Blue Crab Little Gem Nicoise Salad

  • Salad
  • Cooking Time: 10 minutes
  • Preparation Time: 20 minutes
  • Serves: 4-6
  • Difficulty: Easy
Tossed with homemade lemon dijon vinaigrette using Morton® Fine Sea Salt. Morton® Fine Sea Salt is used in the lemon vinaigrette dressing because it quickly dissolves and helps balance the citrus flavor. To finish and season each ingredient within the salad, Morton® Coarse Sea Salt is used for its easy distribution and crunchy texture.

Ingredients

  • 6 Heads little gem lettuce, washed
  • 1⁄4 cup Fingerlings, cooked and thinly sliced
  • 1 cup Shaved red onion
  • 1 cup Blue crab meat (can substitute for tuna)
  • 1 cup Green beans, blanched and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 Red pepper, 1/8 inch diced
  • 2 Lemons, zested
  • 1/8 cup Chives, nely chopped
  • 3 Eggs, hard boiled and chopped
  • 1 tsp. Morton® Coarse Sea Salt
  • 1 tsp. Pepper

MORTON®
FINE SEA SALT

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for salad and add dressing.

  2. Serve in a chilled bowl.

Nicoise Dressing Ingredients:

  • 3 cups Olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp. Honey
  • 1 Lemon, juiced and zested
  • 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1⁄4 cup Capers
  • 3 Anchovies
  • 1/8 tsp. Morton® Fine Sea Salt

Nicoise Dressing Directions

  • Combine lemon juice, zest, honey, Morton® Fine Sea Salt and dijon mustard in a blender. Start on the low setting and slowly drizzle in olive oil.
  • Add the capers and anchovies.