Fresh tuna Niçoise recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
This classic, French-style tuna bean salad is full of flavour and texture and is perfect for a light lunch or summery dinner. Fresh tuna really elevates the dish, but if you only have tinned tuna in the cupboard, that's fine – it makes a fantastic storecupboard meal.
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 30 mins
- 358 calories / serving
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
- 180g fine green beans, trimmed
- 2 large fridge cold eggs
- 300g fresh tuna steak
- 1 tsp sunflower oil
- 2tbsp reduced fat mayonnaise
- 1 small garlic clove, chopped
- 2 sweet gem lettuces, leaves separated, washed and drained
- 1 x 400g haricot beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- 8 anchovy fillets, drained and halved lengthways
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1500kJ 358.0kcal
- Fat
- 13g
- Saturates
- 3g
- Salt
- 2.4g
- Sugars
- 8g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 23.3gProtein 31.5gFibre 11.1g
Method
- Fill a large saucepan 2/3 full with water and bring to a boil. Add the green beans, return to the boil and cook for 2-3 minutes until they are just tender. Drain with a slotted spoon into a large bowl filled with iced water and leave until cold. Return the water to the heat, gently add theeggsto the pan and boil for 8 minutes.
- While the eggs are cooking, season the tuna steak with just a pinch of salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium high heat. Add the tuna steaks and cook for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on each side, until well browned but slightly pink in the middle.
- Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the tuna to a plate to rest. Drain the eggs in a sieve under cold running water until cool enough to handle. Peel and cut into quarters.
- Mix the mayonnaise with 1½ tbsp cold water and stir in the garlic. Roughly tear the lettuce leaves and put them in a large serving bowl. Scatter the haricot beans over the lettuce and add the red onion.
- Arrange the eggs andanchovyfillets on top of the salad. Break the warm tuna steaks into large chunks and drop gently on top.Drizzle with the creamy dressing to serve.
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If serving vulnerable groups, elderly people, toddlers, pregnant women and people who are unwell, cook eggs until the whites and yolks are solid.
