Green Bean And Wax Bean Salad With Tabasco Vinaigrette

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1/2 lb fresh wax beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 5 ounces greens
• 1/2 cup red onion, cut into crescents (my addition)
• 4 slices pepper bacon, crisply cooked, drained
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup green tabasco jalapeno sauce
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced finely
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (reduced from 1/2 teaspoon)

Recipe

• 1 cook the beans in a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water for approximately 10 minutes, or until crisp-tender.
• 2 in a large non-reactive bowl combine the vinaigrette ingredients and whisk.
• 3 drain the beans, place in a large non-reactive bowl and toss them with the vinaigrette. allow mixture to marinate for 30 minutes at room temperature.
• 4 on a large platter arrange the lettuce greens. spoon the beans on the lettuce greens .
• 5 arrange the red onion crescents on top of the beans.
• 6 crumble the cooked bacon and garnish on top of the salad.