It is quite difficult to imagine a festive table without salads and snacks. In addition to the traditional Olivier, the housewives want to surprise their guests with unusual dishes that are not only delicious, but also have an original look. This can be said about the "Capercaillie Nest", a salad with an interesting design that matches its name. At the same time, its preparation and execution is available to both experienced chefs and novice housewives.
As with other dishes, there are several options for recipes, according to which you can cook "Capercaillie Nest", the salad is delicious and hearty. So, you will need 5 eggs, several potato tubers, a pound of chicken, 2 carrots, onions, a few cloves of garlic, herbs, mayonnaise and vegetable oil. Carrots and potatoes are cut into thin strips, fried in a pan until golden. In the case of potatoes, you can use a deep fryer. Fried vegetables are divided into two parts: one will go to the salad, and the other will be used for decoration. Boiled chicken fillet is sorted into fibers. Fresh cucumber is cut into thin strips. In boiled eggs, the yolks are separated from the proteins, the latter are cut into pieces. In the prepared dishes, meat, cucumber, protein, vegetables are mixed, everything is seasoned with mayonnaise. Lettuce is laid out on a flat plate, leveled, a small depression is made in the middle, in which the "eggs" will be placed. For them, the yolk is mixed with mayonnaise, chopped herbs, garlic, passed through a press. Small balls are molded from the mixture, similar in shape to eggs. Around they are wrapped with fried potatoes and carrots, imitating twigs.
Speaking about how to prepare a grouse nest salad, one cannot help but recall the following recipe. It is desirable to cut all the ingredients of this dish into the same straws in size, in which case it will have a more attractive appearance. Chicken, ham, egg whites, fresh cucumber are chopped. Champignons are fried for several minutes in a pan. The potato is peeled, cut in the same way as the other ingredients, laid out in a hot pan, where it is fried until a crispy crust forms. To do this, it is recommended to mix it less often, do not cover, and add salt only at the end of frying.
Half of the potatoes are laid aside for decoration, the other is mixed with all the other ingredients, seasoned with mayonnaise and laid out on the dish. In order for the “Capercaillie Nest” salad to have its original appearance, a small indentation is made in the middle. Now preparing a bookmark in the form of eggs. For her, the yolks are mixed with soft crushed cheese (you can use cream), chopped herbs and garlic. A little mayonnaise is added so that the mass is viscous. Several small “eggs” of oblong shape are molded from it, placed on a salad. At the edges of the dish is laid out in straws from fried potatoes.
It should be noted that the “Capercaillie nest” recipe may involve various ingredients, while some complement the dish with new original flavors. So, instead of fried mushrooms, pickled ones, not only mushrooms, but also mushrooms, mushrooms and others, are suitable here. Looks interesting "Capercaillie nest", laid out on the leaves of green lettuce.
You can also make a "Capercaillie Nest " salad without mixing the ingredients, but spreading them in layers. Thus, chopped chicken meat is placed on salad leaves, smeared with mayonnaise, then mushrooms, egg white, fresh cucumber, sauteed onions, ham. On top are balls of egg yolk mixed with mayonnaise and garlic, and fried potatoes on the sides. It can be replaced with rye crackers. In any case, no matter what the recipe is used, the dish is hearty and original.