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Easy Tuna Nicoise Salad
A French classic, a filling delicious salad with tuna and new potatoes, so good!
Course
Salad
Cuisine
French
Keyword
Nicoise, Salad, Tuna
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
minutes
Total Time
40
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
Calories
302
kcal
Ingredients
290
g
Tuna
either 2 tins or 4 fresh pieces, any size
4
eggs Soft boiled
150
g
Green beans
200
g
Cherry Tomatoes
300
g
Jersey Royals new Potatoes
more if you like
1
Red Onion - thinly sliced
1/4
Cucumber sliced long ways into pieces
16
Pitted Black Olives
halved
A few Cos or baby Gem Lettuce leaves
2
tbsp
Olive Oil
reduce if Slimming
Juice of 2 Lemons
Salt & Black Pepper
Instructions
Boil new potatoes until soft approx. 25 minutes..
In the meantime half cherry tomatoes.
Wash and dry and roughly chop lettuce leaves
Half pitted Olives.
Chop cucumber.
Slice red onion.
Mix lemon juice, olive oil and salt and freshly ground black pepper in a small bowl
Lightly boil green beans approx. 10 minutes, remove and drain
(if using fresh tuna sear in a frying pan with a touch of olive oil for 3 minutes each side)
Peel soft boiled Eggs and cut into 1/4’s
Once potatoes are soft, drain and leave in pan. Tip in the olive oil & lemon dressing, stir.
Now its salad construction time!
On each plate start with lettuce and mix with all ingredients
Add green beans and potatoes (dripping in olive oil and lemon, there will be some left in the pan - you will need this)
Finally if using fresh tuna place on top, or break tinned tuna into chunks and mix in the salad!
Finally drizzle with remaining lemon juice and olive oil left in the pan. Now Dig in and enjoy, its fresh and simple…
Notes
*** Nutritional information iOS approximate and intended as a guide
Nutrition
Calories:
302
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
22
g
|
Protein:
23
g
|
Fat:
15
g
|
Saturated Fat:
3
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
9
g
|
Trans Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
190
mg
|
Sodium:
504
mg
|
Potassium:
767
mg
|
Fiber:
4
g
|
Sugar:
5
g
|
Vitamin A:
861
IU
|
Vitamin C:
33
mg
|
Calcium:
83
mg
|
Iron:
3
mg