Recipes · French · Salads

Salade Niçoise

One serving has 398 kcal and 28 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (121%), vitamin K (90%), cobalamin (77%), niacin (73%), vitamin C (73%) and phosphorus (51%). Ready in 25 minutes.

Salade Niçoise
Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 15 min
  • Cooking: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (356 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Pescatarian, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Low carb
  • Contains: egg, fish, sulphite

Ingredients

  • 150 g Tomatoes, raw
  • 50 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 60 g Tuna, canned in oil
  • 8 g Anchovies, canned in oil
  • 15 g Olives, black
  • 40 g Bell pepper, green, raw
  • 10 g Scallions, raw
  • 2 g Basil, fresh
  • 15 g Olive oil
  • 5 g Vinegar, red wine
  • 0.3 g Salt
  • 0.3 g Black pepper

Method

  1. Hard-boil the egg: lower it into simmering water and cook for 10 minutes, then cool in cold water, peel and quarter.
  2. Cut the tomatoes into wedges and the pepper into thin strips; thinly slice the scallion.
  3. Arrange the tomatoes, pepper, scallion, drained tuna, anchovy fillets and olives on a plate, and tuck in the egg quarters and basil leaves.
  4. Whisk the olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper into a simple vinaigrette.
  5. Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad just before serving.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy398 kcal19%
Carbohydrates9.9 g
Water285 mL
Fiber3.1 g10%
Protein28.1 g59%
Tryptophan0.32 g
Threonine1.2 g
Isoleucine1.3 g
Leucine2.2 g
Lysine2.4 g
Methionine0.79 g
Cystine0.37 g
Phenylalanine1.2 g
Tyrosine0.95 g
Valine1.5 g
Histidine0.77 g
Fat27.5 g
Monounsaturated16.1 g
Polyunsaturated4.7 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.19 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0.08 g
Omega-64.1 g
Saturated5.2 g
Trans-Fats0.02 g
Cholesterol204 mg
Calcium99.2 mg10%
Copper0.28 mg31%
Iron3.9 mg22%
Magnesium55.2 mg18%
Manganese0.33 mg18%
Phosphorus356 mg51%
Potassium703 mg15%
Selenium66.6 µg121%
Sodium852 mg
Zinc1.8 mg22%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.13 mg12%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.38 mg35%
Niacin (vitamin B3)10.2 mg73%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.3 mg25%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.39 mg30%
Folate (vitamin B9)61.9 µg15%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.8 µg77%
Choline186 mg44%
Vitamin A178 µg25%
Vitamin C55.1 mg73%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)208 IU35%
Vitamin E4.8 mg32%
Vitamin K81.1 µg90%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.8 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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