This Green Bean Salad with Feta and Lemon is light, refreshing and easy to make. A perfect salad or side dish to serve alongside any dinner. Four simple ingredients of green beans, feta cheese, lemon juice, and olive oil make this delicious side ready to go in 20 minutes. It's so easy, so anyone can make it any enjoy it. Perfect for people who eat low carb or keto diets.
Ingredients:
- Fresh green beans, trimmed
- Olive oil
- Lemon
- Feta cheese (full fat)
- Salt for blanching
- Kosher salt & ground black pepper
How to Make Green Bean Salad with Feta!
Trim the ends of the green beans. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a rolling boil. Once boiling, add in the green beans. You definitely want the water to taste salty, so some of that salt penetrates the beans. This is your main source of seasoning in the beans, so don't be shy. They will only be in the water for a few minutes.
Now, we will blanch the green beans. To blanch, we will cook the beans for 5-7 minutes until they are softened just a bit but are still bright green. Add the beans to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process. Let them cool off in the ice bath for for 3-5 minutes.
Next, grab a separate bowl to make the dressing. Add lemon juice and olive oil. Remove the green beans from the ice bath, and put in a serving bowl to dress them.
Then, add the dressing to the green beans. Add in the feta cheese and mix well. Garnish with some fresh black pepper. Have a taste, then add some salt if necessary.
Garnish with more lemons, then serve and enjoy this green bean salad with feta!
Recipe Notes:
Seasoning: We recommend seasoning everything to taste, always. We recommend holding off until you add the feta cheese to add any additional salt to this green bean salad with feta. Between the very salty water you will blanch the green beans and the feta cheese, you can easily make it too salty by adding more salt to this dish. Just be extra careful!
Show Us Yours!: We also love when you guys try our recipes and share them with us! If you make this recipe, be sure to tag us on Instagram @afullliving so we can see it and share it!
Shop this Recipe!
Need supplies for this green bean salad recipe? We've linked our favorites above and right here in our Amazon Store! You don't pay anything extra if you shop using our link, but we get a small percentage of the sale. A Full Living is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associate program, an affiliate advertising program designed to promote a means for sites to earn advertising fees by linking products to amazon.com. We only share products we use and love. It doesn't cost you anything extra to shop using our links, but we earn a small commission that helps us keep this site going!
Here's More Recipes You Might Like:
- Lamb Meatballs with Feta and Lemon
- Roasted Green Beans with Garlic and Lemon
- Low Carb Green Bean Casserole
If you get a chance to try this green bean salad with feta recipe, let us know what you think, would ya?! Leave us a comment, or catch up with us on Facebook or Instagram, or pin to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
If you love this green bean salad recipe, please consider sharing it with a friend and also leaving a rating and comment so others can find this recipe. Thank you for your support!
Until Next Time,
Briana & Chamere
📖 Recipe
Green Bean Salad With Feta and Lemon
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds fresh green beans
- 3 tablespoon salt for blanching the green beans
- ¾ cup feta cheese (full fat)
- 4 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon lemon juce (juice of 1 lemon)
- pinch of salt & pepper
- 1 whole lemon (wedges, for garnish)
Instructions
- Trim the ends of the green beans. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a rolling boil. Once boiling, add in the green beans. You definitely want the water to taste salty, so some of that salt penetrates the beans. This is your main source of seasoning in the beans, so don’t be shy. They will only be in the water for a few minutes.
- Now, we will blanch the green beans. To blanch, we will cook the beans for 5-7 minutes until they are softened just a bit but are still bright green. Add the beans to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process. Let them cool off in the ice bath for for 3-5 minutes.
- Next, grab a separate bowl to make the dressing. Add lemon juice and olive oil. Remove the green beans from the ice bath, and put in a serving bowl to dress them.
- Then, add the dressing to the green beans. Add in the feta cheese and mix well. Garnish with some fresh black pepper and a lemon wedge. Have a taste, then add some salt if necessary and enjoy your green bean salad!
Notes
Nutrition
These nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy and are only estimates. We cannot guarantee the accuracy.
Leave a Reply