Nicoise Salad
From auntybea 15 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 6
This is such a beautiful salad to serve. I make it as a main course with crusty bread for a casual summer meal. I serve it on a big platter, Italian-style, and let people just help themselves to what of it they like.
Ingredients
- 1 head iceberg lettuce, torn shopping list
- 1 head romaine lettuce, torn shopping list
- 2 6 1/2 oz. cans tuna, drained shopping list
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced shopping list
- 1 cup kalamata olives, left whole shopping list
- 4 medium cooked potatoes, sliced shopping list
- 1/2 cups fresh green beans, cooked until tender shopping list
- 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges shopping list
- 3 hard boiled eggs, quartered shopping list
- anchovies for garnish (optional) shopping list
- Dressing: shopping list
- 1/2 cup olive oil shopping list
- 3 tbsp. red wine vinegar shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, chopped finely shopping list
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley shopping list
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. salt shopping list
- 1/4 tsp. pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Mix olive oil, vinegar, parsley, lemon juice, salt, pepper and garlic together. Let sit in fridge for a couple of hours to blend flavours. Line large platter or salad bowl with lettuce.
- Layer tuna, onion, olives, potatoes and beans over top.
- Drizzle dressing over salad upon serving. Garnish with anchovies if you like them.
People Who Like This Dish 5
- jimrug1 Peoria, IL
- rosemaryblue CollegeTown
- silverqueen Albany, GA
- crazeecndn Edmonton, CA
- toleliz Burlington, Canada
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- lipsantos Curitiba, BR
- auntybea Vernon, Canada
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Been looking for a really good salad meal got my 5. Sounds so yummy love good crunchy salad.
Have a great evening!!!!
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silverqueen
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Love this salad and also love the presentation!
rosemaryblue
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I've only ever eaten Nicoise Salad once in a restaurant and loved it so much I've been obsessing ever since. Thanks for the post! This sounds like a wonderful summer meal! I've also had my eye on this big summer platter and this is the perfect excus...more
toleliz
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