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Tuna Salad with Egg and Potato (Spanish Country Salad)

Tuna Salad with Egg and Potato (Spain)

4.88 from 8 votes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 370 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large potatoes
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 large ripe tomato, sliced into wedges
  • 1 red pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 small purple onion, halved and sliced, very thin
  • 1 tsp dwarf capers, drained and rinsed
  • 8 black olives
  • 1 can tuna (5-7 ounces), drained
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp sherry vinegar (If you don't have sherry vinegar you can use white vinegar)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • The first step is to cook the potatoes and eggs. For potatoes, to maintain maximum consistency, vitamins, and flavor, you must cook them with the skin. In a medium saucepan, add potatoes and enough water to cover potatoes by 1 inch. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil and continue on a low boil until potatoes are just beginning to get soft. Remove from heat and let cool. Peel potatoes once they are cool enough. Quarter potatoes.
  • To hard boil the eggs: In a medium saucepan, add eggs and ½ teaspoon salt and cover with cool water (water should be about 1 inch above the eggs). Bring to a strong rolling boil and let boil for about 30 seconds. Then turn heat off and let sit for about 12 minutes. Drain hot water and cover eggs with cool water to stop cooking. When cooled, peel the eggs. ****Quarter eggs, but save 1 cooked egg yolk for dressing.
  • Prepare vegetables (slice tomatoes into wedges, pepper into strips and onion into thin slices) as eggs and potatoes are cooking and add to a bowl.
  • Add potatoes, olives and capers. Add egg and tuna.
  • To prepare the dressing, crush the cooked yolk that you reserved, mix very well with oil and vinegar until you have a homogenous dressing. Salt and pepper dressing, to taste. Top salad with dressing.

Nutrition

Calories: 370kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 16gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 860mgPotassium: 1079mgFiber: 6gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1490IUVitamin C: 82mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 3mg
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