For many years, the English chef Jamie Oliver delights viewers with a huge number of a wide variety of delicious dishes. He masterfully prepares simple but original dishes in a short period of time, making them available to a wide range of viewers. Particular attention should be paid to the salads of Jamie Oliver. They turn out to be very useful, because the cook uses only fresh and natural ingredients. In this article it will be possible to familiarize yourself with the recipes of Jamie Oliver salads with photos that can be safely repeated at home.
"Caesar" with chicken and bacon
The cook slightly changed the classic recipe and created his own special version of the familiar dish. Caesar salad from Jamie Oliver is distinguished by a huge number of flavors and aromas that give it piquancy and originality. The most basic changes here are village croutons, bacon and chicken leg meat, rather than regular fillet. You can eat this salad not only cold, but also hot.
To prepare this salad, Jamie Oliver needs to take the following ingredients:
- 4 chicken drumsticks;
- 8 thin slices of smoked bacon
- 2 slices of bread;
- 200 grams of salad;
- 100 grams of Parmesan cheese;
- 1 lemon
- 3 fresh anchovies;
- half a clove of garlic;
- 1 tablespoon low-fat sour cream;
- olive oil;
- salt, pepper and rosemary.
Step cooking
To prepare an original salad from Jamie Oliver, the recipe for which is given in this article, you need to follow the walkthrough:
- The first step is to preheat the oven to 200 degrees. While it is heating, you need to cut the wheat bread into neat croutons, chop the rosemary coarsely.
- Then you need to take the chicken legs and sprinkle them with rosemary. After that, the chicken is also rubbed with olive oil and seasoned with spices. Everything is carefully rubbed into the legs so that they are completely covered.
- On a baking sheet you need to put croutons, and then on top of the chicken legs. So the bread will absorb all the juices that flow from the bird, as a result they will turn out to be incredibly tasty. After the baking sheet is put in the oven.
- Meat and bread will be cooked for about 45 minutes, after which you need to get a baking sheet, put slices of bacon on top of the chicken. Everything is cooked for about 15 minutes, until the meat from the legs is easy to get off. Then you just need to get them out of the oven and let the chicken cool.
- While the bird cools, you need to prepare a salad dressing. Jamie Oliver advises using a crushed mix of anchovies and garlic, adding it to sour cream and grated Parmesan cheese. Then just add the juice of one lemon and olive oil in a ratio of 1 to 3. Everything needs to be mixed and seasoned with spices.
- Now we will directly proceed to the assembly of the salad. First of all, you need to separate the meat from the bones, cut it into small pieces. The same thing needs to be done with bacon. Lettuce leaves are thoroughly washed and run into pieces. Then everything is mixed together, and seasoned with sauce on top. Still need a little grate on top of parmesan.
Classic Nicoise Salad Recipe by Jamie Oliver
The “naked” cook offers a very original, but at the same time classic version of this salad. With his innovations, Jamie was able to ensure that the dish had a very rich marine taste. However, it is worthwhile to prepare for the fact that it will be very difficult to cook it, especially by the standards of salads, since to create a delicious French dish you will need to have a lot of experience.
Cooking method
Now let's take a closer look at how exactly you can cook a delicious Nicoise salad from Jamie Oliver in your own kitchen:
- First you need to boil about 500 grams of potatoes. This will take approximately 30 minutes. About 10 minutes before the end of cooking, you need to throw in water, where potatoes are cooked, 4 eggs and about 300 grams of green beans. The remaining 7-8 minutes is enough for the beans to become aldente.
- Then it is necessary to remove the boiling water, rinse the vegetables in cool water. Everything is cut into 2 parts.
- While vegetables are being cooked, it will also be necessary to prepare those that should not be cooked. For this stage, you need to cut into slices 16 cherry tomatoes, sweet yellow pepper straws. Lettuce leaves run into the hands.
- Also for this salad, Jamie Oliver needs to cook 4 salmon steaks. Do not fry it for too long, otherwise the salmon will become dry.
- To create a dressing, you will need to take oil from one small jar of canned anchovies, finely chopped clove of garlic, chopped anchovy fillet, 40 ml of olive oil, 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard, a little freshly squeezed lemon juice with salt and pepper.
To prepare this salad, you need to put potatoes, beans, cherry and pepper in a salad bowl. At the very bottom lettuce leaves are laid out. Vegetables are poured with sauce and everything is mixed. Salmon steaks are laid out at the very top. You can decorate the salad with onions, olives and basil.
Tuna salad
To make this salad in Russia will be quite problematic, since it is incredibly difficult to find fresh tuna, and it will cost a lot. However, it is very good in taste and benefit. The main thing here is, in no case to overdo the tuna in a skillet - inside it must always remain raw and red.
For a salad with tuna from Jamie Oliver you will need to buy in a store:
- 1 orange
- 2 lemons;
- half a bunch of fresh oregano;
- salt, pepper and garlic;
- olive oil;
- 350 grams of fresh tuna fillet;
- a bunch of peeled asparagus;
- 400 grams of new potatoes;
- 200 grams of fresh peas;
- green onions;
- 4 olives;
- mixed greens consisting of basil, mint and parsley;
- 2 tablespoons of natural yogurt.
Step-by-step cooking instructions
To prepare a delicious salad, you must always follow the instructions below:
1. In a mortar you will need to put fresh oregano and grind it with a small amount of salt. Then garlic, olive oil, juice and zest of one lemon and orange are added. Then the marinade should be transferred to a small bowl. It targets tuna. Pickling time is approximately half an hour.
2. While the fish is pickling, you need to cook vegetables: for potatoes it will take about 15-20 minutes, for asparagus - about 7 minutes, and for peas - only 2 minutes. Then you need to drain the water from the pan, set the vegetables aside so that they dry.
3. In a small bowl, you need to start collecting lettuce. To do this, green onions, herbs, olives are connected together. All this is poured with juice and sprinkled with the zest of another lemon. Then added natural yogurt. The resulting dressing is mixed with potatoes and green vegetables. Everything is transferred to a salad bowl.
4. The last fish to cook. To do this, take a non-stick pan and put it on high heat. Tuna is taken from the marinade and cooked for about 4 minutes. Turn the fish over only once. Then the tuna is cut into thick slices and laid out on a potato salad. From above everything is sprinkled with greenery.
Tips & Tricks
At the moment, Jamie Oliver can rightfully be called one of the most famous culinary specialists in the world. Of course, this popularity is largely due to what constantly flashes on the culinary channels. However, this does not mean at all that his food philosophy, which he uses to create tasty and healthy recipes, has no right to life.
So if you decide to cook salads according to his recipes, then adhere to the following rules:
- Add as many vegetables and fruits as possible, trying to create a real rainbow on a plate.
- Choose fiber-rich foods for your meals. These are legumes, vegetables, fruits and cereals. It has a beneficial effect on the digestive system and prevents overeating.
Conclusion
Jamie Oliver has many original salad recipes that can become a real table decoration. So do not be lazy, it is better to do, finally, cookery and delight your loved ones with delicious dishes.