Green Beans, Corn and Carrot Salad

- Total Time
- 10 minutes
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Ingredients
- ½teaspoon kosher salt, more as needed
- 2tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼cup minced fresh chives
- Black pepper, as needed
- 1pound haricots verts, trimmed
- 2⅔cups cooked fresh corn kernels (from about 4 corn cobs)
- ½pound carrot, peeled and coarsely grated (2 cups)
Preparation
- Step 1
In a small bowl, whisk together salt, vinegar, garlic and mustard. Whisking constantly, slowly whisk in oil until incorporated. Whisk in chives and pepper.
- Step 2
Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in haricots verts and cook until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain, cool and chop into bite-size pieces.
- Step 3
In a large bowl, toss together haricots verts, corn and carrot. Toss in dressing and season with salt and pepper.
Private Notes
Comments
This was very good. I halved the dressing and it was plenty and used a bag of organic frozen sweet corn. Would definitely make this again.
The first time I made this dish, I found the raw garlic to be a bit too assertive, overwhelming the more delicate flavors. This time, I threaded the garlic cloves on a skewer and blanched them about 45 seconds in the pot with the beans. After cooling the cloves, I pressed rather than minced. I thought the resulting dressing was much more harmonious.
This was lovely. My corn was fresh from the farm so I didn't cook it. If you've never had fresh raw corn, give it a try. Sweet and crunchy. What's wrong with that?
Delicious, colorful, and flexible. Like others, I thought 1 cup of oil was too much. I used 1/2 cup oil, but left the other dressing ingredients at the full amount. I subbed asparagus for the green beans, because it’s too early for good beans here. But there is good fresh corn, so used that without cooking. I had some leftover fresh basil and tossed that in with the chives. I thought about julienning the carrots as others did, but it was easier to chop them in my little food processor. Will do that again. I think the size works well with the corn. I think this will become a standard in the summer, using what veggies look freshest, adding black beans for a main salad for lunch as someone else suggested, etc.
Great salad that required ess oil and more acidity. I added tarragon and cubed roasted chicken and made a dinner meal out of it. Very satisfying way to eat the latest haricots verts of our garden.
Dressing can be halved - needs more acid too - added lemon juice Grilled the carrots and sliced thin. Grilled the corn too. Definitely add feta or goat cheese
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