Salad Nicoise Recipe
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Salad Nicoise

By: Bob Cody 
"This French-inspired salad makes a delightful summer dish. You can dress it up with other garden vegetables like corn, blanched broccoli, cauliflower and asparagus!"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (20)

Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
2 Hrs 15 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound new potatoes, quartered
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/4 cup pitted nicoise olives
  • 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tuna
  • 1/3 pound fresh green beans - rinsed, trimmed and blanched
  • 1/2 pound mixed salad greens
  • 1 cup lemon vinaigrette
  • 3 hard-cooked eggs, quartered
  • 3 roma (plum) tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • 4 anchovy filets

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and cool.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, parsley, olives, onion, tuna and green beans. Refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours.
  3. In large bowl, toss greens with vinaigrette and top with chilled potato mixture. Garnish with eggs, tomatoes, capers and anchovies.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 300 | Total Fat: 8.8g | Cholesterol: 175mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 27, 2009 by QuakerBaker   view full review
I made mine the French way, by just combining all of the ingredients excluding the greens, and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 7, 2008 by KymInNM   view full review
This was absolutely delicious! I didn't use potatoes (I prefer to eat seafood with veggies),...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 12, 2009 by janeane1   view full review
Please don't spoil this delightful fresh salad by using canned tuna. Fresh tuna steak,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 14, 2008 by prettieknittie   view full review
I live in a small town with limited produce options, so I blanched asparagus instead of green...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2010 by LovetoCook   view full review
My mother made this salad often when we were growing up and now it is a staple in my house. It...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 21, 2009 by Sylvia   view full review
I used the lemon pepper tuna in the vacumme pack. Deleted the anchovies(personal preference)....
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2008 by az_starshine   view full review
My husband loves this salad!
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 8, 2007 by speck   view full review
This was just too fishy for me. I also rinsed the tuna beforehand but it was too over powering...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 11, 2007 by Mr. Sushanta Acharjee   view full review
good
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2009 by CAIRA01   view full review
Very good & easy to adapt to whatever you have on hand.

 

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