Easy Summer Recipe: Salade Niçoise with Tuna
A simple recipe for veggie filled salade niçoise with tuna and lemon vinaigrette
Ingredients
Salade Niçoise
- 3 cups small (new) potatoes red or yellow
- 3 large eggs
- 3 cups salad greens butter leaf or romaine
- 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes or 1 large tomato
- 1/2 medium red onion
- 1/3 cup Kalamata or Niçoise olives pitted and, preferably, halved
- 12 oz tuna
Niçoise Salad Dressing
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 - 2 lemons
- 1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1/2 minced shallot
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
Salade Niçoise
- Bring four quarts of salted water to a boil in a large pot.
- Wash the potatoes. If they are on the slightly larger size, cut them in half. Gently place them in the boiling water. Cook until they are easily pierced with a fork, about 15-20 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool.
- While the potatoes are cooking, start the hard-boiled eggs by bringing 2 quarts of water and 1 tsp of salt to boil in a large saucepan.
- When the water is boiling, gently add the eggs with a slotted spoon. Lower the heat to a simmer and cook the eggs for 15 minutes.
- Prepare an ice bath of cold water and ice in a heatproof bowl. Gently lower the cooked eggs into the ice water and set aside.
- Layer the salad greens onto a large platter.
- Cut the tomatoes in half and place on the salad greens.
- Thinly slice the red onion.
- Peel the cooled eggs and cut them in quarters.
- Drain the tuna.
- If your olives are not sliced, cut them in half.
- Put your salad together in what ever order you wish: tomatoes, eggs, potatoes, olives, red onion, and tuna. Set aside and make your dressing.
Niçoise Salad Dressing
- Mince 1/2 of a shallot and set aside.
- Juice the lemon to have 1/4 cup of juice.
- Add olive oil to a jar (you can use a small bowl if necessary).
- Add the remaining ingredients: lemon juice, Dijon mustard, salt, minced shallot.
- Shake the ingredients to combine.
- If you plan on eating the entire salad at one sitting, you can pour the dressing over the top and toss. If you don't think you will finish the salad, it is better to add the dressing to individual portions.