Green Beans Salad with Beets and Pistachios

A round platter with a green beans salads dotted with red beets and pistachios.

This green beans salad with beets and pistachios it's not only festive but also a delicious, beautiful and healthy salad that is perfect for the holidays.

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword Green Beans salad, Green beans salad with beets

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 5

Servings servings

Calories 158kcal

Author Sonila

Equipment

Ingredients

12 ozs Green Beans
2 beets
2 tbsps crushed, shelled pistachios
20 manzanilla olives
¼ shallot
2 tbsps olive oil
1 tbsp sea salt for blanching green beans
sea salt to taste for salad
1 tbsp red wine vinegar

Instructions

Roast or boil the beets according to preference. Cook until you can pierce them with a fork. Let them cool down, then peel and cut in bite size pieces. If using pickled beets, then just strain and set them aside.
Crush the pistachios in a small mortar and pestle. Slice the shallot very thinly and add it to cold water.
Trim green beans if needed, cut them in half if preferred. Rinse them.
Set a medium pot halfway filled with water on the stovetop in high heat. Add 1 tbsp of sea salt. Once water boils, lower heat to medium, add green beans in and let cook for 2-3 minutes until they become bright green.
Use a slotted spoon or strainer to remove green beans from boiling water to transfer them to a bowl with ice water. Drain after 3-4 minutes.
Set up the salad platter in layers. Add the green beans first, then top off with beets. Add shallots, olives and sprinkle the whole platter with crushed pistachios.
Add salt to taste, drizzle olive oil and red wine vinegar over all the ingredients. This salad doesn't need much tossing. Serve with other festive dishes and enjoy:).

Notes

This salad is usually good for 4 servings when you're having a holiday meal, meaning there are plenty of other dishes. But if you're making this for a weeknight dinner it might maybe be 2-3 servings. It still works fine for my family of 4, 2 adults and 2 children.
If looking for a more gourmet dressing check out my Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette. I often prefer the simple olive oil/red wine vinegar mix for there's always place for a great salad dressing when having guests over.

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