Nicoise-Style Tuna Salad With White Beans and Olives Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Tuna Salad Recipes. (Nicoise-Style Tuna Salad With White Beans and Olives Recipe). For my nicoise-style tuna salad, just open three cans: one each of tuna, white beans and sliced olives. Toss these ingredients with slivered red onion, olive oil and lemon juice. Take time, if you like, to boil eggs, or pick them up at the grocery salad bar. Serve the salad with steamed green beans. For an even simpler version, add a little chopped parsley to the salad for color and serve it with salted tomato slices.

Brief

Servings: 4

Yield: 4 servings

Nicoise-Style Tuna Salad With White Beans and Olives Recipe

Ingredients

¾ pound green beans

trimmed and snapped in half

1 (12 ounce) can solid white albacore tuna

drained

1 (16 ounce) can Great Northern beans

drained and rinsed

1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives

drained

¼ medium red onion

thinly sliced

1 teaspoon dried oregano

6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons lemon juice

½ teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

Salt and ground black pepper

to taste

4 large hard-cooked eggs

peeled and quartered

Salad

Directions

Step 1

Place green beans 1/3 cup water and a large pinch of salt in a medium skillet. Cover turn heat on high and bring water to boil. Once beans start to steam set timer and cook until tender-crisp about 5 minutes. (Because the beans cook in such a small amount of water make sure not to let the skillet run dry.) Immediately dump them onto a lipped cookie sheet lined with paper towels to cool.

Step 2

Mix tuna white beans olives and onion in a medium bowl. Whisk together oregano oil lemon juice and zest in a medium bowl then pour over the salad and gently stir to combine.

Step 3

Adjust seasonings to taste. Arrange a portion of green beans tuna-bean salad and eggs on each of 4 plates.

Nutritional Information

Nicoise-Style Tuna Salad With White Beans and Olives Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:4

Calories: 548.1

% Daily Value *

Protein: 36.3g 73%

Carbohydrates: 33.4g 11%

Dietary Fiber: 9.3g 37%

Sugars: 2.3g

Fat: 30.3g 47%

Saturated Fat: 5.5g 28%

Cholesterol: 247.3mg 82%

Vitamin A Iu: 989IU 20%

Niacin Equivalents: 13.1mg 100%

Vitamin B6: 0.4mg 28%

Vitamin C: 21.7mg 36%

Folate: 151mcg 38%

Calcium: 150.9mg 15%

Iron: 4.8mg 27%

Magnesium: 115mg 41%

Potassium: 870.7mg 24%

Sodium: 526.1mg 21%

Thiamin: 0.3mg 28%

Calories From Fat: 272.9

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.