Granny Jordan’s Vegetable Salad

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Marinated in a tangy yet sweet vinegar dressing, Granny Jordan’s Southern vegetable salad is overflowing with canned and fresh vegetables, like pimentos, celery, green beans, corn, green pepper, and onion.

vegetable salad

Granny Jordan’s vegetable salad recipe is one of those unassuming dishes of goodness that families with loving matriarchs just take for granted will show up at all of their get-togethers. It doesn’t put on airs, is easy to throw together, doesn’t cost a whole ton of money, and everyone loves it. Come to think of it, I would use a lot of those phrases to describe Granny Jordan herself. She had a graceful kindness about her in how she entered and operated in your life. Never one to butt in or force her opinions, she was happy to just “be” and her presence was always a joy. She didn’t judge, just welcomed and loved.

This vegetable salad recipe is both crisp and flavorful. We use a bunch of canned and fresh vegetables, including peas, green beans, corn, onion, green pepper, and onion. Then we marinate the vegetable salad in a sweet and sour dressing made with oil, vinegar, and sugar, and seasoned with salt and pepper. All you have to do is make the dressing, stir it into the vegetables, and let it chill in the fridge. I love to refrigerate it overnight so the dressing soaks into every last vegetable!

I’ve included some serving suggestions below, but this Southern marinated vegetable salad tastes good with basically any main dish. Alright, who’s ready to make it?

ingredients for vegetable salad.

Recipe Ingredients

  • White vinegar
  • Vegetable oil or olive oil
  • Sugar
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • English peas
  • Diced celery
  • Pimentos
  • French-style green beans
  • White or sweet corn kernels
  • Diced green pepper
  • Chopped onion

How to Make Vegetable Salad

Place vinegar, oil, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small saucepan and bring just to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar is melted.

Sometimes I just heat this up in the microwave and stir it real good, works just as well.

Drain all of the canned veggies and dice up all the fresh veggies, then place them all in a medium bowl.

Pour the prepared and cooled dressing over the top, cover, and refrigerate for several hours or until chilled.

vegetable salad 1

When ready, serve your corn salad with a slotted spoon.

Enjoy!

Storage

Store leftover marinated salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Recipe Notes

  • You can use apple cider vinegar if you prefer or if that is what you have on hand. Another option is white wine vinegar.
  • For more flavor, add your favorite chopped fresh herbs, like fresh parsley, dill, cilantro, basil, chives, rosemary, or oregano.
  • You can also add spices, like 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and/or celery seed.
  • Adapt this recipe to suit you and whatever veggies you have on hand:
    • Substitute the white onion for a red onion.
    • Use red bell pepper or yellow bell pepper instead of green bell pepper.
    • Swap celery for shredded carrot or use both.
    • Use thawed frozen corn instead of canned corn.
    • Substitute one of the cans of corn for a can of sliced mushrooms, lima beans, kidney beans, or water chestnuts. 

Recipe FAQs

What do you serve with this simple vegetable salad?

If you want to serve your salad as a side dish, it works great with so many main dishes, like grilled chicken tenders, fried catfish, pork chops, and fried chicken

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Vegetable Salad

Marinated in a tangy yet sweet vinegar dressing, Granny Jordan's Southern vegetable salad is overflowing with canned and fresh vegetables, like pimentos, celery, green beans, corn, green pepper, and onion.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Chill Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 15 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: salad, vegetables
Servings: 8
Calories: 250kcal

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil or olive oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 15-ounce can green peas, drained
  • 1 14.5-ounce can French-style green beans, drained
  • 2 11-ounce cans sweet or shoepeg corn, drained
  • 1 cup diced celery
  • 1 cup diced bell pepper
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • 1 2-ounce jar pimentos, diced and drained

Instructions

  • Combine the vinegar, oil, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small saucepan and bring just to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
    3/4 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup vegetable oil or olive oil, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl and pour vinegar mixture over all, stirring to coat.
    1 15-ounce can green peas, drained, 1 14.5-ounce can French-style green beans, drained, 2 11-ounce cans sweet or shoepeg corn, drained, 1 cup diced celery, 1 cup diced bell pepper, 1 cup diced onion, 1 2-ounce jar pimentos, diced and drained
  • Cover and chill for eight hours or until thoroughly chilled.
  • Serve with a slotted spoon.

Nutrition

Calories: 250kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 1.5g | Sodium: 311mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 35g
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64 Comments

  1. This looks fabulous. I’m really not a fan of canned vegetables. Can you use defrosted frozen veggies?

  2. 5 stars
    I saw this recipe, immediately went to the store and bought the ingredients I didn’t already have on hand, and had to eat some of it as soon as I mixed it up — I am having a hard time having to wait to have some of it for dinner tonight, it is so good!!!

  3. I absolutely love your recipes! Could you guess approximately how many people this will serve? I make a Thanksgiving meal for 100 homeless people and I’m trying to calculate how much to make. Thanks in advance.

    1. Hi Christy! Love this recipe, was just what I was looking for and turned out as great as it looks in the pictures!

      I have a question though. I thought friends day at my church was today, so yesterday (Saturday) morning I got to work on the recipe. Got the vegetables chopped, made the dressing, and then realized I had my dates confused and that friends day is next Sunday! I have a double batch of granny Jordans in my fridge! Should I start passing it out to neighbors or will it hold until next Sunday?

      Thanks so much for the great recipe, and the inspiration you bring us with them.

      Robert
      Ohio

      1. I’m afraid it won’t last a whole week but you can try it. Okay there is a chance. But if it were me, I’d eat it for lunch and snacks all week and make more, lol. I just love that stuff. So in conclusion it will probably be okay but I can’t guarantee it. The crunchy veggies might be a bit not so crunchy.

  4. I always add sliced water chestnuts and have also added a can of Chinese vegetables!\
    Love the crunchy taste of it! I would replace the sugar with Truvia also.

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