Delicious Murcia Salad Recipe from Spain

We love all types of traditional Spanish salads, but we have a special place in our hearts for those that can be enjoyed all year round.

The Murcia salad is one of the salad recipes from Spain that fits in that category: whether it is the coldest day of winter or the hottest one from summer, you can serve it and enjoy it.

Keep scrolling down this article and learn how to make it at home, with some extra tips for storing and serving.

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Background of the Dish

This particular salad was created in Murcia, a region of the Iberian Peninsula bordering Andalusia, hundreds of years ago.

It is taken as a signature salad of the entire southern region of the country since it has a characteristic flavor of the gastronomy of the area.

With ingredients like tuna (seafood), tomato, potatoes, onion, and olive oil, you have all the popular ingredients in southern Spain.

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Things You’ll Need for Murcia Salad

To make the Murcia salad you need tuna, tomatoes, potatoes, eggs, and olive oil.

Ingredients

• 500 gr red pear tomato
• 3 eggs
• 2 cans (200gr to 300gr) tuna
• 1 onion
• 100g pitted black olives
• 3 potatoes
• 1/4 cup (50 ml) extra virgin olive oil
• Salt (to taste)

How to Make Murcia Salad – Step by Step Guide

1. The first step in this ensalada Murciana recipe is to peel the potatoes, chop them into small squares, and boil them for 30 minutes or until cooked. Set them aside to cool.

2. Then, cook the eggs in a saucepan with water and bring them to a boil, for approximately 10 minutes. Then, remove the eggs from the hot water, cool them under cold water, and peel them. Set them aside for later.

3. Now wash and cut the tomatoes into slices or quarters, depending on your preferences. You can peel them and remove the seeds if you prefer. Place them in a large bowl.

4. After that, peel and finely chop the onion. Add the chopped onion to the container with the tomatoes. Cut the black olives in half or smaller pieces and add them.

5. Then, open the tuna cans and drain the oil or water they contain. Crumble the tuna and add it to the container with the other ingredients for the Murcian salad.

6. For the next step in this Spanish salad, chop the boiled eggs into slices or chunks and add them to the bowl.

7. Now drizzle the ensalada Murciana with the extra virgin olive oil and season with salt to taste. You can adjust the amount of oil and salt to taste.

8. Mix all the ingredients gently but make sure the flavors are well incorporated.

9. Finally, you can serve the Murcia salad on individual plates or in a large bowl. You can also leave it for 30 minutes in the fridge before serving.

Substitution of Ingredients

You can play with the ingredients of the Murcia salad as much as you want.

For example, you can replace the potatoes with sweet potatoes, or switch it for a different ingredient like lettuce.

You can use other types of tomatoes, as long as they are fresh and juicy.

If you don’t like tuna or black olives, you can remove them from the Murcia salad or add a different type of seafood and green olives.

Lastly, you can do a mix of it with the Ensalada de aguacate by adding some chopped or sliced avocado on top of it.

Tips on Serving Murcia Salad

The Murcia salad is the perfect side dish, but thanks to its combination of vegetables and seafood, it also works as a main dish.

Just serve a larger portion if you want to use it as a main dish, we can assure you that the potatoes, tuna, and eggs will fill you up.

If you have guests coming over then you can prepare a salad bar with different Spanish salad recipes, like the Spanish seafood salad or the Ensalada de bacalao.

Try the Spanish summer salad or the unique and delicious Spanish rice salad, the perfect salads that are super quick to make.

How to Store Murcia Salad

Before dressing it, you can store the ensalada de patatas Murciana in a covered container for up to 12 hours.

After adding the dressing, you can store the Murcia salad for up to 2 hours, and you can’t freeze it.

Most of the easy Spanish salad recipes that can be stored for longer are the ones that have potatoes or seafood as the main ingredients and don’t have a fresh juicy vegetable (like the tomato in this case).

Those traditional Spanish salads are the Spanish octopus salad and the Spanish tuna salad.

Recipe Card: Murcia Salad

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