What says summer more than a great salad with nutritious, fresh ingredients? Nicoise Salad, of course! Salad Nicoise is traditionally a composed salad that’s displayed on a platter and arranged on a bed of greens. The dish typically contains tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, green beans, olives, tuna, anchovies; however, there are many iterations of this classic European salad. Sometimes asparagus is used instead of the green beans, sometimes potatoes are added, sometimes … well, you can pretty much do whatever your little heart desires.
Nicoise Salad with Jumbo Lump Crab
For me, Salad Nicoise means a salad composed of vegetables and seafood, served with a vinaigrette. Today’s version, I have jumbo lump crab meat, grape tomatoes, English cucumbers, Kalamata olives, hard boiled eggs and blanched haricots certs (green beans). These components are served on a bed of mixed baby greens and a Nicoise-inspired vinaigrette.
For the vinaigrette, I have a mixture of traditional vinaigrette ingredients plus the addition of capers and anchovies which truly adds to the classic-ness of the dish.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup olive oil, extra virgin
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- 1 tsp anchovy paste
- 1 tsp capers, minced
- 4 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp mustard, dijon
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl or shake in a mason jar.
- Enjoy!
This salad really fits into our household’s delicate lifestyle requirements. Because of my diabetes & bariatric surgery, I need to eat low carb and small volume (salad is really hard to eat in small quantities, by the way). My husband prefers a vegetarian, low meat diet so he eats large quantities of veggies. With this spread, I can pick at the pieces that suit me and he gets to eat everything else.
What’s your favorite version of Salad Nicoise?
What a gorgeous salad, CJ! Love the idea of adding crab.
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What a gorgeous Nicoise Salad!!!! I love, love, love the vinaigrette! I do use many of the same ingredients in mine but the protein is usually a flash cooked tuna steak, sliced thin. My vinaigrette is raspberry-tarragon, but I’m trying yours next time! Gorgeous pics!
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Hope your recipe is on your site b/c I have to try it :-)
Easy to make, healthy and delicious!
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One of my all time favorite salads. Great recipe!
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I have seen this salad before but never as so exceptionally presented as yours! I want that crab in vinegarette despite my vegetarianism! :)
Cheers
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My mouth is watering looking at all that delicious crab meat. That vinaigrette looks good enough to put on everything. thanks for checking in on me, I think I will be back this weekend :)
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That looks awesome – I would love it for lunch today!!!
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