Don’t let the kidney beans scare you! This Kidney Bean Salad recipe was my grandmother’s. My family has been enjoying it for more than 30 years. It is healthy and tasty. I love how quick and easy it is to make! It takes only about 10 minutes from start to finish. It can be eaten right away or can be stored in the fridge for a few days.
Kidney Bean Salad Ingredients:
- 1 Can of Kidney Beans (your choice of light or dark red)
- 3-4 Stalks of Celery
- 5-6 Medium-Sized Dill Pickles
- 1/3 cup Italian Dressing (can be increased or decreased depending on your preference)
- 1/2 tsp Paprika
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
First, open your can of Kidney Beans, drain and rinse with cool water. Let drain while you chop the celery and pickles so they aren’t too wet when you add them to the salad.
Next, wash and chop the celery. Chop to your preference in size. I like my celery chunks to be about the same size or slightly smaller than the kidney beans.
Next, chop the pickles. Again, chop to your size preference. I use dill pickles that I can myself, but of course you can use store-bought pickles.
Add the kidney beans, pickles and celery to a large bowl, then mix in the Italian dressing, paprika and pepper. Ta-Da! You have Kidney Bean Salad! Enjoy!
The recipe is super versatile. You can change up the amount of dressing you use or use a different kind of dressing if you choose. Also, you can add things like egg for more protein or onion for more zing.
Go ahead and try it – you just might like it! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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This post currently has 34 responses.
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Jeanine Carlson
I’ve never heard of this combination before. Heck, I’m game- I’m going to try it!
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rochelle haynes
Looking good like to try this
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Danielle S
Looks so good! That’s going on our table for 4th of July.
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ellen beck
I have always liked kidney bean salad. I also have never ever made it- it is brought to family get togethers by an Aunt. I need to see if her recipe is close to yours. I am not sure if she uses dill pickles but I think it would be good.
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Lauralee Hensley
Sounds delicious. This would work for one of our family’s meatless dinner nights because of the kidney beans in place of a meat based protein. Never had this or seen this recipe before, but I like everything mentioned in the recipe and am sure they’d taste great together.
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Christina A.
That’s a quick and easy summer salad idea–I love kidney beans but honestly don’t think often to use them!
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Margot C
i love kidney beans. I am wondering if I could get away with cucumbers in this instead of the celery. I have a LOT of cucumbers in my garden.
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Asha
I haven’t ever tried fresh cucumbers instead of the celery … let me know if you try it!
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Linda Manns Linneman
This sounds easy to make and so easy. I have been trying to eat healthy the past few months. This sounds perfect. Thank you so much for sharing
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Love to try this looking good
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Kathy Pease
This looks so delicious and I will have to try this recipe..I love kidney beans.
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sunchicka
Thanks for sharing !
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Lissa Crane
I just made this for our family BBQ and it was a big hit! It was so quick and easy! Thanks for sharing!
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denise low
I have never made it this way. It looks delicious and I will try this recipe out.
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Marti Tabora
I really like this recipe. I have been looking for some new summer dishes and I think this one would be great to try.
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I love salads and this is new to me and very delicious looking.I have already pinned it for future reference.Thanks for sharing this recipe. 🙂
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Rosie
I love bean salad, and make it often. I’ve not yet tried it adding pickle. I can’t wait to try it!
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gloria patterson
Love this! I have all these items in my cabinet and will be making this saturday. Have done a lot of salad with kidney beans but never would have thought about using dill pickles… Now I love dill pickles always have a jar in the refrigerator
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Love this! I have all these items in my cabinet and will be making this saturday. Have done a lot of salad with kidney beans but never would have thought about using dill pickles… Now I love dill pickles always have a jar in the refrigerator
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Betty Curran
This looks much better that most of the ones I have tried. I’ll have to give this a try.
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Kimberly Flickinger
My mother loves kidney bean salad, I will definitely try this recipe with her.
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Julie Waldron
This sounds yummy! It would be a great addition to a summer picnic/barbecue.
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Becky Kinard
I have had this a long time ago and liked it. This would be great to take to a family get together. I will have to try the recipe.
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Margaret S Porter
This would be great for our church supper. I will have to try to make this
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Celeste Herrin
I have never thought about putting these ingredients together before, but they sure look tasty! I’ll try it for dinner one night this week. Thank you!
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Mary Gardner
This looks really delicious and a quick and easy dish to prepare. I am not sure I could convince a couple of my kids to try it but the rest of us would love it. Thanks for the recipe!
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Dorothy Boucher
Oh! nana here going to have to try this recipe out, looks delicious!! Never thought about adding pickles into my salad but going to try it.
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This would be great for a summer potluck, sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing.
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Amy D
I love a good bean salad. My kids like beans too. This recipe is so easy, yummy looking and I love that it has pickles!
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John Smith
I need a special bean chef to cook up beans for me just so.
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I haven’t had bean salad in years but this sounds so good. I am glad to find a recipe for this and it sounds easy.
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Alice F
This sounds delicious!Certainly an unique recipe. Bean salad is always good and I want to try this combination.
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Helga
That is indeed quick and easy! I like the combination of colors too.
I remember this my mom made this all the time