2021 • Last modified: March 24, 2022 ♥ Side Dishes, Lunch / Dinner, Salads

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