Nicoise Salad
Course: Brunch, LunchCuisine: SaladsDifficulty: Easy
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
10
minutesTotal time
20
minutesThis is one of the best combinations of salad ingredients ever invented!
Ingredients
4 eggs
425 g Tuna (1 med can – chunky style) drained
15 fresh thin green beans, boiled briefly – then cooled in ice cold water
12 cherry tomatoes
1 small head of green lettuce
1 spring onion – sliced
75 grams pitted black olives – sliced
1 med red capsicum – seeded and sliced
1 small cucumber – sliced thinly
For the dressing
7 tbsp Olive Oil
3 tbsp lemon juice or wine vinegar
0.5 tsp French mustard
1 garlic clove peeld and crushed
0.5 tsp salt
0.5 tsp black pepper
Directions
- Boil the eggs in a pot for 5-6 mins. Let cool and then peel and slice in halves or quarters
- Lay the lettuce in a large salad bowl (or divide among smaller individual bowls for single servings).
- Add the cooked beans, tuna, spring onion, capsicum, cucumber, olives and tomatoes.
- Top the salad with the boiled eggs.
- Pour the dressing over the salad to taste to serve (use as much or as little as you like).
- To make the dressing
- The easiest way to make a salad dressing is to put all the ingredients in a clean jam jar, put the lid on and shake vigorously for 5-10 secs until all ingredients are mixed well.
- Pour the dressing over the salad to taste (use as much or as little as you like).