Preparation
25 minutes
Cooking
5 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
The Nicoise salad is actually easy to make. Are there any cooking tips to make it delicious? Let’s explore the detailed way to make simple Nicoise salad at home with the cooking section of TasteVN!
Ingredients for Nicoise salad Serves 4 people
Green beans 200 gr Canned tuna 200 gr Eggs 2 pieces Lettuce 100 gr Potatoes 4 pieces Onion 1/2 piece Cherry tomatoes 10 pieces Olive oil 10 pieces Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon White wine vinegar 3 tablespoons Salt 1 teaspoon Pepper 1/2 teaspoon
Tools: Knife, cutting board, bowls, spoon,….
Tips for choosing Dijon mustard:
- Dijon mustard is a traditional French mustard, named after the town of Dijon in Burgundy, France, made from brown mustard seeds, white wine, or a mixture of wine vinegar, water, and salt.
- There are two types of Dijon mustard: one variety contains whole brown mustard seeds, while the other is made from ground brown mustard seeds.
- You can buy Dijon mustard at supermarkets, spice shops nationwide, or on e-commerce sites for 90,000 – 100,000 VND for a 200g bottle.
Tips for choosing white wine vinegar:
- White wine vinegar has a mild sweet flavor, with lower acidity than white vinegar. In addition to its slightly sour taste, white wine vinegar has a wine aroma, and since it has low alcohol content, it easily eliminates the fishy smell of some types of fish.
- You can buy white wine vinegar at supermarkets nationwide or on e-commerce sites for 80,000 – 100,000 VND (depending on the type) for a 500ml bottle.
Tips for choosing good potatoes:
- You should choose potatoes with smooth skin, without scratches, bumps, or sprouts.
- When you press on the potato, if it feels firm, then it is fresh and good; they will last longer and retain more nutrients.
- Additionally, among potatoes of similar sizes, the heavier one will be tastier.
How to prepare Nicoise salad
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Prepare the ingredients
You wash the ingredients and prepare them as follows:
- Eggs: boil until cooked, peel, and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Potatoes: boil until cooked, peel, and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Cherry tomatoes, olives: cut in half.
- Lettuce: carefully pick, drain, and cut into small pieces.
- Green beans: string them carefully, cut at an angle, then briefly boil in salted water, then remove and drain.
- Onion: peel, slice, and soak in cold water for 10 minutes to reduce pungency, then drain.
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Mix the salad dressing
You put in a bowl the ingredients: tuna, 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 3 tablespoons of white wine vinegar, 120ml of olive oil, then mix well.
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Mixing the salad
Mix the ingredients: green beans, tomatoes, potatoes, olives with the prepared vinaigrette, then mix well, and season with a little salt if it’s bland.
When serving, place the salad on a plate and add boiled eggs on top to finish.
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Final product
With the main ingredients being fresh, crunchy green vegetables mixed with tuna and a delicious dressing, it will create a surprising flavor for your family members.
Some tips for making a successful Nicoise salad:
- You can arrange the salad ingredients on a plate as you like, drizzle the dressing on top. Then place the eggs and tuna on top.
- You should only mix the dressing 5 minutes before serving. After that, plate it and serve immediately.
- You can mix all the vegetables with the dressing in one bowl or mix each type separately.
- You can add some other vegetables: cucumber, bell pepper, onion, avocado, radish. For fish, you can replace tuna with oil-packed anchovies, grilled mackerel, etc.
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