Some twenty years ago, beans were not a common vegetable. Many simply did not understand what can be prepared, except for the soup, with it. It is good that today these times are in the past. Any housewife now knows that it is possible, for example, to prepare salads with croutons and beans. There are many recipes. Each gourmet has the opportunity to enjoy exactly what meets his taste preferences.
Here are recipes for salads with croutons and beans. Try it, choose the most delicious.
With garlic croutons
Salad with garlic croutons and red or white beans will be appreciated by lovers of spicy dishes. List of components necessary for its preparation:
- canned beans in their own juice - 1 can;
- crackers of neutral taste - 100 grams;
- garlic - 2-4 cloves;
- cheese (optional) - 150 grams;
- any sausage product - 100 grams;
- mayonnaise - for dressing;
- greens, ground pepper and salt - optional.
Technological process
We will prepare a salad with croutons and beans, based on a step-by-step description of the process.
First, peel the garlic and sell it through a special press. Mix with croutons in a separate bowl, so that the croutons absorb the aroma of garlic.
Cut the cheese into small cubes. You can grate it on a coarse grater.
Sausage or sausages (and maybe ham) - everything that is in the refrigerator - cut into medium pieces.
Mix cucumber and cheese in a salad bowl. We open the jar and, draining the liquid, spread the beans to the rest of the ingredients. Mix. Add crackers, finely chopped greens and mayonnaise. Mix again and serve a quick and fragrant salad with red beans and croutons.
"Five Minute"
From a minimum of products, you get a great snack. Let's try to create it from such an assortment:
- 1 can of beans
- cheese - 100 grams;
- 1 large pack of crackers;
- garlic - 1-2 cloves;
- sour cream or mayonnaise - for dressing;
- boiled carrots - 1 piece;
- salt is optional.
How to make a quick salad with croutons and beans
Everything is done very quickly and simply. Peel the garlic and press. We send it to the salad bowl. Finely chopped boiled carrots and add there. Next comes the beans, freed from the liquid from the jar. Three cheese on any grater or cut - as prompted by inspiration.
Mix in the salad bowl all of the listed components. Add salt, if necessary. Pour crackers and season our quick salad with beans and croutons.
With ham and corn
A more festive option is obtained by adding ham or canned corn. We will go the other way: we will make a salad with croutons, beans, ham and add corn here. The ingredients we need:
- one can of beans;
- 150-200 grams of ham;
- one can of canned corn;
- a pack of croutons (crackers);
- small onion;
- mayonnaise and salt.
Stages of creating a salad
We clean the onion and finely chop it. Pour hot water (for 3-4 minutes) to get rid of bitterness. If you like the taste of this ingredient, send it to the salad bowl without first keeping it in water.
Ham for our salad needs to be thinly cut in the form of straws.
Open canned ingredients and drain excess juice from cans.
In a deep salad bowl, mix the corn, ham, beans and onions. Add some salt and season with mayonnaise. At the end of cooking, pour croutons and mix again.
With chicken and tomato
We complicate the basic composition of the ingredients and increase their number. Grocery list:
- smoked or boiled chicken fillet - 300 grams;
- beans - 1 can;
- tomatoes - 1-2 pieces;
- hard cheese - 50-90 grams;
- bread - 2 slices;
- garlic -1-2 prongs;
- dry Provence herbs - 1/2 teaspoon;
- salt - a small pinch;
- mayonnaise - for dressing;
- refined vegetable oil.
Make a salad
First of all, prepare bread croutons. We cut it into small cubes and, placing it in a bowl, pour it with a spoon of vegetable oil. This should be done not in one go - we achieve uniform impregnation of bread cubes. Sprinkle them with herbs and salt.
The pan is heated and greased with vegetable oil. On a small fire, gently fry croutons to the desired brownness.
Now back to making the salad. Cut smoked or boiled chicken flesh.
We wash the tomatoes and remove the place of the stalk. We cut the vegetables arbitrarily.
In a cup, mix beans (without liquid), poultry, tomatoes.
Peel the garlic and, chopping, add it to the rest of the products. Grate the cheese on a grater having any fraction, and pour the cheese chips into a salad bowl. We season the ready-made salad with beans, croutons and mayonnaise. Done. You can immediately start tasting snacks.
With champignons
A very satisfying snack with a variety of flavor combinations. Here is what is included:
- canned beans - 400 grams;
- croutons with your favorite taste - 100-150 grams;
- canned corn - 1 can;
- pickled cucumber - 1 piece;
- garlic - 2-4 cloves;
- 1 onion;
- champignons - 300-400 grams;
- tomatoes - optional;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- mayonnaise, salt and pepper - to taste.
How to cook
Peel the onion and garlic. We chop the onion into cubes. Squeeze the garlic through the press.
Drain the liquid from the champignon. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil. Fry mushrooms and onions for 15 minutes. Stir the mushrooms periodically during the heat treatment.
Dice the cucumbers. If using tomatoes, cut them like cucumbers.
We need a roomy salad bowl. We send tomatoes, cucumbers, fried and cooled champignons to it. We open jars of corn and beans. We remove the liquid, and pour the grains into a salad bowl.
Salt, pepper, add garlic and croutons. We mix and decorate everything according to our own taste.
Fried carrots can be added to this salad. In this case, we wash it, grate or cut and fry with mushrooms and onions. You can chop and boiled root vegetable. Cucumbers, if desired, may be excluded.
Experiment and you will find your perfect salad.