Puff salads are the most simple dish to prepare, which looks spectacular on a plate and can become a real decoration of the table. And if you cook them according to recipes checked by time, then everyone will salivate from their very appearance, and their amazing taste will be remembered for a long time.
Crab Stick Salad
One of the easiest to prepare salads from several layers is a salad of crab sticks. All that is needed in order to prepare a puff crab salad is to stock up with the necessary components and put them in several layers. So, we need:
- packaging of crab sticks;
- one can of canned corn;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 60 grams of rice cereal;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- a bunch of green onions;
- salt to your taste;
- parsley and dill.
The first step is to cook the rice, and then prepare it for laying in the salad, rinsing with boiling water and discarding through a colander. Then chop finely green onion and mix it with boiled rice and half mayonnaise. Next, three crab sticks chilled in a refrigerator on a medium grater. And at the last stage of preparation, boil the eggs, finely three them on a medium grater and mix with the second half of mayonnaise.
Having prepared all the ingredients, you can proceed to the second, final stage of making puff salad of crab sticks. To do this, we take a serving ring, put it on a dish where we want to see our salad, and then lay our prepared products in layers. The first layer is rice, the second is canned corn, previously freed of excess liquid, the third is half crab sticks, the fourth is grated eggs, the fifth is the remaining half of crab sticks, and on top of the salad you can put parsley and dill for decoration.
Salad "Men's fantasies"
Men love hearty food, so this salad is best for them, for which we need:
- 300 grams of beef meat;
- 1 onion;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 2 stalks of green onions;
- 6 teaspoons of mayonnaise;
- 1.5 tablespoons of 9% vinegar;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- salt and sugar.
At the first stage of preparing a delicious puff salad for our men, it will be necessary to boil beef in salted water along with a bay leaf and peas of black pepper. The cooking time of this meat will have to be as much as two hours, because only then it will be especially tasty and juicy. Next, you will need to wait until the meat has cooled, and during this time it will be possible to boil the eggs and peel the onion, which then will need to be cut into half rings and pour brine from half a glass of water, vinegar, half a teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of sugar. While the onions will marinate for 10 minutes, you can grate the eggs on a medium grater and mix them with chopped green onions.
When the preparation of the ingredients is completed, you can already collect the salad in a serving ring or a special container. The first layer is pickled onions, the second is cooled beef torn into fibers, the third is mayonnaise, the fourth is an egg mixture and the last is grated hard cheese. You can decorate the salad with a circle of fresh or canned cucumber.
Pineapple Puff Salad
Many of us are very fond of pineapple and do not even know that it can be a great ingredient for a delicious salad. True, in addition to the cans of this canned tropical fruit, we will also need:
- a whole jar of canned corn;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 300 grams of ham;
- a bunch of lettuce;
- packaging of mayonnaise.
The first step is to prepare the ingredients, for which you will need to drain the water from the jars of corn and pineapple, boil hard-boiled eggs and cut into small cubes, ham should also be cut into cubes, and finely chop the salad. After that, separating each layer from each other with mayonnaise, you can start, focusing on a photo of puff salad, to collect the dish. Lettuce leaves will go on the first layer, canned corn on the second, chopped eggs on the third, sliced ham on the fourth, slices of pineapple on the fifth, and the salad ends with the application of grated cheese.
Tiffany Salad
Very often in a salad consisting of several layers, chicken fillet is added, which is pre-boiled or fried until cooked. And one of the most delicious and beautiful puff chicken salads is a dish called Tiffany. So, for its preparation we need:
- 2 pieces of chicken;
- 6 eggs;
- 200 grams of hard cheese;
- 300 grams of seedless grapes;
- 100 grams of almond;
- curry seasoning;
- mayonnaise.
According to tradition, the first thing we do is prepare the products for laying in the salad. To do this, we cut the chicken fillet with a sharp knife into small pieces, and then fry them in a pan until cooked, seasoning with curry spices. After that, we separate the proteins from the yolks and individually three of them on a medium grater. Next, grind the nuts and rub the cheese, after which we begin to collect our puff salad, covering each layer with a thin mayonnaise net. Grilled chicken will go to the first layer of the dish, grated squirrels to the second, chopped almonds to the third and grated cheese to the last. The cheese is completely covered with mayonnaise, and on top we spread half of the grapes on the entire top layer of the salad, which completes the preparation of the dish.
Salmon Salad
Everyone who cannot live without fish dishes will be very pleased with this salad. It is very satisfying, tasty and can become a real decoration of even the most festive table. We will need such components for its creation as:
- 400 grams of salted salted salmon;
- 50 grams of red caviar;
- 200 grams of hard cheese;
- 3 medium potato tubers;
- 3 eggs;
- 3 sweet and sour apples;
- mayonnaise;
- lettuce leaves.
So, in order to prepare an excellent puff salad from these ingredients, first, as always, you will need to prepare our products for laying in the dish. To do this, we boil the potatoes and grate them well on a medium grater, cheese and apples also three on this grater, remove the salmon and cut them into cubes, cut the onions in half rings, fry them until a golden crust forms and then mix with potatoes. We cook the eggs to a state of "hard-boiled", then we separate their proteins from the yolks and, crushing them very much, we put them in separate saucers, so that we can put them in a dish.
We also collect the salad according to the usual pattern. Each layer is laid on top of each other, and a thin mesh of mayonnaise is made between them. The first layer of salad will be salted salmon, the second - potatoes with fried onion, the third - apples, the fourth - cheese, the fifth - squirrels, the sixth - yolks. Then the last layer is well smeared with mayonnaise, and the whole dish, before serving it on the table, should be decorated with a layer of red caviar.
Chamomile Salad
One of the simplest puff salads, which are prepared very quickly and easily, but at the same time look most impressive, is the Chamomile salad. The main thing is to have all the necessary ingredients at hand so that you can use them at the right time. And you need in this case:
- a pack of ham-flavored potato chips;
- 200 grams of ham;
- 60 grams of hard cheese;
- 200 grams of fresh champignons;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 7 pieces of gherkins;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- salt and pepper to your liking.
To prepare such a salad, the first thing you have to do is prepare the mushrooms for laying in the dish. To do this, you will need to thoroughly rinse the mushrooms, then cut them into small cubes, fry them in vegetable oil and place them on a sieve so that the extra oil can be removed. Next, cut the gherkins into thin circles, three cheese on a medium grater, cut the ham into cubes or stripes, and boil the eggs, separate their yolks from the proteins, and then three them individually on a small grater.
Having prepared the products, it will be possible to start composing the salad, each layer separated from each other with mayonnaise and slightly salted or sprinkled with pepper. Ham will go on the first layer, fried mushrooms on the second, gherkins on the third, crushed protein on the fourth, cheese on the fifth and crushed yolk, which is no longer covered with mayonnaise. Instead, in the middle of the salad, you can put a sprig of greens, and on the edges of the plate on which the dish is located, you should put chips in a circle that will symbolize the petals of our chamomile.
Chicken and mushroom puff salad
If you want a salad that is especially tasty and hearty, then for this it is best to cook a dish with chicken and mushrooms. Moreover, it is very easy to prepare. The main thing is to have the necessary ingredients:
- 350 grams of boneless chicken;
- 2 testicles;
- 200 grams of fresh champignons;
- 1 onion;
- half a fresh cucumber;
- 2 tablespoons of refined sunflower oil;
- 10 pieces of prunes;
- 150 grams of mayonnaise;
- dill, parsley;
- salt and pepper to your liking.
Here, too, the first thing we do is prepare our components for laying in the salad. To do this, we boil the meat in slightly salted water with spices and bay leaves, bringing it to a ready state. Then we cool it and divide it into small fibers. We clean the onions and mushrooms, cut them into cubes, and then fry them in oil until soft. Pour prunes with boiling water, wait 10 minutes and cut into small pieces. Next, chop the eggs finely and cut into slices a fresh cucumber.
Further, focusing on the photo of the delicious puff salad that we prepare, we begin to collect the dish directly on a plate or in a serving ring. And naturally, we cover each layer with a thin mesh of mayonnaise. Prunes will go to the first layer, the second - boiled chicken, the third - mushrooms with onions, the fourth - eggs, the fifth - cucumber, which is completely smeared with mayonnaise. Salad is decorated with parsley and dill.
Salad "Well-fed guest"
If guests are about to rush in, you can cook this puff salad with chicken, which looks great, and is easy to prepare, and its taste is just great. And most importantly, this salad perfectly saturates, so that guests will be delighted with it. The main thing is to have the necessary components for its manufacture:
- 250 grams of chicken fillet;
- 3 eggs;
- 2 canned cucumbers;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 6 pickled champignons;
- salt and ground pepper to taste;
- mayonnaise;
- 3 walnuts;
- parsley and dill.
To make such a salad, of course, first of all we cook the chicken in salted water with spices so that it is completely cooked, then we cool it and cut it into cubes. Next, we cook hard-boiled eggs and also cut them into cubes. Next, cut the cucumbers and mushrooms in the same way. Three cheese on a medium grater, and then we begin to collect the salad together simply on a plate or in a serving ring. Naturally, as before, we separate each layer from each other with a thin mesh of mayonnaise. The first layer of this salad will be boiled chicken, the second - chopped eggs, the third - canned cucumbers, the fourth - grated cheese, the fifth - champignons. We grease the last layer well with mayonnaise, after which we decorate the dish with a handful of walnuts and herbs, focusing only on our imagination.
Liver salad
Although chicken liver is healthy, few people like it by itself, but if you make a puff salad with liver, then everyone will eat it for a sweet soul. What are needed for its preparation, here are the following components:
- 500 grams of chicken liver;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 onion;
- 1 medium-sized carrot;
- 200 grams of champignons;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- mayonnaise.
The first step is to prepare the liver for laying in the salad. To do this, we wash it, remove the film, marinate it for half an hour in mineral water or milk, cook in salt water until tender, cool it, and then turn it in a meat grinder or grind it with a blender. At the same time, boil the carrots until cooked, peel and three on a medium grater. We do the same with eggs. But we clean the mushrooms with onions, wash and finely chop, and then thoroughly fry them in a frying pan.
Having prepared the components, we begin to collect them in a salad, naturally, smearing each layer with mayonnaise. The first layer will consist of half of the liver mixed with one crushed egg, the second of carrots, the third of mushrooms with onions, the fourth of the second egg, and the fifth of the remaining liver. After that, the top of the salad is well smeared with mayonnaise, and then the dish is decorated with grated cheese and herbs.
Dietary salad "Mimosa" without cheese
Mimosa is a famous puff salad with cheese, eggs, canned fish, onions and mayonnaise. However, not everyone loves cheese, and even more often women refuse to eat salad with it, so as not to get better, and it was for them that a diet version of this salad was created. This dish consists of such components as:
- 1 jar of sardines in its own juice;
- 3 eggs;
- 5 potatoes;
- 2 large carrots;
- 1 medium onion;
- a bunch of green onions;
- 100 ml light mayonnaise;
- salt and pepper to taste.
To create such a spring-holiday salad, first of all you need to boil carrots and potatoes, then peel them and grate on a medium grater. We boil the eggs, separate the proteins from the yolks and separately rub each of these components on a fine grater. We clean the onions, cut in half rings and pickle for 10 minutes in boiling water, and just chop the green onion finely, leaving a couple of its feathers to decorate the salad. We put sardines on a plate, knead with a fork and carefully pull out all the bones from the fish.
After that, focusing on a photo of puff salad, we begin to collect the dish. The first layer will be potatoes, the second - prepared fish, along with the juice from it, the third - onions, which are then sprinkled with ground pepper, the fourth - half the yolks mixed with mayonnaise, the fifth - green onions, the sixth - carrots mixed with mayonnaise, seventh - crushed proteins. After this side of the salad, grease with the remaining mayonnaise and decorate the dish, creating a bouquet of mimosa from green onion feathers and the remaining yolks.