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Ingredients
Nicoise Salad with Tuna, Anchovies and Green Beans
- For Salad
- 4 eggs
- 120 grams green Beans
- 100 grams mixed Lettuce
- ½ Cucumber
- 8 Cherry tomatoes
- ½ green Bell pepper
- 2 scallions
- 200 grams Tuna in oil (canned)
- 50 grams Anchovy fillet
- 50 grams small, black Olives
- Basil
- For Marinade
- 2 garlic cloves
- 6 Tbsps olive oil (cold pressed)
- 2 Tbsps White vinegar
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
Cook eggs until hardboiled, cool. Rinse green beans, cut in half and cook in boiling salted water until al dente, for about 3 minutes. Drain beans, rinse with cold water and drain again.
Rinse lettuce and tear into bite-sized pieces. Peel cucumber and cut into thin slices. Cut tomatoes in half and core. Rinse and dry pepper, halve and remove seeds and ribs, cut into fine strips. Rinse and dry sccallions, cut into thin rings.
Combine lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beans, peppers and scallions.
Pick tuna apart with a fork, cut anchovies lengthwise and cut eggs into slices.
Place salad onto plates, top with tuna, anchovies, eggs and olives.
Prepare marinade. Chop garlic finely and mix with all other marinade ingredients. Drizzle marinade over salad, mix well and garnish with basil leaves. Serve.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 451 cal. | (21 %) | ||
| Protein | 20 g | (20 %) | ||
| Fat | 38 g | (33 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 7 g | (5 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 2.9 g | (10 %) |