Smoked Salmon Salad (Nicoise-Style)
photo by Vnut-Beyond Redempt
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 (10 -12 ounce) bag romaine lettuce (torn into bite-size pieces)
- 1 head butter lettuce (torn into bite-size pieces)
- 8 ounces smoked salmon (very thinly sliced)
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen green beans (cooked, drained & chilled)
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 1 small green bell pepper (cut into rings)
- 1 small red onion (sliced & separated into rings)
- 3 eggs (hard-boiled, peeled & cut into wedges)
- 3 small red potatoes (cooked, chilled & quartered)
- 1⁄2 cup black olives
- 3⁄4 cup vinaigrette dressing (bottled red wine)
- 2 tablespoons capers
directions
- Cook beans, hard-boil eggs & potatoes. Set aside & allow to completely cool. While they are cooling, prepare & slice onion & bell pepper.
- Line a lrg platter w/lettuce & mound smoked salmon in the centre. Arrange beans, tomatoes, pepper rings, onion rings, egg wedges, potatoes & olives over the lettuce & around the salmon.
- Cover platter & chill at least 2 hours Just B4 serving, drizzle w/salad dressing & sprinkle w/capers.
- HINT: To easily slice smoked salmon, put it in the freezer. When nearly frozen, remove from the freezer & use your sharpest knife to shave very thin slices.
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Reviews
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Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful! We were starving and late home and tired and I still managed to make this in 30 minutes... we didn't bother with chilling it, we just piled the salmon into the middle and ate it with the potatoes, fresh green beans and hard boiled eggs warm. I had no clue what was meant by "vinegrette dressing - bottled red wine" and didn't have my favourite French dressing made up in the fridge so just used some Fair Trade Balsamico "Splash"and a good portugese oilive oil drizzled over the top. Mighty Good Indeed !!! The supermarket was out of capers when we did the shopping last week and niether DH or I like onions raw, so they didn't get included, but wow, these were very minor omissions and the rest was so fresh and delicious that they weren't missed. Best of all was the visual effect, this dish looks stunning, so much so that a large plate of this will be at each end of my buffet table when we do a big double birthday party next weekend. Please see my rating system: 5 brillient stars for a healthy salad that is more than "just salad", you can add your favourite dressing and just enjoy enjoy enjoy! Amazing too as a quick but company worthy dish, or a weekday meal in a hurry, how versitile is that? Brilliant !!! Thanks!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
twissis
Iceland
I am an American transplanted from Dallas to Iceland by marriage to a native Icelander & I retired to become his "Kitchen Queen". We love to entertain our family & friends, so I have an eclectic collection of recipes. I especially love simple, easy-fix, flexible & make-ahead recipes - BUT also like challenging myself on occasion. I enjoy baking & food photography. I am devoted to the "More is Always Better Principle" & apply it liberally to bacon, butter & garlic. I can have ingredient issues due to availability here in Iceland & my DH is medically diet-restricted from some ingredients as well. Either situation might require me to modify a recipe, but I will do my best to be true to your recipes & fair/honest in my reviews. Mary Pat (aka twissis)