The familiar omelet can be served in the form of omelet pancakes, which will make the dish unusual. Pancakes are somewhat unusual in their appearance, but at the same time retain a classic taste.
Not only is the dish very quick and tasty, it is also very healthy. This is a great breakfast option. And if you dream up and add various fillings to the recipe, then the pancakes will turn out even more delicious. This will be a great protein dinner.
Egg pancakes
In this article, we offer you not only to learn a simple and proven by many housewives recipes for omelet pancakes, but also to add some interesting recipes for omelet salads to your cookbook. And we will start with the basics, that is, with pancakes. For cooking, you need only 3 ingredients, which are likely to be found in the kitchen, even for a novice housewife.
List of necessary products and cooking features
So you will need:
- chicken eggs (from 5 pieces or more);
- milk (based on: a tablespoon per one egg);
- a pinch of salt.
We start cooking:
- Pour milk into a cup.
- We break there the required number of eggs.
- Slightly salt.
- Beat well with a whisk or fork.
- If you cook omelet pancakes for one person, then pour all the cooked egg mass immediately into the pan. If a larger number of pancakes is implied, then pour the egg dough with a ladle.
- Do not flip the dish! Just cover the omelet with a lid and leave it for 2 minutes. After that, gently spread on a plate, let cool and turn into a tube.
Omelette pancake salad with sausage
For this dish you will need:
- 8 eggs;
- 220 g smoked sausage;
- mayonnaise;
- 1 onion;
- 1 apple (canned corn, fresh cucumber or Korean carrot can be used).
Preparing a salad like this:
- First you need to cook the main component of the salad - egg pancakes. This is done according to the recipe, which is described above. Pancakes should be thin enough, so carefully control the amount of dough.
- The cooled pancakes wrapped in a roll are cut into very thin strips. In exactly the same way, you must chop the apple. If you want the salad to be more piquant and spicy, then instead of an apple, you can put Korean carrots in it. If, on the contrary, you want a more delicate and even sweet taste, then we recommend using canned corn. Cucumber and apple just make the salad fresh and add extra crispness.
- Onions are fried in a pan in a small amount of sunflower oil.
- As soon as it is browned, add cubes or straws of smoked sausage. It is advisable to fry the sausage until a crispy crust appears.
- It remains to combine all the components: scrambled eggs, apple, onion - and add a little mayonnaise.
- For greater piquancy, you can flavor the salad with a small amount of green onions, parsley or dill.
Dietary Chicken Salad
Perhaps a more delicious, satisfying and at the same time low-calorie protein dinner just can not come up with.
If you go on a diet for too long or follow the rules of proper nutrition too diligently, then sooner or later the moment will come when the boiled chicken breast simply does not reach your mouth. Here for such cases this recipe is useful. Due to the presence of additional components with a bright taste, bored chicken will appear in a different gastronomic light.
How to make a salad
You will need:
- 280 g chicken;
- 4 eggs;
- 2 onions;
- canned corn;
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- milk;
- salt;
- diet mayonnaise (low-fat yogurt, sour cream or any other low-calorie salad dressing).
Proceed:
- From milk, eggs, a pinch of salt we prepare omelet pancakes.
- We cool them, turn them, cut into thin strips.
- Lightly pass the onions in a small amount of oil. If frying foods is unacceptable in your menu, then you can replace the fried onions with green feathers.
- Chicken breast can be steamed, baked in the oven, boiled or fried. Any cooking method will do. The main thing is that he does not come into conflict with your nutrition program.
- We send an omelet pancake cut into thin strips into a container, add canned corn, chopped garlic, onion and chicken with a grater.
- Put a few spoons of lean mayonnaise. Mix thoroughly. Put in the refrigerator for 40 minutes.
When serving, you can add fresh herbs or a little pickled cucumber.