Canned Tuna Nicoise Salad Recipe

5 from 4 votes

Follow this recipe to the "T" and get an authentic delicious version or if you're lacking in a few ingredients, just skip them and use the rest.

Prep Time20

Cook Time5

Total Time25

Course: Lunch

Cuisine: French

Keyword: french tuna salad, nicoise salad, tuna salad nicoise

Servings:

1/4 pound green beans, trimmed
2 cups (or 1/2 medium head) red leaf lettuce, washed, rinsed and torn into bite-sized pieces
1 can (5 ounces) water-packed tuna, drained
1 small cucumber, thinly sliced
2 small roasted sweet peppers, or 1/2 large pepper, thinly sliced
6 cherry tomatoes
2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered
1 medium red potato, boiled and thinly sliced
6 oil-cured Mediterranean, or Greek, olives
2 large radishes, stemmed and thinly sliced
1/4 cup homemade, or prepared, mustard vinaigrette
Basil leaves, optional

Steam the green beans until crisp/tender. When they are ALMOST done and still green, turn the flame off and remove from the heat. As the beans stand, they will continue to steam so make sure the lid is off or they will be mushy and brown.
Make two salads: Divide the salad greens evenly between two plates. Arrange the remaining ingredients on top of the plates of lettuce.
Serve dressing on the side

Serving size: 1 tuna Nicoise salad (1/2 recipe)

WW Points: 2

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5 SmartPoints (Purple plan)

7 PointsPlus (Old plan)

To make a simple mustard vinaigrette: mix equal parts vinegar (or lemon juice) and olive oil, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, salt and pepper to taste.