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Salade Niçoise

Name: Salade Niçoise
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb small potatoes, halved; 1/2 lb green beans, trimmed; 4 eggs; 2 cans (5 oz each) good tuna in olive oil, drained; 4 tomatoes, cut in wedges; 1/2 cup Nicoise or black olives; 2 tablespoons capers; 1 head butter lettuce; 1/4 cup olive oil; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1 clove garlic, minced

A composed salad of tuna, green beans, potatoes, eggs, tomatoes, and olives with a mustard vinaigrette.

Serves 4

Prep 20 min

Cook 20 min

Salade Niçoise — Photo: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

1 lb small potatoes, halved
1/2 lb green beans, trimmed
4 eggs
2 cans (5 oz each) good tuna in olive oil, drained
4 tomatoes, cut in wedges
1/2 cup Nicoise or black olives
2 tablespoons capers
1 head butter lettuce
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic, minced

Steps

Step 1. Boil the potatoes for 12 minutes until tender. Lift out. Boil the green beans in the same water for 3 minutes, then cool in ice water.
Step 2. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes, cool, peel, and halve.
Step 3. Whisk the oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic, and a pinch of salt.
Step 4. Arrange the lettuce, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, eggs, tuna, olives, and capers on a platter.
Step 5. Drizzle with the vinaigrette.

Where this recipe comes from

Yoribang French recipes by Yoribang. License: Free to use. View the original (opens in a new tab)

Original Yoribang write-ups of French dishes. Good butter, a decent dry wine, and patience matter more than special equipment. If a recipe calls for wine, cook with something you would drink. Gruyère, Dijon mustard, and herbes de Provence are sold in most supermarkets.