Portuguese Tuna Salad Recipe

Portuguese Tuna Salad

From PongoUSA 11 years ago

An unusual combination, tuna on a bed of potatoes and chickpeas. But it is very good, quickly made and healthy. Thanks, Luisa, for the suggestion :)

150 grams tuna in olive oil preferably Italian, drained shopping list
450 grams Waxy potatoes such as white, fingerling, red, new shopping list
1 cup Cooked chickpeas, preferably made from dried (or organic canned) shopping list
couple handful rucola shopping list
DRESSING
2 tablesp. Minced sweet onion, shallot, or scallion ( Ralph : red onion in slices ) shopping list
2 tablesp. red wine vinegar ( Ralph : champagne vinegar and some lemon juice ) shopping list
3 tablesp. Fine quality olive oil shopping list
2 tablesp. chickpea liquor ( Ralph ) shopping list
2 tablesp. flat leaf parsley leaves, minced ( Ralph : none ) shopping list
8 Kalamata or your favorite olives ( Ralph : none ) shopping list
Sea salt and black pepper to taste shopping list
lemon wedges for garnish shopping list

Cook the potatoes until just tender, cool slightly and peel (not necessary to peel small new or red potatoes). Cut into rough chunks and arrange on top of ruccola on a serving platter, sprinkle with salt. Drain the tuna and flake into large chunks on top of the potatoes. Sprinkle the chickpeas and onions over the top along with the olives. Mix the olive oil, chickpea liquor and lemon juice, add salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle over the salad, arrange the parsley leaves around the platter. Either serve at once or chill and serve the next day. Serves 4 as an appetizer or 2 as an entree. This is a great pantry recipe that can yield extraordinary results with high quality ingredients.

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lagoulue ate it and said...
I love pantry recipes, and this one is a real winner! Thanks so much for posting it.
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NPMarie 11 years ago
Love the ingredients, sounds wonderful:)
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I love pantry recipes, and this one is a real winner! Thanks so much for posting it.

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