Salade Niçoise
Updated May 2, 2024

- Total Time
- 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1head bibb or Boston lettuce
- 112-ounce can or jar imported tuna in olive oil
- 12small new potatoes, cooked until tender and halved
- 1cup green beans, ends trimmed and cooked until tender
- ½red bell pepper, seeded and julienned
- 16-ounce jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
- 2firm ripe tomatoes, quartered lengthwise
- 2hard-cooked eggs, peeled and halved lengthwise
- 6anchovy fillets
- 12black olives, pitted and sliced
- Handful of capers
- 3tablespoons tarragon vinegar
- 2teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1garlic clove, peeled and crushed
- ¾cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 1tablespoon mixed chopped herbs, like chervil and chives
Preparation
- Step 1
Quarter the lettuce through the root end. Rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Place each quarter on a large plate or in a shallow bowl. Drain the tuna and place in a bowl; flake into bite-size pieces with a fork and scatter over the lettuce. Next, scatter the potatoes, beans, pepper, artichoke hearts and tomatoes. Arrange an egg half to the side of each plate. Sprinkle the dish with the anchovies, olives and capers.
- Step 2
Mix the vinegar, mustard and garlic in a bowl. Whisk in the oil until thickened. Season with the salt, pepper and herbs. Drizzle over salads. Serve.
Private Notes
Comments
Suggest that you don't scatter anything. Arrange the whole salad carefully.
The potatoes, tomatoes, bell pepper, and haricots should be dressed separately, and allowed to take in some dressing for about ten minutes before plating. It makes a real difference.
Only the eggs and lettuce should be dressed immediately before serving. Remember to chill the plates.
Whoever came up with the 20 minute preparation estimate must not own a clock. Trimming, cooking, cooling, draining green beans, cooking, halving potatoes, emulsifying dressing, chopping fresh herbs, julienne-ing peppers, washing and spinning lettuce, draining tuna, pitting and slicing olives must have been left out of the calculation. The results were worthwhile, but it's a good thing I didn't leave this until 20 minutes before serving.
Fabulous. I would leave out the artichoke hearts next time as they detracted from all the fresh ingredients. Do not sub out the imported tuna!!!
Really delicious; I did arrange carefully (vs scattered) but did not individually dress and it was great. Each bite was a little different ( in a good way) and I loved the mix of canned and fresh, super satisfying. Make your own tarragon vinegar if you can't find it in the store, it composed the whole dish.
The small cake shown in the illustration looks delicious - does anyone know what it is?
That is the contents of a can of tuna
Whoever came up with the 20 minute preparation estimate must not own a clock. Trimming, cooking, cooling, draining green beans, cooking, halving potatoes, emulsifying dressing, chopping fresh herbs, julienne-ing peppers, washing and spinning lettuce, draining tuna, pitting and slicing olives must have been left out of the calculation. The results were worthwhile, but it's a good thing I didn't leave this until 20 minutes before serving.
@AnonymousThe time estimate is for once the ingredients are prepped and ready. For a lot of dishes, this takes most of the time. So if a recipe calls for cooked potatoes, the cooking time is not counted.
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