This Ceci Bean Salad made with chick peas and celery in a mayonnaise based dressing is simple to prepare and makes a tasty side picnic salad.
Both of my kids are not overly fond of mayonnaise; however, Gab will eat it on occasion in certain salads and lightly smeared on bread when eating a turkey sandwich. Which is why I find it very odd that one of her favorite salads to eat is this Ceci Bean Salad.
There is a Japanese Hibachi restaurant not far from our home where we like to go out to eat once in a while that serves this type of salad on their salad bar.
She always makes me get some on my plate for her to eat and has been begging me for years to make it at home.
How do you make Ceci Bean Salad?
For this recipe you'll need chick peas (a.k.a. garbanzo or ceci beans), celery, mayonnaise, distilled white vinegar and Kosher salt. I used canned beans so first rinse them under cold water and drain.
Place the ceci beans in a bowl, then add the celery, mayonnaise, vinegar and salt. Mix well and eep refrigerated until ready to serve.
As you can see, it's a very simple recipe with little ingredients. In fact, at first I didn't even use vinegar until she said it was missing something and she was right. It definitely added that little extra "zing" it was missing. ~Enjoy!
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Ceci Bean Salad
Ingredients
- 19 ounces ceci beans (garbanzo beans/chick peas)
- 2 stalks celery, washed and sliced
- 2 tablespoons Hellmann's mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
Instructions
- Rinse ceci beans under cold water; drain.
- Place the beans in a bowl, then add in the celery, mayonnaise, vinegar and salt; mix well.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve. (Will last up to 3 days in the refrigerator.)
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Kirsten Madaus says
Carrie,
This looks so light and pretty! I wonder if I can get my kids to like beans this way? How do you think it would be with rice wine vinegar? (I use white vinegar in my laundry and would rather grab the little bottle of rice wine than try and measure out a teaspoon from the giant jug in the basement)
Thanks!
Carrie's Experimental Kitchen says
It is Kirsten and I don't see why rice wine vinegar wouldn't work. It's such a little amount just to give it a little "zing". I'm sure it will be fine. I was surprised when my youngest actually ate it at the restaurant, let alone loves it, but I guess like everything else they have to try it to see.
Anita at Hungry Couple says
I don't blame her. This is a great salad. I make a variation of it frequently but I use lemon juice instead of vinegar.
Carrie's Experimental Kitchen says
That would be good too, I'll have to try that next time. Thanks Anita!