Salad "Snake" is an incredibly tasty dish, which, as a rule, is prepared on the basis of canned fish from red fish. The resulting treat is very beautiful and spectacular thanks to the original presentation. The salad is made in the form of a snake with a neat row of scales.
Holiday Salad "Snake"
Such a salad can decorate any festive event. The dish is prepared simply, but it turns out very nice and tasty.
The following ingredients will come in handy:
- potatoes - 2 pcs.;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- cheese - 1 p.;
- canned salmon - 1 b.;
- cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- olives - 150 g;
- lettuce leaves - 6 pcs.;
- greens - a twig.
Practical part
The process of preparing the festive salad "Snake" (photo snacks are in the article) should begin with the preparation of the ingredients. To do this, boiled potatoes and boiled eggs need to be grated. Also, using a grater, it is worth grinding processed cheese.
It is necessary to remove the seeds from canned food and knead it using a fork. Chop the prepared greens, and chop the garlic.
After that, all the obtained components must be mixed, seasoned with mayonnaise and put on salad leaves in the form of a snake. On the body of the animal you need to put cucumbers and olives sliced in circles. Boiled carrots to use as a crown and decor. The tongue is usually made from onion. The festive salad "Snake" is ready. Before consumption, it should be hidden in a cold place for two hours.
New Year's salad "Snake"
This version of the snack attracts with bright colors and spectacular design. It’s simply impossible not to see the “Snake” New Year’s salad. An appetizer is prepared from chicken liver, cheese and beets, adding carrots, apples, and walnuts.
The following ingredients come in handy for preparing Snake Salad:
- chicken liver - 250 g;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- beets - 1 pc.;
- apples - 2 pcs.;
- cheese - 120 g;
- walnut - 65 g.
For decor snacks:
- olives - 150 g;
- corn - 150 g;
- pepper - 1 pc.;
- lettuce leaves - 6 pcs.
Cooking snacks you need to start with boiling vegetables. Then they should be crushed using a grater. Onions and carrots must be fried until tender, and then add the liver, previously sliced in small cubes, into the pan. 5 minutes before turning off the fire, the contents should be seasoned with sour cream.
Grate apples, sprinkle with lemon juice and sprinkle with cinnamon. Grate the cheese with a grater, chop the walnut. To the boiled beets, add a little sour cream and chopped garlic.
Before proceeding with the design of the snack, from which the snake is laid out, it is necessary to line salad leaves in the prepared salad bowl. Snack layers:
- grated beets;
- liver and onion;
- fried carrots;
- chopped apples.
When the snake is formed, you should proceed to decorate it. From olives you can make eyes, cover your neck with grated cheese and pour sour cream. Decorate the body with corn and olives. The mouth should be made from carrots, and with the help of pepper cut the crown and fix it on the head of the animal.
Option for seafood lovers
Sea salad "Snake" is a rather refined dish. Ideally, for its preparation should be purchased freshly frozen squid, which are sold in carcasses. If you choose boiled-frozen straws, it can spoil the dish, giving it a noticeably sour taste. Form a salad "Snake" in two ways: laying it out in layers or combining it together.
The following ingredients will come in handy:
- squid in carcasses - 2 pcs.;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- salmon - 100 g;
- cucumber - 4 pcs.;
- cheese - 2 pcs.;
- potatoes - 2 pcs.;
- olives - 4 pcs.;
- greens - a twig.
The process of preparing a delicious snack, as a rule, begins with boiling eggs and potatoes. Then they should be rubbed with a grater. Grind greens, peel cucumbers and cut into straws.
Squid carcasses need to be cleaned and boiled, adding a little seasoning. After this, boiled squid should be cut into cubes or strips. Cut red fish into squares and then triangles-scales.
The next step is the design of the snack. In the salad bowl, lay out the snake in the following sequence:
- grated potatoes;
- pickles;
- cheese;
- chopped squid.
Grease all layers with mayonnaise. The body of the animal must be smeared with a mixture of chicken eggs and mayonnaise. The top of the snake is decorated with salmon flakes, the eyes are made with olives, the tongue is made from green onions, carrots.