After weeks of watching our garden expectantly, our green beans are finally here! We jumped at the first opportunity to use them with a new recipe idea. Sometimes, recipes don’t work out on the first try, requiring a bit of tweaking. But every so often, they’re an instant hit – which was the case with this green bean potato salad. We loosely based it on a green bean salad from The Herbal Kitchen, made a few of our own adaptions, and gave it our preliminary taste test. The verdict? Perfect. No tweaking needed on this dill salad.
How to make green bean potato salad
Green bean potato salad is everything about summer, in a bowl. It’s a beautiful combination of boiled red potatoes, crunchy bright green beans, and fresh dill. They’re dressed with a combination of sherry vinegar, olive oil, and shallot, which mesh together into an understated but delicious meld. Feel free to adjust to your taste as necessary, or try other types of oil, vinegar, cheese, or herbs. And for a more substantial vegetarian meal, you also could add chickpeas, beans, or a hardboiled egg. We found the dill red potato combination to be pretty darn satisfying. No tweaks here. Making green bean potato salad is easy to make! Here are the basic steps:
Boil potatoes and green beans. Since we’re all about efficiency, we’ve used the same pot for both! You’ll start the potatoes first, and then in the last few minutes, add the green beans. In order to preserve that beautiful green color of the green beans, you’ll blanch the beans by moving them to a bath of ice water after boiling them for a few minutes. That locks in the bright green color and makes them stay crunchy instead of softA simple vinaigrette. Mix together olive oil, sherry vinegar, and shallots, and salt and pepper to make an easy vinaigrette to coat the salad. Add feta (optional). If you’d like, serve with feta cheese crumbles! For a vegan version, it’s just as tasty without. Or try our Dill Potato Salad, which is naturally vegan using a tasty oil and vinegar dressing.
How to grow herbs
I’m a huge dill fan, so I loved being able to use some of our home grown herbs in this dill salad. If you’re not growing your own herbs for your kitchen, we highly recommend it! Here’s all our resources on How to grow herbs. You don’t even need space for a garden: all you need is pots and a sunny ledge or step!
This green bean potato salad recipe is…
Vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan, dairy-free and plant-based, omit the feta cheese.
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Last updated: January 2020
