Authentic ¨Ensalada Valenciana¨ Salad from Valencia Spain
This Authentic ¨Ensalada Valenciana¨ Salad Recipe from Valencia Spain is super easy to make, has an amazing flavor and comes together in a jiffy.

- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 1/2 onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 4 white jarred asparagus
- 15 green pimento stuffed spanish olives
- 2 organic eggs
- 2 tins Spanish tuna
- pinch sea salt
- pinch black pepper
- 1/4 cup jarred corn
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- 1
Add 2 medium sized organic eggs into a sauce pan, fill it with cold water to about 1 inch above the eggs, heat it with a high heat, once it comes to a boil place a lid on top and lower the fire to a low heat, after 9 minutes remove the pan from the heat, drain the water and rinse the eggs under cold running water, set aside to cool
- 2
Remove the leaves from a head of romaine lettuce and stack them up, tightly roll the leaves together, kind of like a cigar, cut it right down the middle lengthwise and roughly chop the lettuce
- 3
Rinse the cut lettuce under cold running water and pat dry with a dish cloth or use a salad spinner, add the cleaned lettuce into a large shallow bowl
- 4
Thinly slice 1/2 of an onion and add on top of the lettuce, cut 2 tomatoes into wedges and add on top of the lettuce, grab between 15 to 20 green pimento stuffed Spanish olives and decorate around the salad, grab 4 jarred white asparagus and gently pat them dry with paper towels, add on top of the salad, season everything with fine sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 5
Drain the oil from 2 tins of Spanish tuna and add the tuna on top of the salad
- 6
Peel the eggs and cut them in half lengthwise, add on top of the salad, sprinkle about a 1/4 cup of jarred corn over the salad and drizzle in about 2 tbsp of a good quality extra virgin olive oil, enjoy!