Salad "Monkey": a recipe for cooking, design tips

According to the eastern calendar, each year has its own patron from the animal world. Some argue that such a symbol must be present at the festival. Therefore, the Monkey salad in 2016 on the New Year's table will be just the way.

Funny monkey

New Year's Eve should always bring only joy and good mood. And if you prepare the Monkey salad for the table, then you can assume that the goal has been achieved.

You only need to buy some products: 0.5 kilograms of chicken fillet, 3 eggs, 2 onions, 200 grams of fresh apples, 3 olives, salt, 125 grams of hard cheese, black pepper, mayonnaise and 2 teaspoons of walnuts.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. First you need to chop the onion and pour boiling water for a few minutes so that all the bitterness comes out.
2. Boil the fillet and cut into cubes if possible.
3. Cut eggs randomly, and grind some cheese and apples.
4. Combine the components together, salt, season with mayonnaise and add a little pepper.
5. From the resulting mass on a wide dish to form the head of a monkey.
6. Put grated nuts on top of grated nuts and make a fringing from shredded stripes of olives.
7. Grate the remaining cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle with it all the unclosed space.
8. Halves of olives are useful in order to make eyes and nose, and unused shavings are suitable for the mouth.

Now we can assume that the Monkey salad is completely ready.

New Year in French

Each nation has its own habits and taste preferences. In French, the Monkey salad will look a little different. Although the set of products is very similar to the previous version: 1 onion, 100 grams of cheese, an egg, an apple, olives, mayonnaise and some nuts.

But the technology will be slightly different:

1. It still starts with a bow. It will be the base of the salad. In order not to spoil the whole dish, it is better to marinate it with sugar and vinegar for about ten minutes.
2. After that, the dressing can be drained, and from the remaining product put a thin outline of the head outline and generously smear with mayonnaise. Subsequently, this will need to be done with each layer.
3. Next, gradually chopped products (egg and apple) on top of each other, while preserving the borders of the picture.
4. The last layer will be cheese. It does not need to be missed.
5. Lay out eyes, mouth, nose and hair made from olives on top.
6. Grated nuts highlight the cheeks and ears of the monkey.

Salad ready. You can safely put it in the center of the table and get ready to celebrate the holiday.

True drawing

To make the New Year’s salad "Monkey" as true as possible, he must show an image of a fiery animal. That is what is coming in 2016.

In this case, you can use the option of the dish for which you need: 3 eggs, a couple of potatoes, carrots, salt, 2 pickled cucumbers, 300 grams of crab sticks, ground pepper, sour cream and mayonnaise.

Cooking New Year's salad "Monkey" is something like this:

1. Boil eggs, potatoes and carrots, and then cut into small cubes. Moreover, it is better to immediately separate the proteins from the yolks.
2. Chopsticks, onions and cucumbers also need to be chopped.
3. Combine all products except yolks and carrots in a plate and season with a mixture of sour cream and mayonnaise.
4. Arrange it on a plate in the form of an eared monkey.
5. Sprinkle with yolk, covering the mass on all sides.
6. Make a magnificent fiery hairstyle from carrots, and olives will be used to create facial features.

Such a cool salad will not leave anyone indifferent. In addition, it is also very tasty.

Pleasure to use

Health must be remembered even during the holiday. That is why you should be careful about the choice of dishes. Salad in the form of a monkey for this can be prepared using seafood.

You only need: a can of squid canned, three eggs, an onion, ½ cup rice, cucumber, cheese, lettuce, olives, dill and mayonnaise.

Making a dish is easy:

1. First you need to boil the rice, let it cool, and then put on the dish the outline of the head of the animal.
2. Top cover with chopped dill.
3. The third layer will be chopped squid, which on top should be smeared with mayonnaise.
4. Next comes the onion and cucumber. They must also be lubricated.
5. After this, the surface should be sprinkled with protein.
6. Then, using the yolk, mark the cheeks and the outline of the hairstyle.
7. The fringing of small parts is best done from thin olive stripes.
8. Halves of olives will make beautiful eyes, and dill will create the illusion of a festive bow.

Before serving, it is better to let the dish stand in the refrigerator for at least two hours.

A traditional dish

It has become a good tradition in Russia to cook herring under the fur coat for the New Year. But an experienced hostess doesn’t need to turn a standard set of products into anything. It can even make a good Monkey salad on a New Year's table.

Before work, you must check the availability of products: 200 grams of herring, potatoes, beets and carrots, salt, 2 olives, onions and mayonnaise.

The order of work:

1. First of all, you need to boil all the available vegetables, except onions.
2. After that, you can do herring. It must be cleaned, all bones removed, and the meat cut into small cubes.
3. Peel the cooled vegetables and grate with a regular coarse grater.
4. On a wide plate of potatoes lay the face of the monkey.
5. Top with mayonnaise, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
6. Next comes onions and carrots. Lubricate the layers with the same composition.
7. Beets should be the last.
8. From olives and slices of boiled potatoes make eyes.
9. A little grated cheese is useful for the muzzle, and you can put your mouth out of carrots.

The finished dish is the best suited for the year of the fiery monkey.

Similar option

There are people who do not like suspicious news at all. In this case, they can perfectly adapt their favorite salad to the desired theme. This is completely uncomplicated. For example, the Monkey salad for the New Year can be obtained from the components of the well-known Mimosa.

All you need for this is: 2 potatoes, a can of canned fish, salt, carrot, 100 grams of cheese, 5 eggs, mayonnaise, green onions and olives.

No special work is required here:

1. Carrots, potatoes and eggs must first be boiled and peeled.
2. In a deep plate, gently knead the fish with a fork. The remaining products need to be chopped into cubes or use a grater.
3. In the shape of a monkey's head on a dish, put the products on top of each other in the following order: potato - fish - onion - carrot - cheese. All layers must be smeared with mayonnaise.
4. For smaller parts, use olives, finely chopping them with a knife.

Ready salad can be decorated with greens. This will only add effect to the culinary work.

Dried Fruit Dish

Do not forget that the New Year is an unusual holiday. On this day, I want to receive maximum pleasure. This can easily be achieved if dried fruits are used in one of the dishes. There are so many vitamins and minerals in them that there is no doubt about the benefits of the product. For example, for the New Year 2016, the Monkey salad with prunes is suitable.

In this case, it is better to use the following recipe: for two chicken fillets, you need a third of a can of canned peas, 5 eggs, an onion, 300 grams of mushrooms, a glass of nuts, salt, mayonnaise and 200 grams of prunes.

Making a salad is easy:

1. You can start by boiling the fillets and eggs.
2. At this time, it is necessary to put the prune soak, pour it with water.
3. Cut the mushrooms and then fry in a pan with onions.
4. Dry and crush the nuts.
5. Grind the products as much as possible in cubes or straws.
6. After that, lay them on top of each other, observing the following sequence: meat - peas - mushrooms with onions. Between them there should be a thin layer of mayonnaise.
7. Lay out the bottom with prunes.
8. The top layer is eggs.

The finish will consist entirely of dried fruits. Hair and mouth can be made from finely chopped straws, and halves are suitable for the eyes.