Bean salad can be prepared using various ingredients. As a rule, it is done easily and simply. In this regard, such an appetizer is very often prepared for a family dinner, as well as for a festive table.
Making a delicious bean salad with crackers and cheese
Buy beans for a quick snack is better in canned form. After all, a dry product should be boiled for a long time in boiling water. Moreover, with such an ingredient, the salad turns out to be especially tender and tasty.
So, we need:
- canned red beans - a small jar;
- aromatic ham - about 100 g;
- hard cheese - about 90 g;
- Peking cabbage leaves - a couple of pieces;
- medium fat mayonnaise - optional;
- cloves of garlic - to taste (you can not apply);
- homemade crackers made of white bread - a couple of handfuls.
We process components
Before preparing a bean salad with crackers, all the ingredients mentioned should be processed in turn. First you need to clean the fragrant ham from the shell, and then cut it into thin straws. Similarly, chopped Chinese cabbage leaves. As for hard cheese and garlic, they need to be grated on a large and small grater, respectively. It is also necessary to open a jar of red beans and pour the whole brine.
We form a dish
Bean salad with cheese, ham and crackers is formed very quickly. To do this, put all the ingredients mentioned in a large bowl, and then add to them a straw of Beijing cabbage, red beans, grated cloves of garlic (optional) and homemade crackers. After adding the components with mayonnaise, they should be mixed thoroughly.
How to serve?
After the bean salad is fully cooked, it must be laid out in a deep bowl and immediately presented to family members. If you do not plan to serve such a dish to the table in the near future, then you should not season it with mayonnaise, as well as add crackers. Otherwise, it will not turn out as tasty and crunchy as we would like.
Making a tender bean salad with mushrooms
To prepare such an appetizer, we will need not only beans and cheese, but also fresh vegetables, as well as champignons. But first things first.
So, to make a delicious bean salad, we need:
- white or red canned beans - 0.5 cups (without brine);
- champignons (it is better to take small and fresh) - about 150 g;
- fresh cucumber (you can add pickled) - 1 pc.;
- fresh tomatoes - 2 small pieces;
- any cheese, but only hard - about 100 g;
- mayonnaise of low fat content - 200 g;
- odorless vegetable oil - for frying mushrooms;
- sea salt and ground black pepper - apply to taste.
We prepare the components
Of course, bean salad can be made not only from a canned product, but also with the use of dry. However, for its decoction, you will need a fairly large amount of time.
Thus, the purchased beans in a jar should be opened and put in a colander. After rinsing in cold water, it is necessary to deprive the fluid as much as possible. Next, you need to wash the mushrooms, cut off all unnecessary elements from them and chop them on a straw. After that, it is recommended to fry them until fully cooked, using deodorized oil.
Among other things, the presented salad requires the use of fresh vegetables. They should be washed and, if necessary, cleaned. In the future, cucumbers and tomatoes can be chopped into cubes.
In conclusion, you need to grate hard cheese.
The process of forming a delicious salad
Salad with canned beans should be formed in exactly the same way as the above dish. To do this, in one dish you need to combine a bean product, fried champignons, fresh cucumber, tomato and hard cheese. Next to the ingredients you need to add spices to taste and flavor with mayonnaise of low fat content. When you mix the ingredients, you should have a very tender and nutritious salad.
How to properly present to the table?
After the appetizer is formed, it must be laid out in a salad bowl and serve. If you want to make the dish more spicy, then instead of fresh cucumbers, you can add pickled vegetables to it. It is also recommended to add white or red onions, chopped into cubes, to the snack.
Making a quick and aromatic snack dish
It is good to cook bean salad with chicken when guests should come to you very soon. It should be noted that such an appetizer is ideal for alcoholic drinks. Indeed, thanks to the components that make up its composition, it turns out to be quite piquant.
So, in order to quickly prepare a delicious and fragrant salad, we need:
- white or red canned beans - a jar (without brine);
- smoked poultry breasts - about 200 g;
- canned olives and olives - ½ jar;
- red onion - 1 pc.;
- green lettuce leaves - a few pcs .;
- odorless olive oil - about 60 ml;
- lemon juice - a pair of small spoons;
- small garlic - 1 clove;
- sea salt and ground black pepper - apply to taste.
Product pretreatment
In order for the salad with canned beans to turn out delicious, all the ingredients should be carefully processed. First you need to clean the smoked poultry breasts from the skin and existing bones with cartilage. Then they need to be cut into cubes. After this, remove the olives and olives from the brine, and then chop them into circles. As for the red onion, it needs to be peeled, cut into half rings and squeezed tightly so that the vegetable becomes extremely soft. In conclusion, it is recommended to open red or white canned beans and drain the whole brine from it.
Sauce making
Of course, the easiest way to season such a salad with regular mayonnaise or sour cream. However, we decided to use a special sauce. It is done quite easily and simply. To do this, take a clove of garlic and grate. Then it is mixed with olive oil and fresh lemon juice. Having seasoned the sauce with pepper and salt, it is recommended to keep it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
We form a delicious and spicy appetizer
After processing the ingredients and holding the sauce in the refrigerator, you can safely proceed to the formation of a snack dish. To do this, you need to put the following products in one container: canned beans without brine, green salad leaves, circles of olives and olives, as well as smoked chicken breasts and red onion, torn by hand. After all the ingredients are in the bowl, they should immediately be flavored with cold olive sauce. By mixing the ingredients with a large spoon, you should get a very aromatic snack.
Correct delivery to invited guests
Having formed a spicy snack dish, it should be placed in a deep salad bowl. Serving such a salad to invited guests is desirable, along with rye bread and some hot lunch. Also, it is good to use it as a spicy snack with any alcoholic beverages.
To summarize
As you can see, making a salad with beans is not so difficult. It should be noted that it can also be prepared using other components. Someone puts smoked sausage, fried sausages or even pickled mushrooms in it. In any case, it turns out to be very tender and nutritious.