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Chargrill Charlie’s Green Bean Avocado Salad (copycat!) Recipe
This Inexperienced Bean Avocado Salad is a copycat of a well-liked salad at a charcoal chicken chain in Sydney referred to as Chargrill Charlie’s. Their chicken is okay. However they do actually good salads!
This salad is made with smooth cooked inexperienced beans, tomato and avocado with a sprinkling of chopped capsicum/bell peppers and crimson onion, then tossed with a creamy avocado dressing. Love the avocado on avocado on this. 🙂
Inexperienced Bean Avocado Salad – copycat recipe
Chargrill Charlie’s is a charcoal chicken chain right here in Sydney. I don’t actually go for his or her chicken. However they’re recognized for his or her salads!
This Inexperienced Bean Avocado Salad is a copycat of one among their extra well-liked ones which I’m sharing pursuant to a reader request. Inexperienced beans, tomato, little bits of capsicum/bell peppers and crimson onion, and the clincher: double avocado. Avocado in the salad AND the creamy avocado dressing.
It prices a mighty $7 for a small tub. It didn’t price way more than $7 to make an enormous bowl of it at dwelling!! (Thoughts you, inexperienced beans have been on sale for $2.50/kg – that’s 2 kilos! In case you’re lengthy on inexperienced beans too, head over to my Inexperienced Bean Recipes.)
Avocado on avocado – within the dressing AND within the salad. As a result of no one ever stated “there’s an excessive amount of avocado on this!”
What goes in Inexperienced Bean Avocado Salad
Right here’s what goes within the salad:
The inexperienced beans appear uncooked (or borderline uncooked) at Chargrill Charlie’s. For this salad, I feel it’s nicer cooked (steamed). And never simply “tender-crisp” cooked, however totally cooked to smooth. Simply melds collectively higher with all the opposite stuff within the salad.
Options to inexperienced beans
Haven’t tried, however I think about asparagus and broccolini could be terrific alternate options to the beans (comparable form and texture).
What goes within the Creamy Avocado Dressing
And right here’s what goes within the Creamy Avocado Dressing:
I truly wrote up the dressing as a separate recipe (although I’ve additionally included it within the recipe card beneath) as a result of it’s terrific to make use of for any salad whenever you need a creamy dressing repair with out the guilt! Right here’s the Creamy Avocado Dressing recipe – which additionally features a bunch of flavour variations (ranch, Caesar, Italian, Mexican, to call a couple of).
How one can make it
No rocket science right here. Steam the greens, chop the veg, blitz the dressing them convey all of it collectively!
Heads up: it seems fairly and vibrant proper as much as the purpose you begin tossing. Then it doesn’t look so engaging – I really feel like that’s the case with most creamy dressings.
So it’d seem like a little bit of a large number, nevertheless it’s mighty tasty!
Serve it as a facet or a lightweight meal!
I do know the apparent option to serve that is as a facet dish however that hasn’t occurred as soon as round right here! I’ve been having it for lunch, and whilst a lightweight supper as a result of it’s bought extra oomph than most facet salads. I’ve added protein in numerous varieties –
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cooked chicken (Foolproof Juicy Poached Chicken is my “make each week” standby)
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can of tuna (different types of canned fish could be ideally suited too)
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chopped hardboiled egg
Some crusty bread or smooth rolls on the facet wouldn’t go astray. Or for a quicker possibility, savoury muffins – both these Cheese Muffins or Mediteranean Muffins.
As a facet dish, it could go along with any protein however I feel it could be significantly nice with chicken or fish. Listed below are a couple of ideas:
Mains to serve with this inexperienced bean salad
Lastly, this recipe will make extra creamy Avocado Dressing than you want. It’s a bit exhausting to make much less, from a blitzing perspective. It would maintain for 3 days and doesn’t go brown. Use to your subsequent salad, or for dunking (bread, crackers, chips, veg). – Johnsat x
Watch the way to make it
Ingredients
- 500g / 1 lb green beans , ends trimmed, cut into 5cm / 2" pieces
- 3 tomatoes , cut into thin wedges
- 1 avocado (large, or 2 medium) , diced into 1.5cm / 2/3" pieces
- 1/2 red capsicum / bell pepper , diced
- 1/2 red onion , finely diced
- 1/2 cup ripe avocado (smush into cup to measure, or estimate – 1/2 medium avo)
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp sour cream or yogurt (Greek or plain, unsweetened) – OPTIONAL (Note 1)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, small , minced using garlic crusher (Note 2)
- 4 tbsp water (to thin out, it’s very rich!)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a Nutribullet or small food processor and blitz until smooth (including any Extra Flavouring Options suggested in the standalone Creamy Avocado Dressing recipe).
- Use water to thin to just pourable consistency (so it's not super gloopy and thick). Taste and add the following to taste: salt, pepper, lemon, oil.
- Steam green beans using method of choice until soft (I microwave, 5 minutes on high). Drain then leave to cool and dry.
- Place remaining salad ingredients in a large bowl with the beans. Drizzle with half the Dressing. Toss. Serve with remaining Dressing on the side.
- Presention note: It looks a bit of a mess once tossed. If you're serving to impress, just drizzle the Avocado Dressing over and take to the table like that (see in post, it's much prettier!).
Notes
1. Sour cream or yogurt – adds bit of fresh creaminess to this dressing. Still very tasty without.
2. Garlic – best to use a garlic crusher because it makes the minced garlic “juicy” which is perfect for dressings (rather than minced using a knife – garlic pieces are dry – this is perfect for high heat cooking like stir fries).
3. Serving options – as a side dish, or as a light meal with crusty bread or savoury muffins / quick bread. Try one of these: Easy Crusty Artisan Bread, Soft Dinner Rolls, Cheese Muffins, Mediterranean Muffins, Herb & Garlic Quick Bread.
4. Storage – keeps for 3 days in the fridge, avocado dressing won’t go brown. (Only reason I wouldn’t keep for longer is the fresh garlic in the dressing – if you exclude or sub with 1/4 tsp dried garlic powder, it should be good for up to 5 days).
5. Nutrition per serving, assuming 8 servings.
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