Peking cabbage salad with corn is good in itself. Especially if it is slightly salted, add chopped herbs and pour over vegetable oil. Such a dish is quite suitable as a diet dinner or a light side dish. But what about preparing for a dinner party if the selection of products is not very rich? It turns out that the lack of delicacies is not at all a reason not to host guests or to make a salad. Peking cabbage, crackers, corn, a little ham or meat, a spoonful of mayonnaise and a drop of fantasy are all that is needed. And if there are other products, you can redo the recipe a bit and get a new dish.
Light Chinese Cabbage Salad with Corn
Despite the fact that the dish belongs to the diet, it is not at all embarrassing to serve the guests. It turns out pretty attractive in appearance, tasty and healthy. For 1 small head of Peking cabbage, take large red bell pepper, a can of canned corn, a large green apple, parsley and a bunch of green or half red Crimean onion. Dressing is made from olive oil and soy sauce. You will also need lemon juice, salt, ground pepper and sugar. All spices to taste.
This Beijing cabbage salad with corn and pepper is prepared in literally 10 minutes. And they serve it right away, until vitamins and minerals have disappeared, there are a considerable number of them.
Cabbage is cut into strips or cubes, then it is salted, sprinkled with sugar and watered with lemon juice. Apple and pepper are peeled and also chopped at random. Then the ingredients are mixed, watered with soy sauce and olive oil. When serving, put the salad on a dish, sprinkle with ground pepper and chopped herbs.
"Caesar" with chicken
Guests who prefer more nutritious food can be offered such a salad as an appetizer. Peking cabbage, crackers and chicken are its main ingredients. In addition to them, you will need lemon juice, salt, pepper, mayonnaise and herbs to decorate the dish. All ingredients are taken in approximately equal amounts by volume. Chicken breast is pre-boiled in salt water with bay leaf (or fried in a pan, cut into cubes). Rusks can be replaced with homemade croutons, which are made from white bread, cut into cubes and dried in the oven with a drop of olive oil. If you find a small piece of parmesan, it will be great, but you can do without it.
So, Beijing cabbage and chicken fillet are cut into large cubes, mixed, seasoned with mayonnaise and lemon juice, salt and pepper are added to taste. Decorate the dish with herbs, grated parmesan and croutons (crackers).
Ham salad (sausage)
Another dish that can be both everyday and festive. If there is some ham in the refrigerator, as well as products from the first recipe, you will get a more high-calorie, but no less tasty salad. Peking cabbage, sausage, corn, bell pepper, some greens and onions - that's all you need. Refill it best with mayonnaise mixed with a few drops of lemon juice.
All ingredients are cut into thin strips, except greens and corn, and then mixed. Salt the dish is not necessary, but possible (to taste). Then finely chopped greens, corn are added to the salad, seasoned with mayonnaise and served.
With shrimp and tomato
If the house has seafood and any vegetables, the issue with the snack can always be considered resolved. For example, if you have tomatoes, Chinese cabbage and shrimp, you can cook a delicious light salad.
As a dressing, olive oil with lemon juice or low-fat mayonnaise is suitable. For 1 serving, take 100 g. cabbage, the same amount of peeled and boiled shrimp, 5 cherry tomatoes (or half ordinary), a quarter of bell pepper (orange or yellow). For decoration, you can use greens.
Cabbage is cut into cubes, tomatoes, if large, too, cherry - in half or whole. Finely chopped greens, and bell pepper cut into small cubes or thin strips. After that, all the ingredients are mixed, laid out in salad bowls and add a spoonful of mayonnaise on top or watered with oil and lemon juice. You can decorate the dish with herbs.
About the benefits of Beijing cabbage
In addition to its availability throughout almost the whole year, this vegetable has other positive qualities. Firstly, it is always possible to make a quick appetizer from it using a minimum of additional products, such as Beijing cabbage salad with corn. Secondly, you can use it in unlimited quantities, without fear for a slim figure, because in 100 grams of the product only 12 kcal. Thirdly, Beijing cabbage is not inferior to other types of this vegetable in the content of vitamins C, A, group B and PP (which surprisingly well remain for a long time), contains citric acid and carotene.
And most importantly - it is tasty and goes well with any products: fish, meat, cheese and vegetables. For this reason, it is so often made from a variety of salads.