Many are already tired of salads with crab sticks and olivier, I want something unusual and tasty. In addition, it is important that the food is cooked quickly and does not include exotic ingredients. All these requirements are met by the new original White Swan salad. There are many options that allow you to get a new and tasty dish every time.
Option number 1
To prepare this salad, you need to take the following ingredients:
- mayonnaise - 210 g;
- chicken fillet - 210 g;
- potato - 2 pcs.;
- chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- salted cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- mushrooms - 200 g;
- onion - 2 pcs.;
- salt, olive oil.
Salad "White Swan" with mushrooms is prepared as follows:
- Chicken fillet must be boiled, cooled, and then chopped.
- In a separate pan, boil the potatoes, peel and cut them into cubes. Also, you need to chop the cucumber into strips.
- Wash the mushrooms, peel and chop. Then fry them in olive oil (over medium heat).
- Peel the onion and cut into half rings. To get rid of bitterness, pour boiling water over it for 10 minutes.
- Boil the eggs and separate the yolks from the proteins. Then, in separate plates, grate the proteins and yolks on a medium grater. Now it's time to pick up the salad.
- Each layer must be greased with mayonnaise (potatoes, mushrooms, chicken, onions, cucumbers, yolks and proteins).
Ready salad "White Swan" can be decorated to become a real masterpiece on the festive table.
How to make a decoration?
To make swans, you need to cut an even layer of protein from a boiled egg on one side. On a cut piece, make a few cloves - this will be the tail. To cut the neck and wings, take 2 more eggs. Using toothpicks, connect all the parts into one piece. To make a beak, take boiled carrots, for the eyes - peas. Now you need to make the eyes: with the help of toothpicks, make small holes, insert the peas. From green onions, dill and parsley lay the reeds. Ready salad must be refrigerated for one hour, so that it is well saturated.
Option number 2
For salad, you need to take the following ingredients:
- potatoes - 6 pcs.;
- chicken eggs - 5 pcs.;
- smoked breast - 2 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- mushrooms - 5 pcs.;
- salt, oil.
How to cook the salad "White Swan" in this version? Everything here is simple too:
- The potatoes need to be cooked, and at this time, cut the onions into cubes and fry them in oil. After adding sliced mushrooms to the onion, add salt and stew until fully cooked.
- From the breast you need to remove the skin, cut the meat into small cubes.
- Take the dish (it is important that it is flat and has sides at least 4 cm high). At the bottom you need to put the potatoes, grated on a coarse grater, put the mushrooms on top and pour out all the oil that remains in the pan. The next layer is chicken breast, mayonnaise and grated protein. Lettuce should be refrigerated overnight.
Option number 3
Salad "White Swan", the recipe of which we will now consider, is able to decorate the table at any celebration. For this option, you need to take the following products:
- onions - 6 pcs.;
- potato - 2 pcs.;
- chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- apples - 3 pcs.;
- cheese - 200 g;
- mayonnaise, walnuts.
The salad preparation process is as follows:
- Onion must be chopped and get rid of bitterness. To do this, you can simply pour boiling water over it for 10 minutes or pickle it in a small amount of water and vinegar (in a 1: 1 ratio).
- Potatoes and eggs must be boiled.
- Spread the salad is better on a deep plate with a flat bottom. The first layer is pickled onions. Place potatoes chopped on a coarse grater on it. Grease the top with mayonnaise.
- Now grate the eggs on a coarse grater, lay them out and grease them with mayonnaise again. The next layer - apples, grated on a coarse grater, and again mayonnaise.
- At the end, you need to lay out chopped nuts, and then cover the whole salad with cheese chopped on a fine grater. Top - mayonnaise. Use swans as decorations - we have already examined how to make them.
Option number 4
This salad “White Swan” is quite unusual, because as a result, your dish will have 2 different snacks. How is this possible? Now let's figure it out. So, we need the following ingredients:
- potatoes - 4 pcs.;
- chicken fillet - 120 g;
- canned pineapple - 50 g;
- champignons - 100 g;
- tomatoes - 1 pc.;
- olives - 1/2 cans;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- olive oil, mayonnaise, dill.
The cooking method of this salad is slightly different:
- Potatoes need to be boiled and chopped on a large heifer. Boil the fillet too and cut into small cubes. Grind the mushrooms and fry in vegetable oil. Finely chop the tomato.
- Now it's time to lay out the salad. To do this, you need a large flat dish. Put the grated potatoes in the shape of two swans and brush them with mayonnaise. Now each swan will be covered with its products.
- First swan: lay out pineapple, mayonnaise, chicken, mayonnaise, yolk and protein in layers.
- On a second swan, put a tomato, then mayonnaise, mushrooms, mayonnaise and chopped olives.
- Make eyes out of protein and olives, decorate the background with dill. That's it, the White Swan salad is ready. Bon Appetit!