Peking cabbage has become a constant component of our menu not so long ago. When she first appeared on store shelves, she did not cause much enthusiasm. However, after experimenting with the “Chinese grass”, as culinary specialists began to call it, the housewives came to the conclusion that this is a very valuable product for them. And indeed it is.
Beijing cabbage is not only very tender and delicious. It is extremely useful for our body, as it is a cut above its other cabbage “brothers” in dietary and nutritional qualities. And most importantly - it is perfectly combined with many different ingredients. No matter what you add to it, the output will still get a delicious and nutritious salad. Beijing cabbage + sausage, for example, will always be a win-win combination. By the way, there are a great many recipes for cooking dishes with these two components. And today we would like to share with you the best of them. Therefore, we learn to cook a salad of Beijing cabbage with sausage. In its various variations.
Quick and tasty
Our recipe for Chinese cabbage salad with sausage has several features. The first is that it takes literally several minutes to cook. The second - it is just a very budget option. And the third - most important - its variability. So, taking as a basis two basic components - “Beijing” and sausage - the third ingredient can be constantly replaced (at your discretion). And get a completely different dish with a completely different taste. Especially if you also experiment with refueling.
Peking cabbage salad with sausage, the recipe of which we offer you, uses cucumber as the third ingredient. But in order to show you how to change the taste of a salad using an example, we will also give a recipe for cooking almost the same dish, but with tomatoes.
Cucumber Salad Option
To prepare it, we will need to stock up on: Beijing cabbage (300 g), boiled-smoked sausage (200 g), cucumber (1 pc.), Onion (also 1 pc.). Peking must be finely chopped, and cut the sausage into thin strips. Cut the cucumber in the same way, and the onion in half rings. Add salt and white pepper. Season with mayonnaise and mix.
Tomato Salad Option
For this salad, in addition to the main ingredients - cabbage and sausage, you will need to take tomatoes instead of onions. Two or three things will be enough. Instead of mayonnaise, we’ll use vegetable oil as a dressing, which you will need to take 50 g, and two or three teaspoons of soy sauce. The cooking process itself is similar to the method described above.
But these, of course, are the simplest types of this dish. There are many other ways, with a more complex composition of ingredients. Therefore, below and consider several such recipes.
So, how to cook Beijing cabbage salad - hearty, beautiful and delicious?
Spring Salad
This dish pleases the eye with just one bright, very rainbow-colored appearance that has been colored with all the colors of spring. And to make such a salad of Beijing cabbage with sausage, you must first, if you do not have a suitable set at home, go to the store for the following products:
- Peking cabbage (one, not too big head) will be enough;
- a jar of canned corn;
- carrots (if it’s big, then one is enough for us; if it’s small, it’s better to take two);
- cucumber (1 pc.);
- sausage type "Doctor" (buy 300 grams);
- mayonnaise (1 pack).
Cooking process
First, we cut our Beijing cabbage into strips, and try to make the slices as thin as possible. We do the same with sausage and cucumber. Peel the carrots, and then rub it on - necessarily - a Korean grater. Then we mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl, add canned corn there (juice can not be drained), mayonnaise. Mix everything carefully. You can add some salt, but given that our dressing - mayonnaise - the product itself is quite salty.
This magnificent salad of Beijing cabbage with sausage, the only smell of which immediately evokes thoughts of spring, is not a shame to put on the festive table. Moreover, his taste is quite suitable for a solemn feast.
Finally
In truth, if you start describing recipes for preparing all the salads from Beijing with sausage that exist today, then there will not be enough day. So, from it it turns out a magnificent Caesar salad, so much loved by many. In addition, there are many cooking methods when sausage and onions for such a dish are fried. Some chefs recommend using tomato paste as a dressing.
Well, what can I say except one? Do it! Experiment! And remember what was said at the beginning of our conversation: Beijing cabbage salad with sausage is almost impossible to spoil, no matter what you put in it as additional ingredients.