Salade Niçoise is a beautifully composed salad of French origin that looks fancy but is incredibly easy to make. The traditional version is often made with tuna, but here the fish is replaced with baked tofu, which makes a great stand-in. And the array of ingredients—white beans or chickpeas, slender green beans, tomatoes, and olives—makes it a splendid main dish salad for a summer meal, either on busy weeknights or festive occasions.
Ingredients
4–6 servings
For the vinaigrette:
For the salad:
Make the vinaigrette:
Step 1
Combine all ingredients in a tightly lidded bottle and shake thoroughly. Shake well before each use.
For the salad:
Step 2
Steam the green beans just until bright green and tender-crisp. Err on the side of undercooking rather than overcooking. Drain and rinse with cool water until they’re at room temperature.
Step 3
On a large serving platter or large shallow serving bowl, arrange the lettuce or greens. Scatter the basil or parsley over it. Arrange the green beans, tofu, tomatoes, beans, olives, and artichoke hearts, if desired, in separate mounds over the lettuce or greens. Top everything with a few thinly sliced rings of red onion if you like.
Step 4
Drizzle a little vinaigrette over the salad, then serve at once, passing the remainder of the vinaigrette at the table.
If fresh slender green beans are unavailable, use organic frozen whole green beans, thawed and steamed just until tender-crisp.
Some natural foods markets carry a type of tofu that’s very dense (with a texture similar to that of a very dry feta cheese) and prepared with herbs. Unlike tub tofu, it doesn’t need to be drained and pressed. Try it for a change of pace!
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Back to Top我率3。我主要是喜欢它的第一天,but I think the dressing made things taste s little odd after day 2 or 3. I did add my lettuce fresh each day to prevent wilting. If I made it again, I would add the dressing as I prepared my lunch for the day. It would still have few hours to soak in. Secondly, I would work to get my tofu a little firm and crispy-I used the recipe for baked tofu that was linked in the recipe. I just was short on time and didn’t let it go longer to achieve that result.
ceratium81
IA
5/26/2019
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