Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Salade Nicoise

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What's in yours? What's not?

OP first, I guess.

In mine, I always have anchovies, eggs, olives, tomatoes, lettuce and red onion. Never potatoes. Sometimes tuna and green beans.

Yum!

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eggs, tuna, capers, green beans, lettuce, red onion, red bell pepper, tomatoes, and radishes (if I can find good ones).

I leave out the anchovy. My recipe doesn't call for potatoes.

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Its funny, I really like capers, but not in this.

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I don't make salade niçoise any more since I realized I don't much like string beans.

I do make a salad with greens, potatoes, chick peas, tomatoes, onions, tuna, eggs, anchovies, capers, and black olives, but I don't think I can call it a salade niçoise without the string beans.

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I don't think string beans is one of the essentials, like olives or anchovies or tomatoes. According to some sources it shouldn't have any cooked vegetables in it (although I often use green beans in mine).

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2010/07/classic-salade-nicoise/

I like the idea of artichokes as well, and broad beans. Not so sure about the chick peas . . .

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I just bought the ingredients for a Niçoise, because it's going to be around 102/39 here for the next couple of days & I don't want to cook much. Today, being 4th of July, I'm barbecuing.

I pretty much follow Julia Child. No anchovy, because I don't like it.

Tuna (oil packed, not water packed), green beans, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, olives (usually Kalamata), capers. I make a separate French style potato salad--oil & vinegar dressing instead of mayonnaise-based. I season the tuna, beans & tomatoes separately with vinaigrette and sprinkle the finished assembly with capers & chopped parsley.

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I've had it in restaurant made with grilled tuna steak . . . and its not quite as good (surprisingly) as with canned tuna.

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I always have anchovies, eggs, olives, tomatoes, lettuce and red onion, potatoes and also tuna in my Salade Nicoise. I put all the ingredients because I like it. :)

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I tried it on Sunday with artichokes (chargrilled hearts) and it rocks!

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Haven't even heard of the stuff for ages.

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