Description
A fresh and vibrant French salad with green beans, potatoes, eggs, tuna, olives, and a tangy vinaigrette.
Ingredients
Scale
- For the Salad:
- 12 oz fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1 lb baby potatoes, halved or quartered
- 4 large eggs
- 8 oz tuna (preferably seared fresh steak or quality canned tuna)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup Niçoise olives or Kalamata olives, pitted
- 4 anchovy fillets (optional, but traditional)
- 4 radishes, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp capers
- Mixed salad greens or butter lettuce (about 4 cups)
- For the Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender but still firm, about 12–15 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool.
- Trim the green beans and blanch them in boiling salted water for 2–3 minutes until bright green and just tender. Transfer to ice water to stop cooking.
- Place eggs in a saucepan, cover with water, bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes. Cool in ice water, peel, and slice.
- If using fresh tuna, season and sear in a hot pan with olive oil for 2–3 minutes each side for medium-rare. Let rest and slice thickly. If using canned tuna, drain and keep flaky.
- Whisk olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, minced garlic, salt, and pepper until emulsified to make the vinaigrette.
- Arrange salad greens on a platter. Top with potatoes, green beans, tuna, egg slices, cherry tomatoes, olives, radishes, anchovies, and capers.
- Drizzle vinaigrette evenly over the salad just before serving.
- Serve immediately for the best texture and flavor.
Notes
- Use fresh, quality ingredients for the best flavor.
- Anchovies are traditional but optional.
- You can substitute grilled tuna steaks for canned tuna or vice versa.
- Add fresh herbs like parsley or basil for extra flavor.
- Serve immediately to keep the greens crisp.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Boiling, blanching, searing
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 185mg
Keywords: Nicoise salad, French salad, tuna salad, healthy lunch, summer salad