Aunt Gola's Three Bean Salad

Aunt Gola's Three Bean Salad

Ingredients

• 1 can red beans in brine
• 1 can channa (chickpeas) in brine
• 1 can tomato condensed soup
• 1 bundle of bodi (yardlong beans) OR French beans 

Seasonings

• 1 large onion (cut in thin strips)
• 3 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 4-5 pimentos (chopped)
• hot pepper (chopped finely) to taste

Vinaigrette

• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
• A few drops of lime pepper sauce (to taste) 

Method

• Wash then chop bodi in bite side pieces
• Bring a saucepan of water to a rolling boil for the bodi
• Add bodi to the saucepan for 2 minutes, then drain
  
• Bring a saucepan of water to a rolling boil for the channa and red beans
  
• Wash channa and red beans in a colander with running water
• Add channa and red beans to the saucepan for 1 minute, then drain
• Mix vinaigrette ingredients together
• In a serving dish, empty can of tomato condensed soup, add bodi, channa and red beans, seasonings and vinaigrette, toss well and cover and leave in the fridge overnight to marinate
• Taste and adjust seasonings to one’s liking