Various salads are indispensable dishes at festive feasts. And in everyday life, housewives often delight them with their households. By the time guests arrive, new recipes are usually sought out, new dishes are tried, food experiments are conducted. But do not forget about the familiar and so popular salads that our grandmothers also prepared. They remain relevant in any case and never get boring.
Since childhood, each of us has known Herring under a Fur Coat, Mimosa, Olivier and other popular salads. Their recipes have been tested for years. You can read about some dishes known in our country in this article.
"Caesar"
The salad received such a magnificent name from its creator - an American chef with Italian roots named Caesar Cardini. As the cook himself said, the dish was created on Independence Day, July 4, 1924. The food stocks were almost empty of the restaurant visitors, and he had to make a salad of what was left in the refrigerator.
The recipe for us is somewhat different from the original version. This is due to the fact that between different countries there are differences in kitchens and products. Despite this, popular salads, such as Caesar, are often prepared both in domestic restaurants and for a home festive table.
So, for the dish you will need:
- 100 g parmesan;
- 300 g chicken;
- 200 g of lettuce;
- 200 g loaf.
To fry chicken and crackers should be prepared:
- clove of garlic;
- olive oil.
To make the sauce, which will be served with salad, you need:
- 2 eggs;
- 1 tbsp. l mustard;
- 1 tbsp. l lemon juice;
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 100 ml olive oil;
- clove of garlic.
In addition to the above components, pepper and salt are added.
Cooking
First, all the ingredients are prepared.
- Garlic is squeezed into a small amount of oil and infused for 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, the loaf is cut into small cubes. Then it is fried in oil with garlic until golden brown.
- Chicken fillet is cut and laid out on a heated frying pan with olive oil. Fried until fully cooked. To prevent the chicken from being too dry, after the appearance of a fried crust, add a little water and simmer.
Next, refueling is preparing. For this:
- A clove of garlic is squeezed into olive oil and infused for 10-15 minutes.
- The mustard is ground with boiled egg yolks, after which lemon juice, vinegar, oil with garlic, salt and pepper are added to the resulting mixture.
- All this is mixed until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.
Hands tear and lettuce leaves laid out on the bottom of the plate . On it should be put crackers, and then chicken. Next, the salad is poured with the cooked dressing. Parmesan cheese is rubbed on a fine grater and sprinkled on top.
Here is the salad and ready. You can serve it with a multilayer composition or mix all the ingredients. The most popular salads, which are prepared according to the Caesar principle, are sometimes provided with shrimp, anchovies or slices of salmon instead of chicken.
"Russian salad"
Olivier salad is the most famous and popular dish in our country. Probably no New Year or any other holiday can do without it. This salad is very hearty, tasty, and also consists of inexpensive, affordable ingredients. Although initially it was completely different.
Back in 1960, it was created by French chef Lucien Olivier, who works in a Moscow restaurant. The original salad recipe is still unknown to anyone, as the culinary specialist kept it in the strictest confidence. Presumably capers, caviar and other expensive products were included. Ordinary housewives modified it beyond recognition, replacing the components with cheaper ones, and since then the Olivier varieties have been the most popular salads in our country.
Essential Ingredients:
- 6 potatoes;
- 300 g lean meat;
- 2 pickles;
- 3 carrots;
- 4 eggs;
- bulb;
- jar of green peas.
The salad is seasoned with mayonnaise. Salt and pepper are added to taste.
Cooking
Hard boiled eggs. Carrots and potatoes are boiled unpeeled until cooked. The meat also needs to be boiled. All this cools, peeled and diced. Onions and cucumbers are ground in the same way. Peas, salt and pepper are added. The salad is seasoned with mayonnaise and mixes well. As for the supply and decoration of Olivier, everyone acts at his discretion. Many housewives love to serve popular salads in some original form.
"Greek"
A wonderful dish - Greek salad is a real storehouse of vitamins and other useful substances. Light, bright, fresh and very tasty, it has long won the hearts of our compatriots. They can decorate and diversify both a daily meal and a festive feast.
This salad has been known all over the world for a long time. By the way, the Greeks themselves call it "Village", since it was prepared by peasants. They added products from their own garden to popular salads. In the 19th century, a Greek emigrant brought the recipe to America, from where it spread throughout the world.
To make a salad you will need the following components:
- 500 g of sweet tomatoes;
- 400 g of cucumbers;
- 350 g of bell pepper;
- 150 g pitted olives;
- 150 g of purple onions;
- 200 g feta sheep’s cheese .
To fill the salad, you will need:
- 5 tbsp. l olive oil;
- 2 tbsp. l lemon juice;
- salt;
- pepper;
- greens (oregano, oregano or basil).
Cooking
Tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into large cubes, onions - half rings, bell pepper - squares. Olives are added to the vegetables and mixed slightly. Diced cheese is laid out on top.
For refueling, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper are mixed to taste. Salad is watered with the resulting sauce and sprinkled with herbs.
The dish itself looks very bright and beautiful, so it doesn’t really need additional decoration. If desired, you can put it on lettuce leaves and decorate with a thin slice of lemon on top.
Finally
So, in the article we gave recipes on how to cook popular salads (with photo). Having written them down, you will always have in stock a couple of proven dishes that guests and household members will definitely like.