Description
Salad Niçoise is a vibrant and fresh French dish that combines the best of the Mediterranean in one bowl. Featuring tender potatoes, crisp green beans, tuna, eggs, and anchovies, all topped with a tangy lemon vinaigrette, it’s a perfect summer meal or satisfying lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
½ pound new potatoes, quartered
⅓ pound fresh green beans, rinsed, trimmed, and blanched
1 (5 ounce) can tuna
½ onion, thinly sliced
¼ cup pitted Niçoise olives
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
½ pound mixed salad greens
1 cup lemon vinaigrette
3 hard-cooked eggs, quartered
3 roma (plum) tomatoes, thinly sliced
4 anchovy filets
1 tablespoon capers
Instructions
- Begin by boiling a large pot of salted water. Add the quartered potatoes and cook until they are tender but still firm (around 15 minutes). Drain and set aside to cool.
- Prepare the green beans by blanching them in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Once the potatoes have cooled, combine them in a large bowl with the green beans, tuna, thinly sliced onion, chopped parsley, and olives. Chill in the refrigerator for 2-4 hours.
- In a separate salad bowl, toss the mixed greens with the lemon vinaigrette.
- Top the dressed greens with the chilled potato mixture.
- Garnish the salad with the quartered hard-boiled eggs, sliced tomatoes, anchovies, and capers.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- For a premium touch, swap canned tuna for fresh tuna steak, grilled to your preference.
- If you prefer, replace green beans with blanched asparagus tips for a different flavor.
- For a vegetarian version, omit the tuna and anchovies, or add proteins like grilled chicken or chickpeas.
- Try substituting mixed greens with arugula or spinach for a more peppery or milder flavor.
- If you’re not a fan of anchovies, you can skip them or replace with capers or extra olives.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Boiling, Blanching, Tossing
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 160mg
