Nicoise Salad
with tuna / prosciutto / tomatoes / green beans / olives / eggs
Ingredients
- Green beans - 1 lb, trimmed and chopped into 1" / 2.5 cm pieces
- Eggs - 4
- Tomatoes, medium - 1, wedges
- Chives - 1 Tbsp, chopped
- Tuna, canned, look for Spanish or Italian varieties packed in olive oil (5 oz / 142 g can) - 2 cans, drained
- Olives, nicoise (sub seedless kalamata) - 1/2 cup, drained and rinsed
- Prosciutto, thinly sliced - 1/4 lb
- Oil, olive - 1 tsp
- Salad greens - 8 oz
- Garlic - 1 clove, chopped
- Vinegar, sherry (sub red or white wine vinegar) - 1 Tbsp
- Lemon juice - 2 tsp
- Mustard, Dijon - 2 tsp
- Honey - 2 tsp
- Oil, olive - 4 Tbsp
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Prep
- Green beans - Trim green beans and chop into 1" / 2.5 cm pieces. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Boil eggs - Cover eggs with cold water in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil and then turn off heat. Put a lid on the pan and let eggs sit in hot water for 11 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Boil green beans - Bring a large stock pot of salted water to a boil. Add green beans and boil until tender, ~5 minutes (depending on thickness of the beans). Drain and rinse under cool water. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Make vinaigrette - Chop garlic. Whisk garlic with vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, and honey. Add olive oil (portion for vinaigrette) while whisking. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Tomatoes / Chives / Tuna / Olives - Prep as directed. (You can leave the olives whole or slice them if you’d prefer.)
- Eggs - Roll eggs against a hard, flat surface to break up shell and then peel. Slice into quarters.
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Make
- Toss green beans with olive oil (the portion for the salad) and chives.
- Assemble salads by topping salad greens with green beans, tomatoes, olives, and eggs. Pull slices of prosciutto apart and break tuna into small pieces as you add them. Finish with vinaigrette just before serving. Enjoy!
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Reviews
Ratings
17 reviews
Having made Salade Nicoise many times before, I was looking forward to making this version to see the difference. I guess my family doesn't like sweeter salad dressings, as this one just didn't fulfill our expectations. The rest of the salad was good.
This was good and filling, but it felt like a lot of fuss for a salad. I'll probably not plan this one for a weeknight in the future.
This was so flavorful and I loved the warm veggies with the cold salad. All the textures went so well together. I sound like a foodie in this review and I'm not. ;0 It was very delicious!
Excellent salad that was easy to make. Potatoes, green beans and chives mixture was a great addition to the salad and was what made this salad a satisfying and fulfilling meal.