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