Classic Nicoise Salad - Step By Step Recipe With Photo

This salad was originally a fisherman's dish, but now it is also made in restaurants. The salad is one of those dishes that can replace a full meal, because it is light and nutritious at the same time.

Cooking description:

This French salad is known all over the world, there are many options for its preparation. The salad can be prepared with a variety of vegetables to suit your taste. From this recipe you will learn how to prepare the classic Nicoise salad. Nothing complicated, but it turns out very tasty.

Purpose: For lunch / For dinner

Main ingredient: Fish and seafood / Vegetables / Legumes / Anchovy / Tuna / Eggs / Herbs / Canned tuna

Dish: Salads

Cuisine geography: European

Ingredients:

• Asparagus Beans - 200 Grams
• Boiled eggs - 3 Pieces
• Tuna - 150-200 Grams (canned)
• Anchovies - 100 Grams
• Bulgarian pepper - 1 Piece
• Potatoes - 2-3 Pieces
• Tomatoes - 2-4 Pieces
• Olives - 10-12 Pieces
• Lettuce Leaves - 1 Bunch
• Olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons
• Wine vinegar - 1 Tbsp. the spoon
• Mustard - 1 tbsp. the spoon
• Salt - 2 Pinches
• Ground black pepper - 1 Pinch

Servings: 3

How to cook "Classic Nicoise" salad

First of all, boil the asparagus beans and potatoes. Cook the beans for about 5 minutes, then cool them. Boil the potatoes in a peel, cool and peel. Now let's prepare the salad dressing. Combine olive oil, mustard, wine vinegar or lemon juice, salt and pepper. Let's prepare the rest of the ingredients. Peel the bell pepper, cut it into small cubes, remove the tuna and anchovies from the filling. A few pieces of anchovies can be chopped and added to the dressing, in this case, do not overdo it with salt. We clean the boiled eggs, disassemble the salad into leaves, rinse them thoroughly and dry them. And we start assembling. Green lettuce leaves, if large, can be torn by hand. We spread the asparagus beans and potato slices.