Recipes
Grilled Tuna Nicoise
A standalone lunch or a light dinner traditionally served with canned tuna; before refrigeration canned, smoked, or salted were really the only options for landlocked fish lovers. Fresh tuna is now easily accessible, and grilled tuna is a great update for this classic salad. Appears in our Early Summer 2023 issue.
Grilled Tuna Nicoise
Ingredients
Tuna
- 1 lb tuna
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Sald and pepper to taste
Salad components
- 8 oz green beans, blanched, cooled, and split
- 1 lb fingerling potatoes, cooked, chilled, and split
- 1 cup pitted and sliced Nicoise olives
- 3 whole tomatoes, cored and wedged
- 4 whole eggs, hard cooked, peeled, and wedged
Dressing
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2 clove minced garlic
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 pinch sugar
Instructions
- Mix juice, oil, salt, and pepper and marinate tuna in mixture for 15 minutes. Grill tuna to your temperature preference. Let rest.
- Combine dressing ingredients.
- Mix dressing with beans, potatoes, tomatoes, and olives. Arrange on a plate; top with tuna and eggs.
