Nicoise-Style Tuna Salad With White Beans & Olives Recipe
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Nicoise-Style Tuna Salad With White Beans & Olives

By: USA WEEKEND columnist Pam Anderson 
"For my nicoise-style tuna salad, just open three cans: one each of tuna, white beans and sliced olives. Toss these ingredients with slivered red onion, olive oil and lemon juice. Take time, if you like, to boil eggs, or pick them up at the grocery salad bar. Serve the salad with steamed green beans. For an even simpler version, add a little chopped parsley to the salad for color and serve it with salted tomato slices."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.3 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (24)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 3/4 pound green beans, trimmed and snapped in half
  • 1 (12 ounce) can solid white albacore tuna, drained
  • 1 (16 ounce) can Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
  • 1/4 medium red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
  • Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  • 4 large hard-cooked eggs, peeled and quartered

Directions

  1. Place green beans, 1/3 cup water and a large pinch of salt in a medium skillet. Cover, turn heat on high, and bring water to boil. Once beans start to steam, set timer and cook until tender-crisp, about 5 minutes. (Because the beans cook in such a small amount of water, make sure not to let the skillet run dry.) Immediately dump them onto a lipped cookie sheet lined with paper towels to cool.
  2. Mix tuna, white beans, olives and onion in a medium bowl. Whisk together oregano, oil, lemon juice and zest in a medium bowl, then pour over the salad and gently stir to combine.
  3. Adjust seasonings to taste. Arrange a portion of green beans, tuna-bean salad and eggs on each of 4 plates.

Footnotes

  • Copyright 2004 USA WEEKEND and columnist Pam Anderson. All rights reserved.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 548 | Total Fat: 30.3g | Cholesterol: 247mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 27, 2005 by BGCITYKAT   view full review
Fresh and lemon-y, the zest makes this salad sing. I tweaked the recipe a bit, (real kalamata...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2006 by skipper11   view full review
Great recipe. Tastes just like the nicoise salad from a restaurant that I love. I used...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 3, 2006 by Zuzana   view full review
It was ok. I did not like green beans in this salad. To my taste they were overhelming.
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 1, 2011 by Lisa D-O Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Solid salad. I didn't use green beans, but served it over salad greens and cut up red and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on May 3, 2010 by tracey   view full review
This is a good recipe, since I love salade nicoise. I would suggest one improvement: ...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 25, 2007 by Christine M   view full review
Instead of tuna, I used leftover grilled salmon, leftover steamed green beans and I added a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on May 20, 2009 by ANN MARIE01   view full review
Excellent salad! Easy to put together, healthy and perfect for lunch or a light supper. What...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2006 by OKIELOVES2COOK   view full review
I didn't do the eggs or the green beans, I just served for a light lunch with crackers and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 9, 2006 by Stephanie M.   view full review
This was great. Next time I will double the vinegrette part of the recipe as I found it was a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 3, 2006 by mikita   view full review
very good. Fills you up. certain to be a summer favorite.

 

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