Classic "Capital" salad will serve as an ideal dish for any festive table. It is worth noting that it is being prepared in almost the same way as Olivier, but with some changes in the recipe. By the way, the Stolichny salad, the photo of which is presented below, has many cooking options. Today we will look at several ways to create this dish, including chicken breasts, boiled beef, as well as sausage, beef tongue and aromatic ham. Despite the fact that all of the listed ingredients are mixed together with the same ingredients, they still give the salad a special flavor.
Classic Stolichniy salad: recipe with chicken meat
White poultry and boiled vegetables seasoned with fatty mayonnaise and sour cream, get a great taste, which can be appreciated not only by your family members, but also by guests invited to any holiday. It is worth noting that preparing the "Capital" classic salad with meat is quite easy and fast. But for such a dish to turn out to be tender, juicy and aromatic, all pre-purchased components should be well processed.
Essential Products
To prepare this dish, you will need the following components:
- chilled chicken breasts - 500 g;
- pickled or pickled cucumbers - 4 medium pcs .;
- large chicken egg - 4 pcs.;
- small potato tubers - 4 pcs.;
- onions - 2 small heads;
- canned green peas - a standard jar;
- high-calorie mayonnaise - 200 g;
- fat sour cream - 170 g;
- medium carrot - 2 pcs.;
- lettuce - a few pcs. (for decorating the finished dish);
- Bulgarian red pepper - 1 pc.;
- sea salt, ground pepper - add to taste.
Product Preparation
Like all similar dishes, the Stolichny classic salad should begin to be prepared by processing all the necessary products. The main ingredient of this culinary creation is white poultry. It is him who needs to be prepared in the first place. To do this, chicken breasts must be washed and then boiled in slightly salted water, cooled and the meat part removed from the skin and bones. Next, the meat piece should be chopped into small cubes and pour into a large bowl or saucepan.
Also, the “Stolichny” classic salad with meat includes vegetables such as potato tubers, carrots, onions, red bell pepper and pickled or pickled cucumbers. The first two named products must be washed and boiled directly in the peel. Then they should be cooled, cleaned and finely chopped into cubes. As for the remaining vegetables, they need to be used only in raw form. To do this, you need to wash the products, cut in the same way and pour in the same dishes where the chicken breasts, potatoes and carrots are. You should also boil chicken eggs separately and chop them into small cubes with a knife.
It is worth noting that the Stolichny salad, the recipe (with chicken meat) that we are considering in this article, is quite voluminous due to the fact that it includes a lot of different components. That is why such a dish is relatively inexpensive, which especially attracts housewives during the preparation of a large table for any family holiday.
The formation of the dish and its proper presentation to guests
After all the components have been processed, they need to be combined in one dish, adding canned green peas, high-calorie mayonnaise, fat sour cream, as well as fine salt and ground allspice (if necessary). Next, the “Stolichniy” classic salad needs to be mixed, put on a plate with a mold, and next to it are lettuce leaves and several pieces of boiled breasts in the form of thin and small layers.
Salad "Capital" with boiled beef
The “capital” salad with beef turns out to be as tasty and nutritious as the above dish. But in view of the fact that it uses heavy meat for digestion, it is more satisfying. In addition, it is customary to add fresh tomatoes to such a salad. They will make the dish the most juicy and delicious.
Required ingredients
To make the "Capital" classic salad with meat, you will need the following components:
- low-fat young beef - 400 g;
- fresh tomatoes - 3 medium pcs .;
- medium potato tubers - 3 pcs.;
- green onions - a small bunch;
- onions - 1 head;
- large chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
- canned small peas - a standard jar;
- high-calorie mayonnaise - 280 g;
- large carrots - 1 pc.;
- fresh greens - a large bunch (to decorate the finished dish or add to it);
- sea salt, ground pepper - add to taste.
Food processing
Before forming such a dish, you should boil lean young beef in salt water, and then grind it into cubes across the fibers. After this, prepare the vegetables. To do this, boil the potatoes and carrots, cool and peel them, and then cut in exactly the same way as the meat product. Next, chop onions, fresh tomatoes, green arrows, steep chicken eggs and greens.
The process of forming a dish
It should be noted that the “Capital” salad (the classic recipe with beef is presented in this article) can be formed not only by mixing all the ingredients in one container, but also layers on a flat plate. In this case, the first layer in the dishes should be laid boiled beef, which must be greased liberally with fat mayonnaise. Next, you need to alternately place onions, potatoes, carrots, chicken eggs, green arrows, fresh tomatoes and peas. On top of the dish you can decorate with herbs or olives. By the way, do not forget that all of the listed layers of vegetables and eggs also need to be generously greased with high-calorie mayonnaise.
Salad "Capital": a recipe with sausage
This recipe is a classic version of the preparation of "Olivier", which is often called "Capital". The only difference between these dishes is that the second salad additionally includes sweet bell pepper and a lot of fresh herbs, which make it more juicy and nutritious.
Dish Components
To prepare the salad "Olivier" ("Capital"), you must purchase the following products:
- boiled sausage - 300 g;
- spicy pickled cucumbers - 3 medium pcs .;
- standard chicken egg - 4 pcs.;
- medium potato tubers - 3 pcs.;
- purple onions - 2 medium heads;
- canned small peas - a standard jar;
- high-calorie mayonnaise (you can use only sour cream) - 280 g;
- large carrots - 1 pc.;
- lettuce - optional (to decorate the finished dish);
- Bulgarian yellow pepper - ½ pcs.;
- sea salt, allspice - add to taste.
Product preparation process
Surely there will be no such mistress who would not know how to make a "Winter" salad. Indeed, the Stolichnaya dish with some changes is carried out in exactly the same way. Before mixing all the components together, they should be carefully processed. First you need to boil carrots and potatoes in their skins, peel them and chop finely with a knife. Next, chopped sausages, pickled cucumbers, steamed chicken eggs, purple onions and yellow Bulgarian pepper into small cubes.
Making a dish and serving it to the table
When all the components of the salad are processed properly, they must be placed in a common container, pour in small canned peas, and also lay out high-fat mayonnaise. If you use only sour cream to prepare such a dish, then it is recommended to pre-season the products with sea salt and allspice, otherwise the salad may turn out to be fresh.
After mixing all the components, they need to be laid out in a deep salad bowl and garnished with fresh herbs. Serve such a hearty meal to the festive table should be in front of the main hot dish.
How to make a delicious ham salad for a festive table?
Unlike all previous options, the Stolichny salad with ham is the most aromatic. By the way, instead of the presented meat component for such a dish, you can buy smoked sausage.
Essential Products
In order to make Stolichny salad with fresh cucumber and aromatic ham, we need the following ingredients:
- normal size chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
- aromatic ham - 350 g;
- fresh cucumbers - 3 small pieces;
- medium potato tubers - 4 pcs.;
- white onion - 2 heads;
- canned small peas - ½ standard cans;
- mayonnaise of low fat content - 290 g;
- fresh greens - optional (to decorate the dish);
- sea salt, allspice, ground - add to taste.
Product processing
In this recipe, we decided to tell you about how to properly arrange the Stolichny salad in glass portioned bowls. But before that, all the necessary components should be well processed. To do this, boil chicken eggs and potato tubers, and then grate them on a small grater, placing in different dishes. Next, chop aromatic ham and fresh cucumbers on a very thin and long straw. In addition, chopped onions and fresh herbs.
How to arrange?
It is worth noting that the presented version of the capital's salad is the easiest for the stomach. To properly arrange it for the festive table, you need to prepare the number of glass bowls that will correspond to the number of invited guests. Thus, at the bottom of the dishes, put a little aromatic ham, and then place onions, fresh cucumbers, potato tubers and chicken eggs. Lubricating all layers with mayonnaise is not recommended. It is advisable for them to thickly cover an already formed dish, and then sprinkle with canned peas and chopped herbs.
Due to the fact that such a salad is placed in glass portioned dishes, all its layers will be visible, which will make this culinary creation more beautiful and mouth-watering. Serving it to the festive table is desirable first of all, before other salads and a hot dinner.
Beef tongue salad with vegetables
Salad "Capital" with the tongue is perhaps the most expensive dish of all the above. This is due to the fact that the meat delicacy that is used to create such a culinary creation has a rather high cost. But it is thanks to him that this dish turns out so tender, tasty and satisfying that all your expenses will easily pay off due to the enthusiastic exclamations of the invited guests.
Required ingredients
To prepare a festive salad, you will need to purchase the following products:
- medium-sized potatoes - 4 pcs.;
- large chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
- large beef tongue - 1 pc.;
- pickled gherkins - 120 g;
- canned champignons - 60 g;
- fresh greens, including onion arrows - add at your own discretion
- sour cream mayonnaise - 180 g;
- pitted olives - ½ standard jar (to decorate the dish);
- purple onions - 2 heads;
- small carrots - 2 pcs.;
- table salt - for boiling a meat product and vegetables;
- thick sour cream - a couple of large spoons.
Component Processing
Before you start preparing the main ingredients, you should wash the beef tongue well. For this, the meat product must be thawed (if it is frozen), and then soaked in cold water for 30-45 minutes, after which all surface dirt should be scraped off with a sharp knife or an iron brush. Next, the tongue must be placed in a large pan, pour in drinking water, pour salt and bring to a boil. After this, it is required to collect all the foam from the broth with a slotted spoon, close the dishes with a lid, set the fire to minimum and cook the delicacy for about two hours. This time is enough to make the meat ingredient soft. By the way, cutting it into pieces before heat treatment is highly not recommended, otherwise the whole taste of the tongue will go into the broth.
After the meat becomes completely soft, it should be removed and immediately placed in cold water. This procedure will allow you to quickly and easily remove the skin from the tongue. Further, the cooled delicacy product must be chopped into small cubes with sides of 0.7-1 centimeter.
Also, for such a salad, boil the potatoes and carrots separately. They must be cut in exactly the same way as the tongue, along with steep chicken eggs, pickled gherkins, canned mushrooms and purple onions.
Proper design of the dish
After all the components have been prepared, they need to be mixed in a large bowl, and then flavored with fresh chopped herbs, mayonnaise and sour cream. As a result, you should get a tasty, nourishing, fragrant and fairly high-calorie Stolichny salad. It is recommended to put it in a beautiful salad bowl with a slide, and decorate the top with whole or chopped pitted olives. A self-made dish of beef tongue and vegetables should be served before the main hot dish. If desired, canned peas or corn can be added to such a culinary creation.
As you can see, today there are quite a few options for making such a salad. In addition to all of the above, this dish can be made with boiled or salted fish, and with crab sticks or meat, and smoked products, etc. In any case, absolutely all invited guests will be delighted with such a salad.