Everyone is already tired of the salad of tomatoes and cucumbers, and the composition of the New Year's Olivier is familiar to many by heart, and the herring under the fur coat, though tasty, but still monotonous.
I want something new, fresh, tender ... There is a solution! Prepare the tender salad with chicken! Its mild taste and pleasant aroma will not leave anyone indifferent. It will appeal to both adults and children. And decorate not only a family dinner, but also a noisy feast. There are several recipes for how to cook a tender salad with chicken. I offer you two of the most delicious options for this dish.
Tender Salad with Chicken and Prunes
This salad will decorate your table. It is incredibly tender, juicy and fragrant. To prepare it, we need:
- Chicken fillet 200 gr.
- Potato 100 gr.
- Prunes 100 gr.
- Carrots 100 gr.
- Walnuts 100 gr.
- Salt pepper
- Light mayonnaise
- Ground paprika
- Olive oil
Wash and dry the chicken fillet on a paper towel. Then rub it with salt, pepper and ground paprika, grease with olive oil and put in a baking dish.
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees and put the chicken in it for half an hour. In the meantime, wash and peel the potatoes and carrots. Boil them in salted water for 30-35 minutes. Pour prune with boiling water and cover, so that it becomes softer and juicier. When the chicken is baked, remove it from the oven, cool and cut into cubes. Chop the carrots and potatoes into small pieces. Do the same with prunes and walnuts. Put all the ingredients in a deep salad bowl and season with light mayonnaise. Delicious chicken salad is ready! It is better to eat with slices of brown bread or whole grain breads. If you are on a diet, then mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream with the addition of juice of half a lemon, then this salad will become not only tasty, but also a dietary dish. Moreover, it is very useful because prunes and walnuts contain many vitamins and minerals, and low-fat chicken fillet is an excellent source of protein.
Tenderness Salad with Chicken and Mushrooms
This is the second version of the popular salad. It is much more satisfying than the previous recipe, which allows you to serve it not even as a snack, but as a full-fledged main course. To prepare the tender salad with chicken and mushrooms, we need:
- 200 gr. chicken fillet;
- 200 gr. pickled mushrooms;
- 100 gr. Luke;
- 100 gr. potatoes;
- 100 gr. carrots;
- 2 eggs;
- mayonnaise;
- olive oil;
- salt;
- pepper.
First, wash the chicken fillet, rub it with salt, pepper and olive oil. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake the chicken there for no more than half an hour, then it will turn out as juicy and soft as possible. In the meantime, wash and boil the potatoes and carrots until completely softened, this will take about 40 minutes. Also boil two eggs. When the chicken is baked, cool it and cut into cubes. Grind all the ingredients so that the pieces are about the same size. This salad is better to make puff, then it can be better tasted. Put potatoes in the first layer, then carrots and brush with mayonnaise. Put chicken on mayonnaise, onion on top, and then pickled mushrooms and again a layer of mayonnaise. And at the very top there will be cut eggs. You can first lay out the protein, and then crumble the yolk and decorate with branches of greenery. Bon Appetit!