Nicoise Salad

- Also called: Salad niçoise
- Origin: Nice, France
- Can be made with any fish or meat
- It is debated whether tomatoes or greens make a better base

Originally from the region in France known as Nice, the niçoise salad is traditionally made with tuna, greens, tomatoes, anchovies, black olives, capers, hardboiled eggs, green beans, and vinaigrette dressing.
While often placed in many a niçoise salad recipes, the ingredients, rice, potatoes, cheese, pasta or cooked vegetables, are not classic parts of the salad.
When a niçoise salad is placed between two pieces of bread, making a sandwich, it is known as a pan-bagnat.
Traditional Ingredients
1. Tuna
2. Salad greens
3. Green beans
4. Tomatoes
5. Black olives
6. Capers
7. Anchovies
8. Hardboiled egg
9. Dressing
Non-Traditional Ingredients
1. Rice
2. Pasta
3. Potatoes
4. Cheese
5. Cooked vegatables

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- Thought I'd be creative and make my own tuna nicoise salad, had to wrestle with the can of tuna for 15 mins!! Surely packaging can evolve??
- dinner with the Buzellis was fab, as always! nicoise salad and veggie chili for me, fried chicken and mac and cheese for everyone else...
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