Boiled pork salad is a hearty and nutritious dish that will take a prominent place at any festive feast and will be a wonderful snack. Since pork is not a dietary meat, losing weight is not recommended.
There are a huge number of recipes for salads with boiled pork, as different vegetables, cereals and even fruits are combined with such tasty meat, both fresh and dried. Pig meat has a lot of useful properties, contains zinc and B vitamins necessary for the body, and benefits the cardiovascular system, as it removes "bad" cholesterol.
In the article, we will consider several options for preparing a salad of boiled pork, describe in detail the methods for preparing all the ingredients, and what is the best way to season the dish. We will familiarize young housewives with the secrets of choosing fresh and young pork, how to cook and chop it correctly so that it is soft and tender in a salad.
Choose pork in the market
To prepare a delicious salad with boiled pork, you need to purchase a piece of fresh meat from a young pig. To do this, it’s better not to go to the store, but to the market with the familiar butcher. Inspect the pork from all sides, pay attention to its color and smell. Fresh, good meat should be pale pink. Some sellers cunning and "refresh" the carcass in a solution of potassium permanganate. This will be noticeable if you look at the color of fat and bones. After this procedure, they will become yellowish.
Fresh pork lard will have a bright white color with a pink tint. From touch, the meat should spring, be dry. If it is slippery and sticks to your hands, then it’s already with a sweetheart. There is one more unpleasant moment when buying pork; you can buy boar meat, that is, an uncastrated male, on the market. In its raw form, it is not much different from a quality product, but after cooking, you will feel an unpleasant smell and taste of urea.
Experienced housewives apply one trick. They ask the butcher to cut a small piece of meat and set it on fire with a match. If the smell of meat reminds you of May Day barbecue, then everything is in order, and if it will be unpleasant to stink, then you do not need to buy such meat.
Salad with meat and apples
This unusual combination will impress all guests with its fresh taste, be sure to try to cook a salad of cooked pork according to the recipe described below. Boil pork fillet in advance until cooked with bay leaves, salt and peas. To preserve the juiciness and tenderness of the prepared meat, you must first boil water, add salt, and only then dip the tenderloin in boiling water. After boiling, make the fire quieter and cook until tender, until the meat is soft (check with a fork).
For a salad with boiled pork meat, prepare the following products:
- 250 grams of boiled fillet;
- half a glass of peeled walnuts;
- the same amount of Parmesan cheese grated on a coarse grater;
- 1 large apple (choose a variety with a sweet and sour taste);
- black pepper to taste;
- 1-2 tbsp. l nonfat sour cream for dressing.
How to make a salad
After boiling the pork fillet, it is necessary to cool and cut into cubes or thin strips. The apple is peeled from the middle with seeds and cut into slices. The first and second ingredients are mixed in a salad bowl and sour cream and black pepper are immediately added. Shuffle the ingredients to exchange tastes.
Meanwhile, grate the cheese. Grind walnuts with a knife into large pieces. Sprinkle meat with apples in a salad bowl on top, without stirring, and immediately serve the dish to the table.
If you want to leave the broth after boiling meat for cooking soup, then in the pan you can additionally put 1 peeled carrot and onion.
Salad with pickled mushrooms
According to the salad recipe with boiled pork meat, the following ingredients must be prepared:
- A pound of boiled pork fillet.
- 1 can of pickled mushrooms.
- 1 can of small gherkins.
- 1 medium sized onion.
- 9% vinegar - 2 tbsp. l
- Mustard - 1 tsp.
- Sugar - 1 tsp.
- A pinch of salt.
- Refined vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l
Cooking meat salad
Cool boiled meat and cut into thin strips. Be sure to cut the meat across the fibers with a knife. Rinse the gherkins under wastewater to get rid of excess vinegar, and cut into thin strips as well.
Peel the onion and chop in half rings. Before sending the onions to the salad bowl, you need to hold it for 10 minutes in the marinade. To do this, boil a glass of water and pour onion, cover and let stand for a couple of minutes. Then drain the water.
Next, prepare the marinade. Pour a glass of water into a saucepan and boil, add salt, sugar and stir until dissolved. Then you need to turn off the fire and add vinegar. Marinade is poured into a bowl with onions. When the onion got rid of bitterness, the liquid is drained, and the onions are slightly squeezed out by hand and sent to the salad bowl to the rest of the products. Season salad with a mixture of mustard and vegetable oil.
Canned corn salad
A simple and hearty salad of cooked pork can be prepared for breakfast for your family or served as a snack on the festive table. Prepare it from the following products:
- chicken eggs - 6 pieces;
- 1 can of sweet corn;
- 300 grams of boiled meat;
- 100 grams of crackers made from wheat bread;
- mayonnaise;
- 1 small onion;
- salt;
- black pepper - optional.
Cooking salad
If you cook pork in advance, then you can prepare a salad in just a few minutes. Disassemble boiled meat directly with your hands into fibers. Hard-boiled eggs and finely chop with a fork on the board. The onions are peeled, washed under wastewater and cut into thin half rings. Pour off excess liquid from a can of corn. All ingredients are combined in a salad bowl and mixed with sauce. Before serving, sprinkle the salad with crackers so that they do not get wet and remain crispy.
Puff salad with pomegranate
Introducing a step-by-step recipe for a salad with boiled pork with a photo, so that readers can clearly see its original design. All ingredients are prepared in advance and layered. The top of the cake is covered with a layer of pomegranate seeds. Some people call this salad "Little Red Riding Hood" because of the unusual color for the dish.
To prepare it, you need to prepare the following products:
- a piece of lean boiled pork - 250 grams;
- 2 or 3 juicy and sweet boiled carrots (depending on their size);
- 2 hard-boiled eggs;
- 50 grams of peeled walnuts;
- a glass of pomegranate seeds;
- a bunch of fresh dill for decoration;
- salt and black pepper to taste;
- use mayonnaise for dressing (you can mix 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise and the same amount of sour cream for the sauce).
Layering lettuce in layers
Pork meat can be boiled in advance in salted water with spices, as it is cut into a salad only when chilled with a thin straw. Hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped with a fork on a plate. Boil the carrots, cool, peel and rub on a coarse grater.
Peel the pomegranate and remove all the grains, divide the amount in half. One part will go to decorate the top of the salad, and from the rest you need to squeeze the juice and pour chopped pork on it.
The prepared ingredients are arranged in the following layers:
- Meat mixed with pomegranate juice.
- Grated carrots.
- Finely chopped boiled eggs.
Each layer should be sprinkled with salt and pepper to taste and greased with mayonnaise. At the end, apply the sauce to the side of the cake. Lay out a layer of walnuts from below around the salad. Sprinkle the top with sprigs of dill and lay out pomegranate seeds to cover the entire surface of the salad.
Salad with boiled pork and pickles
This salad will serve as a wonderful and satisfying snack during the festive feast, because it contains both pork fillet and pickled cucumbers. To prepare it, purchase the following products:
- 300 grams of lean pork fillet;
- 2 small onions;
- as many carrots;
- 2 pickled or pickled cucumbers;
- salt and black pepper to taste;
- refined oil for frying vegetables;
- crackers (optional);
- Mayonnaise Sauce.
Boil pork fillet in advance with the addition of onions, salt, peppercorns and bay leaves. When the meat becomes soft, it is removed and left on a plate for cooling. For salad, they crumble it into small cubes.
Onions and carrots are peeled, washed and finely chopped. Stew separately in pre-heated pans with the addition of vegetable oil until a golden hue is obtained. Then they take out the vegetables and let the oil drain in a sieve (without mixing).
Rinse cucumbers under wastewater from excess vinegar and marinade, cut into small cubes. All the ingredients are poured into a salad bowl, salt a little, pepper and mix with 1 tbsp. l mayonnaise. If you wish, before serving the dish on the festive table, sprinkle the salad with crackers made from wheat bread so that they do not get wet and remain crispy.
Mushroom and bell pepper salad
Salad with pork meat is hearty, so potatoes are rarely added to it, and improvised with various vegetables and mushrooms. The next variant of a delicious salad consists of such products:
- 200 grams of boiled pork meat;
- 2 red fleshy bell peppers;
- 1 onion;
- 400 grams of mushrooms (the easiest way to use champignons);
- a bunch of fresh parsley;
- vinegar;
- lemon;
- mayonnaise sauce;
- salt.
While the meat is boiling, you need to marinate the onions, previously peeled and sliced in half rings. We will not describe the composition of the marinade again, as we did this earlier in the article. Mushrooms should be washed from the remnants of the earth, cut into thin plates and put in a pan, cover and hold until liquid comes out. In this case, the mushrooms are steamed a little. Then add vegetable oil and saute the mushrooms until cooked.
Bell pepper must be cleaned from the tail and seeds, cut off the partitions and chop with a thin straw. The greens are washed under water and finely chopped with a knife. All components are filled in a salad bowl. Pre-press the onion with your hand to get rid of excess marinade. Add a spoonful of mayonnaise and squeeze the juice out of half a lemon onto it, mix and you can immediately serve the salad on the table.
The article describes only a few popular recipes for cooking salads from boiled pork with a photo.