Who doesn’t love a low carb keto Nicoise salad, a beautiful, lightweight lunchtime salad of tuna, roasted potatoes, green beans, eggs, and vinaigrette dressing. This classic french dish makes a lovely lunch any day of the week, but it needs some work to make it low carb and truly keto or a bit more modern depending on your point of view. To that end here is my Keto Salad Nicoise recipe.
I fact my Keto Salad Nicoise recipe gets rid of all the starchy potatoes, yet adds some extra good fat in the form of tasty goats cheese, and generally brightens up the Keto Salad Nicoise using a lightly seared ahi tuna steak served up rare. If you prefer you can use canned tuna also, the choice is yours!
Sara Louise's Keto Salad Nicoise
A modern take on a classic lightweight salad with goats cheese in place of heavy potato
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine French
Servings 8
Calories 383 kcal
DRESSING:
- 8 Anchovies boneless
- 4 Tbs capers
- 1 1/2 cups parsley approx: 1 Bunch flat leaf
- 2 3/4 Tbs Dijon mustard
- 5 Cloves Garlic
- 3/4 Cup olive oil
- 1/4 Cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 Tbs oregeno
- 1 Tsp sea salt
- 1 Tsp black pepper
SALAD:
- 1 Romaine lettuce 1 head
- 1 12 Oz Bag mixed greens
- 2 Roasted red bell peppers sliced thin
- 25 Small nicoise olives
- 1 1/4 lbs tuna approx: 4 cans Can also use a tuna steak
- 4 Hard boiled eggs cut into 1/8
- 4 Radishes sliced into thin circles
- 16 Cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 Red onion cut into thin slivered strips
- 1/4 lb String beans steamed
- 2 Scallions chopped small
- 1/4 lb Goats Cheese
DRESSING:
Place all the ingredients in a food processor
Blend until smooth
Pour into a glass airtight jar
Place in refrigerator
Reserve 2 anchovies to garnish the top of salad
This dressing will keep well in a glass jar stored in the refrigerator for a week.
SALAD:
Wash, dry in a lettuce spinner and cut romaine lettuce into small slices
Place in a large bowl
Rinse and dry greens in a salad spinner and place over romaine
Slice cherry tomatoes into halves and spread on top of greens
Drain and place pieces of tuna evenly on top
Cut string beans into 1 inch sticks and place on top
Cut roasted peppers into thin slices, and place evenly
Place thin strips of red onion on top
Cut hard boiled eggs into 1/8 wedges and place evenly around
Slice radishes into very thin circles and spread on top
Drop olives evenly around
Add goats cheese where desired
Place any leftover pieces of anchovies to garnish on top
Chop scallions into small slices to garnish
Pour dressing over generously
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Calories: 383kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 22gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 127mgSodium: 952mgPotassium: 533mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 3365IUVitamin C: 75.2mgCalcium: 100mgIron: 3.8mg