Salads are an integral part of the festive table. They are tasty and satisfying. The main ingredient in such salads is meat. Adding this ingredient turns the salad to some extent into a side dish. A good combination would be a salad with beef, pickles, mushrooms.
Benefits of Beef Meat
Beef is considered a very healthy meat. Important is the ability to cook it properly. Scientists have proven that 100 grams of beef meat contains only 4.5 grams of fat.
But chicken, although it is considered the most useful, contains significantly more fats, but less vitamins. In beef iron, zinc and phosphorus predominate to a greater extent. But the calorie content is only 15 kcal.
Boiled meat is practically useful to everyone. The broth is good to use for recovery from stress or stress. The content of omega-3 acids in beef will make your hair strong and firm. Meat will also help relieve blood vessels of cholesterol plaques.
The main thing to remember is that it is strictly forbidden to abuse the product. This is especially true for young children who cannot be overfed with beef. To get the maximum benefit from the product, you must properly eat it. For example, you can cook beef salad with pickles. According to this recipe, you can even prepare a salad for the festive table.
Beef Salad with Pickles
For cooking you will need:
- beef - 650 grams;
- eggs - 5 pieces;
- cheese - 300 grams;
- pickled cucumber - 5 pieces;
- onions - 4 pieces;
- canned green peas - 1 can;
- pine nuts - 50 grams;
- pitted olives - 30 pieces;
- greens - to taste;
- dressing mayonnaise;
- oil for frying onions;
- salt pepper.
Cooking method
First you need to boil a piece of beef tenderloin until cooked . In order for the beef to remain more healthy and juicy, it is dipped in hot water for cooking. But for lack of time, you can start to cook in cold water. If it is necessary to give the meat a rich taste, spices are added to the broth during cooking. But you must remember that salt is necessary at the end.
In parallel with the meat, we prepare the eggs, which need to be cooked for about 20 minutes, to get hard boiled. After cooking, eggs must be placed in cold water. This procedure must be carried out so that in the future they can be easily cleaned.
Heat vegetable oil in a pan and melt a little butter in it. Onion is cut into a small cube, then fried in a mixture of oils. If desired, you can sprinkle with ground pepper. Keep the onions in a pan for about 5 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from heat and let it cool.
Grate the cheese, grind the egg, pickled cucumbers into cubes about 5 mm, olives - rings.
Combine the olives with the cooled onions.
We cut the cooked and cooled beef into a cube, approximately the same as pickles.
Next, beef, pickles, onions with olives, eggs, cheese, peas are mixed in a salad. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise. Garnish with pine nuts and herbs on top.
Beef salad with pickles is ready! Such a dish will be hearty, but at the same time quite light and low-calorie.
Beef salad with pickles, mushrooms, lettuce and pepper
To prepare a salad for 10 servings you will need:
- beef - 400 grams;
- champignon mushrooms - 500 grams;
- pickles - 300 grams;
- lettuce - 200 grams;
- Bulgarian pepper - 300 grams;
- garlic - 3-4 cloves;
- sunflower oil;
- soy sauce - 40 grams (this ingredient is added as desired);
- mayonnaise.
Cooking order
Pre-boil the beef. To do this, it must be immersed in hot water and cook for about 40 minutes. To enhance the taste during cooking, add salt and ground pepper. Optionally, you can put in a pan a whole peeled carrot and onion. These ingredients emphasize the taste of beef.
Mushrooms cut into plates. Throw mushrooms into a preheated clean pan and wait for the water to evaporate, then add the sunflower oil and fry until cooked.
In the salad, beef, pickles, peppers are cut into strips. Tear lettuce leaves in medium slices.
Peeled garlic through the garlic, if desired, can be cut into small cubes.
Mix the salad thoroughly. Beef, pickles, mushrooms, lettuce and peppers are seasoned with prepared mayonnaise sauce. To get a fairly spicy dressing, it is recommended to add soy sauce.
Garlic dressing will add spice to the salad, but at the same time fried champignons will add a delicate aroma.
Such salads will not only become an attribute of the festive table, but also suitable for a family dinner. Similar recipes should be present in the cookbook of any housewife who tries to monitor proper nutrition. Beef is meat, which refers to dietary products. There are no restrictions on its use. In addition, beef will become an indispensable product during the diet, because it saturates the body with all the necessary useful substances, while having a low calorie content.