During the festive feast, many exotic salads with various ingredients appear on the tables. But the Mimosa salad is an unfading culinary masterpiece that, since the time of the total deficit, has been evoking appetite and making you move closer to the plate.
The main ingredient in the traditional recipe is canned fish. But what to do for those who fundamentally or for some other reason do not like fish and do not eat food? An analogue of the classic recipe will be Mimosa salad with chicken. The dish as a result turns out to be no worse in taste and as bright, saturated in color, design, serving, as the traditional fish "Mimosa".
About Chicken
In the preparation of any salad, it is very important to pay attention to the ingredients that will be used for the recipe. Since we are currently mastering the recipe for Mimosa salad with chicken, therefore, we should thoroughly approach the choice of chicken meat. If possible, get home chicken. It is much tastier, richer and more aromatic than a purchased breast soaked in antibiotics and harmful additives.
About egg
The same thing happens with chicken eggs, which are the second main ingredient in Mimosa salad with chicken. The ideal option is rustic homemade eggs. As you know, they differ significantly from the store ones in the bright and saturated color of the yolk.
By the way, many housewives sometimes encounter with the fact that the yellowness of the yolk in domestic eggs leaves much to be desired. They complain about suppliers or their livestock, not even suspecting that they themselves became the fault of this situation. Professional chefs advise you to always carefully monitor the cooking time of your home egg. If the eggs are digested, then the yolk will completely lose its saturated color.
About mayonnaise
Mayonnaise should also be homemade, which will be seasoned with Mimosa salad with chicken meat. For this dish, it is recommended to use only fatty and thick mayonnaise, and, as you know, store options can not always boast a richness and richness of taste. Liquid sauces or mayonnaise for Mimosa salad cannot be used.
Design and Submission
And a couple of tips regarding cooking and serving. Before cooking, all products must be removed from the refrigerator so that they acquire the same room temperature. In this case, the salad will never “float” and less time will be spent on cooking (something is ready, but something else thawed and you have to wait).
As for serving, as a rule, salad with chicken and cheese is served on a flat dish. It is such a plate that allows you to lay out the salad with a neat slide and makes it possible to carefully consider all the layers. Do not forget when applying about using the freshest greens.
Mimosa salad with chicken. Ingredients
- Chicken fillet - 300g.
- Chives.
- Chicken eggs - 4pcs.
- Hard cheese - 160g.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Several beautiful and smooth sprigs of parsley.
- Mayonnaise.
- Salt.
How to cook
Salad with chicken and cheese is prepared according to the traditional principle. The only exception, as we have already noted, will be in the use of chicken meat, and not canned fish. To begin with, put the chicken fillet to cook. It is important that before cooking, the chicken meat is well washed under cold water and cleaned of skin and films. Meat is cooked very quickly (20-25min.) In salted water with the addition of bay leaves and peas of pepper.
Dip chicken eggs in cold water and set on fire. As soon as the liquid begins to boil, we look at the clock and detect eight minutes. This will be enough for the egg to boil, but not lose its saturated color in the yolk. Chop onions into very small pieces. Grind cheese with a grater.
When the boiled chicken is removed from the water, it needs to be allowed to cool. Cut cold chicken breast into long strips. You can even take the meat into fibers with your own hands. After cooling, we divide the eggs into protein and yolk. Do not forget to leave one protein and one yolk to decorate the salad.
We collect layers of Mimosa salad with chicken. In the "fish" version, sometimes boiled potatoes are used as a substrate. But in our case, we did not use this ingredient, so chicken fillet will be the first layer of salad. Slightly salted layer and coat with mayonnaise. We put onions on meat. After this layer, mayonnaise can not be added. Cheese is sent next to the salad. And again, do not forget about mayonnaise. Grind a few eggs and add them to the salad. Mayonnaise again.
The top layer can be called decoration. This is usually a shabby protein. On top are several sprigs of parsley, which will serve as the basis for the flowers of mimosa. Inflorescences will form from a shabby yolk. Pour the yolk in small heaps, gently distributing along the intended trajectory. The yolk should not wake up and appear on a white background.
Mimosa salad with smoked chicken and walnuts
This is quite original and unusual, both in cooking and in serving the salad. But the name has a place to be, since the main ingredients are boiled chicken eggs with a saturated yellow yolk, homemade mayonnaise and sprigs of green parsley for decoration.
Essential Products
- Two large potatoes.
- Smoked chicken breast - 200g.
- Chives.
- Three eggs (better than rural).
- Onion.
- Cheese - 150g.
- Walnuts - 5-8pcs.
- Homemade thick mayonnaise.
- Salt.
Cooking method
Mimosa salad with chicken and walnuts will be cooked very quickly if the time is properly allocated. The first step is to cook potatoes. The preparation of this product takes the longest length of time in the entire recipe. While the vegetable is boiling, put the pan with eggs on the fire. Do not forget to note the cooking time. You can even add a pinch of salt to the water so that after boiling, the eggs clean faster and easier.
While everything is boiling and bubbling on the stove, chop the onions. It should be crushed sufficiently so that a light onion taste is present in the salad, rather than large and rather sharp pieces that taste good. Smoked chicken should be cut into small sticks or thin long strips. The thinner the meat, the more tender the salad.
If possible, make mayonnaise yourself. While the eggs and potatoes are boiled, there will be plenty of time for this. Take a couple of chicken eggs (better than domestic ones), break them into a deep container. Add to the eggs a teaspoon of mustard, a pinch of salt, a little ground pepper. Stir with a blender. Leaving the whisk in the container, begin to gradually pour in the vegetable oil. The more oil, the thicker the output.
What is good at homemade mayonnaise? Firstly, it does not contain any impurities, dyes or harmful additives. Secondly, you can always control its fat content and calorie content.
The eggs will be the first to cook. We send them under a stream of cold water for a minute. We clean it. Two whole three eggs, one divided into yolk and protein. Three each part separately. A grater is also useful in the process of chopping potatoes.
Salad dressing
Mimosa salad with chicken is a puff dish, so we will lay out the prepared ingredients in stages. The first is the potato backing. Distribute the boiled vegetable evenly, slightly salt and add mayonnaise. The next layer is meat. You do not need to salt it, but do not forget to add mayonnaise.
Onions can be mixed with grated cheese and eggs. We spread three ingredients at once in one layer. We coat with homemade mayonnaise. It remains only to make a salad. The last step is grated protein. It is evenly distributed over the entire surface of the salad. Add several parsley branches to the center and form mimosa flowers from a mixture of yolk and chopped walnuts.
This recipe is not only good because it is quick and simple. Mimosa salad can be decorated in completely different ways. It is not necessary to form flowers in the last layer. You can simply lay out on a bright yellow yolk a richly green parsley or a fresh onion and the salad will already turn out to be incredibly appetizing and beautiful.