How To Make Nicoise Salad
Nicoise salad is a French salad that's made with fresh vegetables, hard boiled eggs and tuna. This salad is ready in 30 minutes and you can serve this salad as a light lunch or dinner.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 yukon gold potatoes (peeled and cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces)
- 8 oz green beans
- 4 large hard boiled eggs
- 1 head lettuce (washed and chopped)
- 2 cans tuna in olive oil (drained)
- 1/2 red bell pepper (sliced)
- 1 cup nicoise olives (or kalamata olives)
- 2 roma tomatoes (cut into large pieces)
- 1 shallot (sliced)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Cook the potatoes: Place the potatoes in a pot and cover with water and add 1 tsp of salt. Bring to boil and cook until the potatoes are fork tender. Drain and set aside.
- 2
Cook the green beans: While the potatoes are cooking, fill a medium sized pot halfway with water and bring it to boil. Cook the green beans for 5 minutes. Take them out of the boiling water and place them immediately in a bowl filled with ice water. This would help the green beans to keep their color. Drain and set aside.
- 3
Assemble: Place the lettuce in a large plate or a shallow bowl. Place chunks of tuna in the middle and arrange the bell pepper slices, olives, tomatoes, shallot, cooked potatoes and green beans on the salad.
- 4
Dressing
- 5
Place all the ingredients in a mason jar and place the lid on. Shake well until all ingredients are incorporated. Drizzle over salad and serve.