Salad Nicoise

Name: Salad Nicoise
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: green beans; potatoes; eggs; tuna; tomatoes; prepared mustard; garlic cloves; vinegar; olive oil; parsley leaves; chives; anchovy fillets; olives

Submitted by melsha

This quick and easy salad is filling, tasty and packed goodness. Serve it with a few slices of crusty bread, a perfect week-night meal.

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

8 min

READY

25 min

Ingredients

OUNCES GREEN BEANS
topped

EACH POTATOES
small, peeled

LARGE EGGS
hard boiled, sliced

CAN TUNA
7 1/2 oz, drained

EACH TOMATOES
cut in wedges

TEASPOON PREPARED MUSTARD
dijon

EACH GARLIC CLOVES
finely chopped

TABLESPOONS VINEGAR
red wine

CUP OLIVE OIL

TABLESPOON PARSLEY LEAVES
finely chopped

TABLESPOON CHIVES
fresh, chopped

EACH ANCHOVY FILLETS
(optional) *

EACH OLIVES
black *

Directions

Cook green beans in pot of boiling water, add green beans and boil until tender crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes.

Refresh with cold cold water and dry.

In large pot of salted water, bring potatoes to a boil.

Cook until tender, about 8 minutes.

Combine green beans, potatoes, tuna, tomatoes in large bowl. In small bowl, whisk together mustard, garlic and vinegar. Add oil slowly, then parsley and chives.

Season with pepper and pour over ingredients.

Top with eggs, anchovy fillets and eggs.

If green beans aren’t available, you can use green and or red pepper.

Garlic sauce can be added to olive oil, instead of chopped garlic.