Gourmet Beef, Potato and Bean Salad With French Dijon Dressing

• 14 cup vinegar
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 34 cup olive oil
• 2 red onions, thinly sliced
• 1 lb green beans (fresh or canned)
• 2 lbs potatoes
• 14 cup minced shallots or 14 cup scallion
• 3 tablespoons hot beef bouillon
• 2 lbs cooked roast beef, sliced 1/4 inch thick
• chopped fresh chives or dried chives (optional)
• chopped fresh parsley or dried parsley (optional)

1. First make the dressing: Beat the vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper together with a fork, then gradually beat in the olive oil.
2. Separate the onions into rings.
3. Cook the beans in boiling water to cover 7-8 min or until barely tender; drain and cut into 1-inch lengths.
4. Toss the beans with half the dressing (about 1/2 cup) in a bowl.
5. Boil, peel, and thinly slice the potatoes.
6. In a bowl, while potatoes are still warm, combine them with the shallots and toss with the bouillon until absorbed.
7. Next toss the potato-shallot mixture with the other half of the dressing until the potatoes are well coated.
8. Cut the beef into 2 x 2-inch squares.
9. In a salad bowl, arrange in circles from the outside in: onion rings, beans, potatoes, beef.
10. Sprinkle with chives and/or parsley.
11. Cover with Glad Wrap or foil and refrigerate at least 2 hours to chill.

vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, olive oil, red onions, green beans, potatoes, shallots, hot beef bouillon, beef, fresh chives, fresh parsley

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/gourmet-beef-potato-and-bean-salad-with-french-dijon-dressing-93079 (may not work)