French · salad

Salade Niçoise

Name: Salade Niçoise
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 cans (5 oz each) tuna in oil, drained; 4 hard-boiled eggs, halved; 6 oz green beans, blanched; 3 tomatoes, quartered; 1/3 cup Niçoise olives; 8 anchovy fillets; 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced; 1 cucumber, sliced; 12 oz new potatoes, boiled and halved; 1/4 cup olive oil; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; salt to taste; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Salade Niçoise reads umami 6.0, salinity 5.8 and richness 4.6 on Palate's 0–10 flavor X-ray — a French salad, about 20 min. Measured from the recipe itself: ingredients and technique.

The flavor X-ray — six axes, 0–10

Umami & Savory — 7.4 / 10
Sweet & Fruity — 2.5 / 10
Sour & Bright — 3.9 / 10
Bitter & Earthy — 2.5 / 10
Rich & Fat — 4.9 / 10
Aromatic & Spice — 2.0 / 10

The measured notes (of 18)

Umami 6.0 · Salinity 5.8 · Richness 4.6 · Funk & Ferment 4.4 · Marine & Briny 4.2 · Sourness 3.5 · Earthy 2.3 · Fruity 2.0 · Sweetness 1.9 · Allium 1.7 · Herbaceous 1.5 · Citrus 1.3 · Bitterness 1.2 · Warm Spice 1.1 · Nutty 0.8 · Heat 0.6 · Floral 0.5

What's in it (14)

2 cans (5 oz each) tuna in oil, drained
4 hard-boiled eggs, halved
6 oz green beans, blanched
3 tomatoes, quartered
1/3 cup Niçoise olives
8 anchovy fillets
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1 cucumber, sliced
12 oz new potatoes, boiled and halved
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
salt to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper

Time & effort: about 20 min (15 min active) · effort: easy

Nutrition (per 100 g, engine-estimated): 124.5 kcal, 9.6 g protein, 8.4 g fat, 2.2 g carbs

Dietary: Contains meat · Contains seafood · Contains egg — engine-derived; double-check anything allergy-critical.

How it's cooked (3 steps)

Arrange all components separately on a large platter rather than tossing — this is traditional.
Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, and mustard for the vinaigrette and drizzle over everything.
Serve at room temperature as a composed salad.

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Every number above is Palate's engine-measured estimate, computed from this recipe's ingredients and techniques — not human-tasted ratings or reviews.