There are many different recipes for beautiful and delicious snacks, “Chamomile” is one of those basic salads that you can take note of and experiment as your imagination and the availability of food in the refrigerator.
Chamomile Salad: Key Secrets
The main feature of this salad is its design: it should be decorated in the form of a flower or a clearing. There are no standards. Because everyone sees a daisy flower in different ways. One likes small inflorescences with thin petals. And he will decorate his salad in this way, using egg white cut into thin slices as petals. Simple but original. Another prefers large flowers and will make the whole salad in the form of one flower with large petals, in the role of protein plates. It is also beautiful and unusual. The Chamomile salad with chips instead of petals remains very popular. It looks interesting.
Another nuance of the Chamomile salad is that it is made in layers. Moreover, this can be seen in any of its variations. Below will be presented several recipes for every taste.
Chips for decoration
Many liked the appetizer with crispy ingredients: crackers, profiteroles, etc. There is an option for the preparation of Chamomile salad with chips. To do this, you need the following products:
- pickled mushrooms (to your taste) - 0.2 kg;
- onions - one medium-sized head;
- canned or fresh corn (grains) - 1 can;
- chicken fillet - 0.6 kg;
- chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
- medium-sized carrots - 2 pieces;
- mayonnaise (or sour cream) - 0.2 kg;
- parsley for decoration (or inside the salad to taste);
- odorless vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
- chips (round or oval plates) - 1 pack.
Cooking method:
- remove liquid from all canned foods;
- boil chicken in water with a little salt;
- boil eggs and divide into yolk and protein;
- boil carrots and grate;
- peel onions, chop finely and pour boiling water to remove bitterness;
- if the mushrooms are large, then they should be cut into slices.
After all the products are prepared, you can start assembling the salad in layers in the following order:
- greens;
- chicken fillet;
- proteins (grated on a coarse grater);
- mushroom plates;
- onions (previously squeezed from the water);
- carrot;
- yolks (grated)
- corn.
All layers are smeared with a thin layer of mayonnaise or sour cream (with the exception of the top). After the finished dish is soaked, it is decorated around the circumference with crispy slices of chips and served to the table.
Fried Chicken Option
The next recipe for Chamomile salad with chicken will be equally tasty and interesting. For him you need to have:
- chicken fillet (or any other chicken meat) - 0.2 kg;
- hard cheese - 0.1 kg;
- champignons - 0.5 kg;
- chicken eggs - 6 pieces;
- olives - 80 g;
- mayonnaise (or sour cream) - 0.2 kg;
- chips - 1 pack.
Chicken eggs are boiled until tender. Three of them are rubbed on a coarse grater. The rest are divided into protein and yolk. The latter is softened with a fork or tinder on a fine grater. The remaining proteins can either be rubbed to the rest of the eggs, or left for another dish. Chicken meat is cut into small pieces and fried in a slightly oiled pan. Mushrooms are also fried, previously cut into slices. Cheese grated.
Lay the products in layers in a prepared container:
- chicken meat;
- mayonnaise;
- Champignon;
- grated eggs;
- mayonnaise;
- hard cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- crushed yolks.
The salad should be soaked for at least 6 hours. After that, you can decorate it. Cut the olives into 4 parts and arrange on the lettuce surface, lay the petals - chips around the circumference. Salad is ready to serve.
Fish salad
How to make Chamomile salad for canned fish lovers? A very simple recipe will help in the implementation of ideas. Of the products the following will be needed:
- fish preservation in oil - 1 can;
- rice (pre-boiled) - 1.5 cups;
- onions (medium sized) - 1;
- medium-sized carrots - 1;
- chicken eggs - 2;
- fresh cucumber - 1;
- mayonnaise (sour cream or other dressing to taste) - 0.2 kg;
- white radish (daikon) - for decoration of the salad with petals.
The principle of cooking products is simple:
- boil eggs;
- grated on a coarse grater fry the carrots in a pan;
- cut onions in half rings and marinate;
- knead the fish with a fork;
- cut the cucumber into a small dice;
- separate the yolks and squirrels and grate separately.
Next, the salad is collected in the following sequence:
- rice
- fish;
- mayonnaise;
- bow;
- carrot;
- mayonnaise;
- cucumber;
- mayonnaise;
- egg white;
- mayonnaise;
- yolk.
The final touch of this salad will be the decoration of daisies with petals. To do this, cut the white radish into thin slices and spread around the yellow core.