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Salad Nicoise with Seared Tuna

Ingredients
- Romaine or other salad greens
- Tomatoes, cut into medium sized slices
- Hard-boiled eggs, sliced
- Red onion, cut into thin slices
- Kalamata or Nicoise olives, pitted
- Green beans
- Redskin potatoes, cut into large chunks
- Capers
- Sushi-grade tuna steaks
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2-3 tbsp brown mustard
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- In a steamer pan, steam green beans until just starting to get tender. Set aside.
- In a large pot, place potatoes and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes can be pierced easily with a fork. Remove from pot and set aside.
- Place green beans and potatoes in fridge until cold.
- To prepare tuna, pat dry with paper towel. Rub lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Place in a grill pan on high heat and cook each side until just seared. Remove from pan, let cool slightly, then cut into thin slices.
- For dressing, conbine oil, mustard, garlic, and salt & pepper to taste and whisk together.
- Place lettuce in a salad bowl. Top with desired amounts of tomato, onion, green beans, potato, eggs, olives and capers. Add sliced tuna and drizzle with dressing.
Notes
I have no idea the amounts I typically use when I make this. I prep all the ingredients and then just throw whatever I want into a bowl.