Salad Niçoise
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Delicately steamed French beans, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, and everything deliciously funky: Tuna, olives, capers and a few anchovies (for salty chew). A handful of crackers with cheese complete dinner.
Servings
6
Servings
6
Salad Niçoise
Votes: 3
Rating: 3.67
You:
Rate this recipe!
Print Recipe
Delicately steamed French beans, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, and everything deliciously funky: Tuna, olives, capers and a few anchovies (for salty chew). A handful of crackers with cheese complete dinner.
Servings
6
Servings
6
Ingredients
Dressing
  • 2 cloves garlic , crushed
  • 1 shallot , minced
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard , heaping
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 2/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
Salad
  • 1 lb baby potatoes , boiled and halved
  • 1 lb green beans , steamed and shocked in cold water
  • 2 tomatoes , chopped
  • 1 head green lettuce
  • 4 eggs , hard-boiled and sliced in half
  • oil-cured black olives
  • 1-2 cans tuna
  • capers
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Instructions
Dressing
  1. Add all ingredients to a lidded jar and shake.
Salad
  1. Layer some lettuce on a large platter. Mound the potatoes in the center.
  2. Arrange the green beans in 6 bundles around the outside. Add the tomatoes and eggs in a decorative fashion.
  3. Finish with a mound of tuna in the center, along with olives, capers, and some anchovies.
  4. Serve with extra dressing on the side.