Marinated Bean Salad is inspired by the flavors of Vietnam with  green beans, bamboo shoots and mushrooms in an Asian flavored vinaigrette.

Marinated Bean Salad

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

Marinated Bean Salad is my recipe of the day with  the blogging group Eat the World. We post monthly on topics of different cuisine types and then share recipes for those. This month we are discussing and sharing recipes from Vietnam in Southeast Asia.

For my recipe I decided to share my fusion version of a Vietnamese inspired marinated bean salad. This is something I might whip up to go along with something like a banh mi sandwich. Or perhaps as an additional side or starter for something like a stir-fry.

The salad also packs well for brown bag lunches along with things like cold noodle salads.

I did use canned beans in this as I sometimes do when  making marinated bean salads. You can also use long beans which you  may have steamed up and chopped.

Problem with that for me is that I can be very picky about my  Asian long beans. If the market has them and they are limp, I will leave them sitting there. That might mean that occasionally if I want to make a recipe like this, I might have to settle for something  else.

Of course you can also use domestic stringless green beans which you can steam. I’m not a big fan of frozen green beans in this salad.

Eat the World: Destination  Vietnam

Check out all the wonderful Vietnamese dishes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Click here to find out how to join and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!

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Magical Ingredients: Vietnamese Summer Spring Rolls
Sneha’s Recipe: Vietnamese Che Chuoi /Coconut and Sago Pudding
Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Vietnamese Chicken Porridge (Chao Ga)
Sugarlovespices: Vietnamese Kabocha Squash Soup
Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Cà Phê Trứng (Vietnamese Egg Coffee)
A Day in the Life on the Farm: Easy Beef Pho
Making Miracles: Vietnamese Style Beef with Garlic, Black Pepper, and Lime
Kitchen Frau: Vietnamese Caramelized Ground Pork Rice Bowls
Palatable Pastime: Vietnamese Inspired Marinated Bean Salad

Marinated Bean Salad

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