This recipe takes all the flavors from salad nicoise and puts them into a portable form of a sandwich wrapped in pita bread. Salad nicoise is a French salad recipe, and is usually served with Dijon vinaigrette dressing. This version includes white tuna, cherry tomatoes, and Kalamata olives. Browse our information on French cuisine.
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ingredients
4 oz. fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 1 cup)
1 12-oz. can chunk white or light tuna (water pack), drained and flaked
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1/3 cup chopped pitted nicoise or Kalamata olives
1/4 cup finely chopped sweet onion
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh mint
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. olive oil
3 cups packaged mixed salad greens
3 Greek pita flat breads
6 short wooden skewers
Cherry tomatoes, pitted nicoise or Kalamata olives, fresh mint leaves
directions
In medium covered saucepan cook green beans in boiling water about 4 minutes, until crisp-tender. Drain; rinse under cold water; drain again.
Place beans in large bowl. Stir in tuna, the 1 cup cherry tomatoes, the 1/3 cup olives, onion, and 2 tablespoons mint. Add lemon juice, oil, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; toss to combine. Stir in salad mix.
To serve, cut pits in half crosswise. Cut each half horizontally. Fill pits with about 1/2 cup tuna mixture. On each wooden skewer, thread a whole cherry tomato, whole olive, and mint leaf; spear filled pits. Makes 6 servings.
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