Salad "Tenderness" with chicken and prunes fully lives up to its name. After all, such a puff dish from simple and affordable products turns out to be very tasty and literally melting in your mouth. It is also worth noting that this unusual salad is prepared in 40 minutes.
Tasty and fragrant salad "Tenderness": recipe with photo
Required ingredients for the dish:
- frozen or chilled chicken breasts - 500 g;
- small fresh cucumbers - 3 pcs.;
- large chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- prunes (purchased only without seeds) - 120 g;
- shelled walnuts - ½ faceted glass;
- iodized salt - add when boiling meat;
- fresh dill and parsley - add to taste;
- low fat mayonnaise - from 170 g (at personal discretion).
The processing of white poultry
Tenderness salad with chicken and prunes is preferably done using white poultry. It should be purchased in an amount of 500 g and boiled in slightly salted water until fully cooked. After this, the breasts need to be cooled in air, freed from cartilage, skin, bones and finely chopped across the fibers.
Dried fruit processing
Salad "Tenderness" with chicken and prunes recommends using only meatless dried fruit without seeds for cooking. Prunes must be thoroughly washed, scalded with boiling water and allowed to stand in it for about a quarter of an hour. After this, the product is recommended to be thrown into a colander, rinsed again in cold water, and then cut into small pieces with a sharp knife.
The processing of the remaining ingredients
The Tenderness Salad with chicken and prunes, in addition to the above products, also includes components such as chicken eggs, walnuts and fresh cucumbers. Thus, cucumbers should be washed well, cut off excess, and then grate on a large grater. After this, it is necessary to boil hard-boiled eggs and grind them in a similar way. Next, you need to sort out the peeled walnut, rinse it in hot water, dry it in a pan and chop it into small pieces with a knife.
The process of forming a dish
To form the Tenderness salad, you should take a shallow but large plate, evenly distribute the boiled chicken breasts on its surface, carefully grease them with low-fat mayonnaise, and then place fresh cucumbers, grated eggs, prunes and walnuts in turn. All components (except the last) must also be flavored with mayonnaise or fat sour cream. In conclusion, this dish is recommended to be decorated with fresh dill and parsley, as well as slices of prunes or cucumber.
How to serve for dinner
Before serving, the delicious and fragrant salad "Tenderness" (the recipe with chicken, nuts and prunes was discussed above) should be kept in the refrigerator for 1-3 hours. During this time, each laid out layer will absorb mayonnaise, become juicy and tender. It is worth noting that usually such a meat salad is presented to guests immediately in front of the main hot dish.