Vegan Nicoise Salad
Jul 20, 2024 10:59 AM
This vegan Nicoise salad is a platter full of colour, texture, and flavour that looks as good as it tastes! I swap out the tuna and eggs for seasoned and roasted chickpeas, and a lemony vinaigrette brings it all together.
A traditional Nicoise salad—or salade niçoise if we want to use the proper French spelling—is a composed salad made with hard-boiled eggs, tuna or anchovies, potatoes, green beans, and olives.
A composed salad means that rather than tossing everything together in a bowl, the ingredients are carefully arranged on a plate or serving platter. While I love traditional salads, composed salads like this vegan Nicoise salad remind me of that saying about how we eat first with our eyes—all those colours and textures make me so excited to dig in!
Ingredients:
For the Salad
- 1 (15-ounce) can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed, 425 grams
- ½ tablespoon olive oil, 7.5 ml
- ¾ teaspoon salt, divided, 4.5 grams
- A pinch of ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, 1 gram
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder, 1 gram
- ¼ teaspoon mustard powder, ½ gram
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- 12 baby red potatoes
- 6 ounces haricot vert, 170 grams
- 4 cups chopped butter lettuce, 240 grams
- 3 cups spring mix, 135 grams
- 1 cup thinly sliced radishes, 116 grams
- 1 ½ cup halved cherry tomatoes, 248 grams
- 2 Parisian cucumber, thinly sliced into rounds
- ¾ cup pitted Nicoise olives, 101 grams
- 6 canned artichokes hearts, drained and quartered
- 5 green onions, thinly sliced (whites only)
- 2 tablespoons capers, 15 grams
For the Dressing
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, 30 ml
- Juice of 1 lemon
- ½ cup olive oil, 118 ml
- 1 tablespoon minced shallot, 28 grams
- 1 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt, 2 grams
- A pinch of ground black pepper
- ½ tablespoon minced fresh thyme, 2 grams
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil, 4 grams
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley, 4 grams
Prep Time:
25 minutes
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Total Time:
50 minutes
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