Salmon Salade Nicoise
- 2 4-ounce 1-inch-thick skinless salmon fillets
- 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon, crumbled
- 2 small (about 3 ounces each) red potatoes
- 6 ounces green beans, cut into 3-inch pieces
- 6 romaine lettuce leaves
- 2 small tomatoes, cut into quarters
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters
- 1 green onion, finely sliced
- 1 tablespoon capers
- Lemon-Mustard Vinaigrette
- Place salmon in heavy medium skillet.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle with tarragon.
- Add enough water to skillet to just cover salmon.
- Cover and simmer salmon over medium-low heat until salmon is opaque but still pink in center, about 7 minutes.
- Using spatula, transfer salmon to plate and refrigerate until chilled.
- Reserve water in skillet.
- Return water in skillet to boil.
- Add potatoes to skillet.
- Cover and simmer until potatoes are just tender when pierced with knife, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer potatoes to plate.
- Cool and slice.
- Reserve water in skillet.
- Add enough additional water to skillet to cover bottom by 1 inch.
- Bring water to boil.
- Add beans.
- Cover and simmer over high heat until beans are crisp-tender, about 4 minutes.
- Rinse beans under cold water to cool.
- Drain.
- (Can be prepared up to 6 hours ahead; refrigerate.)
- Arrange lettuce leaves on each of 2 plates.
- Top each with salmon fillet.
- Arrange half of potatoes, green beans, tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs decoratively around each salmon fillet.
- Sprinkle half of green onions and capers over each salmon fillet.
- Serve, passing vinaigrette separately.
salmon, tarragon, red potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, eggs, green onion, capers, lemonmustard
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/salmon-salade-nicoise-8 (may not work)