Niçoise-Style Couscous Salad

Name: Niçoise-Style Couscous Salad
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups (2-inch) sliced green beans; ¼ teaspoon salt, divided; 1 (8-ounce) tuna steak (1 inch thick); Cooking spray; 1 ¼ cups water; 1 cup uncooked couscous; 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; 1 ½ teaspoons anchovy paste; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 cup chopped tomato; ⅓ cup coarsely chopped pitted kalamata olives; ¼ cup chopped red onion; ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley; 1 hard-cooked large egg, cut into 4 wedges

2 Ratings
2 Reviews

This uses components of the classic salade niçoise--tuna, olives, and green beans.

Recipe by Cooking Light June 2000

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Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner

Recipe Summary

Yield:

4 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Steam beans, covered, 7 minutes.

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Step 2
Sprinkle 1/8 teaspoon salt over tuna. Heat a medium nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. Add tuna; cook 3 minutes on each side or until medium-rare or desired degree of doneness. Break tuna into chunks.
Step 3
Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan; gradually stir in couscous. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork; cool.
Step 4
Combine 1/8 teaspoon salt, lemon juice, oil, anchovy paste, pepper, and garlic in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk. Add beans, tuna, couscous, tomato, olives, onion, and parsley; toss gently. Top each serving with an egg wedge.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

310 calories; calories from fat 28%; fat 9.7g; saturated fat 1.8g; mono fat 4.7g; poly fat 1.7g; protein 21.6g; carbohydrates 35.4g; fiber 3.6g; cholesterol 75mg; iron 2.8mg; sodium 552mg; calcium 46mg.

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bellymama

02/23/2011

Wow! This was much better than I expected it to be. So many flavors and textures. We ate it as a main dish salad. I think it would be equally good without the tuna as a side dish, though.

LibrarianAlice

08/29/2010

I don't usually make Mediterranean or salad-type meals, but wow, maybe I should more often! This was delicious. I left out the egg (forgot to boil one) and also the red onion, since I usually find it to be too strong. In this recipe, though, it would have been fine. Looking forward to impressing friends with this meal.

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