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Nicoise Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing
5 from 94 votes

Nicoise Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing

Nicoise Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing assembles a combination of bibb lettuce, tender cooked potatoes, crisp green beans, sliced hard-boiled eggs, bell peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, olives, capers, and canned salmon or tuna. It's dressed with a tangy vinaigrette featuring Dijon mustard, lemon, red wine vinegar, garlic, fresh thyme, and optional anchovy, delivering a balanced and vibrant salad with varied textures.

Prep Time
35 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 318 kcal
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean

Ingredients

Salad
  • 1 head bibb lettuce or butter lettuce
  • 1/2 pound about 6, cooked potatoes, red, yellow, or fingerling, sliced
  • 1 bell pepper sliced (or 3 baby bell peppers)
  • 1/2 pound green beans cooked to crisp tender
  • 3 egg sliced, hard boiled
  • 1 cucumber sliced
  • 1/4 cup black olives Nicoise, Greek or Kalamata (pitted)
  • 1/2 cup cherry tomato
  • 2 Tablespoons capers
  • 2 cans salmon or Tuna, drained, wild, Alaskan
Vinaigrette
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice fresh
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 clove garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon thyme minced, fresh
  • 1 anchovy filet minced, (optional) (or 2 teaspoons anchovy paste.)
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

Prepping the ingredients
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  1. Hard boil the eggs. Blanch the green beans and boil the potatoes.
  2. Slice the potatoes about 1/4" thick. Slice the hard boiled eggs.
  3. Layer the lettuce around a platter. Add the vegetables and potatoes, alternating colors.
  4. Fill in gaps with tuna or salmon and hard boiled egg slices. Add olives, then sprinkle with capers.
Dressing
  1. In a bowl, whisk Dijon, lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, thyme, salt, pepper and anchovy paste or filet if using, until blended.
  2. Drizzle dressing over the salad just before serving. 
  3. Dressing can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator until ready to serve. 

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 318kcal (16%) Carbohydrates 7g (2%) Protein 18g (36%) Fat 25g (38%) Saturated Fat 4g (20%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g (18%) Monounsaturated Fat 16g (80%) Trans Fat 0.01g (1%) Cholesterol 141mg (47%) Sodium 624mg (26%) Potassium 520mg (11%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 4g (8%) Vitamin A 2089IU (42%) Vitamin C 37mg (41%) Calcium 215mg (22%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6 people

Amount Per Serving

Calories 318

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 318kcal 16%
Carbohydrates 7g 2%
Protein 18g 36%
Fat 25g 38%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g 18%
Monounsaturated Fat 16g 80%
Trans Fat 0.01g 1%
Cholesterol 141mg 47%
Sodium 624mg 26%
Potassium 520mg 11%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 4g 8%
Vitamin A 2089IU 42%
Vitamin C 37mg 41%
Calcium 215mg 22%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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