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Nicoise Salad (French salad with tuna)
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This Nicoise salad is a traditional French dish featuring baby potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, black olives, and chunk tuna. It is dressed with a zesty lemon dressing for a refreshing and flavorful meal.
Ingredients
Servings:
4
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Lemon Nicoise Dressing
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Notes
1. Potatoes – Regular potatoes, peeled and chopped into chunks or slices are totally fine too.
2. Olives – Get the best olives you can find. Unpitted kalamata, Ligurian or Nicoise olives in brine or oil are best.
3. Tuna – Not all tuna is created equal! Tuna in oil trumps tuna in spring water.
4. Variations:– Instead of tuna, anchovies are common and arguably more traditional. Use around a dozen draped over the salad. Modern versions often turn the salad into a seafood meal by serving a whole seared, rare tuna steak on top of the salad.– Other vegetables sometimes seen in a Nicoise salad: Cucumber, capsicum, artichokes, broad bean (fava beans), red onion, eschalots, radishes. Soft herbs are also sometimes included such as parsley or basil.
2. Olives – Get the best olives you can find. Unpitted kalamata, Ligurian or Nicoise olives in brine or oil are best.
3. Tuna – Not all tuna is created equal! Tuna in oil trumps tuna in spring water.
4. Variations:– Instead of tuna, anchovies are common and arguably more traditional. Use around a dozen draped over the salad. Modern versions often turn the salad into a seafood meal by serving a whole seared, rare tuna steak on top of the salad.– Other vegetables sometimes seen in a Nicoise salad: Cucumber, capsicum, artichokes, broad bean (fava beans), red onion, eschalots, radishes. Soft herbs are also sometimes included such as parsley or basil.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 6 is assumed for the total
recipe.
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Calories273kcal13%
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Fat19g0%
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Saturated Fat2g0%
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Carbohydrates11g0%
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Fiber2g0%
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Sugar1g0%
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Protein15g0%
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Cholesterol130mg6%
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Sodium512mg25%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.