There are several salads "Chicken with nuts" . This is a simple, classic cooking option, and interesting combinations of chicken with pineapples or prunes. You can prepare such a dish for dinner for your family, and for serving on the festive table. Make it easy, even a novice hostess can handle it.
In the article, we will consider several popular salad recipes “Chicken with nuts” with a detailed description of the preparation and the ingredients included. Most often, boiled chicken fillet is used. This is the fastest and densest part of the bird, which is conveniently cut into small cubes. You can also use smoked chicken breast for such a dish. This will add interesting notes, facilitate and speed up the cooking process.
This salad is so popular that Belarusian producers started producing ready-made servings. We are talking about the salad "Chicken with Nut" from "Santa Bremor", produced in convenient packaging in the form of a deep plate. You remove the top film and immediately eat it. Fast and convenient. But it is natural that preservatives and flavor enhancers are used to preserve the salad for a long time.
If you cook the Chicken Ryaba salad with nuts at home, you can feed your family or many guests, saving considerable money. Moreover, cooking does not take much time. The dish does not contain any exotic ingredients, everything is simple. So, we begin the review of recipes with the classic version.
Chicken Salad - A Classic Recipe
Salad "Chicken with walnuts" has an initial cooking option, which is subsequently overgrown with new ingredients and, accordingly, tastes. The classic version of the dish is done in just a few minutes, because all products are used without prior preparation.
Consider what is included in its composition:
- smoked chicken breast - 300 grams;
- hard cheese - 200 grams;
- a bunch of parsley;
- half a glass of chopped walnuts;
- 5-6 pieces of dried apricots;
- sour cream - a couple of spoons.
How to cook
Chicken fillet is cut into small cubes, like hard cheese. You can choose any favorite product for the salad. It is desirable that it has a dense structure for easy cutting. Rinse dried apricots under water. You can soak it in hot water for a couple of minutes to soften. Then cut in the same way - into cubes.
Walnuts can be chopped manually or with a blender, but not to a powder state. There should be a shallow cut. All mixed with sour cream and sprinkled with finely chopped herbs.
Classic boiled chicken
Salad "Chicken with nuts" is delicious and boiled meat. You’ll have to tinker a bit longer, but if the chicken is boiled in advance, the process of cutting the ingredients, as in the previous version of the preparation, will not take much time.
Let's open a little secret. To make the usual dry chicken breast tender, the meat is dipped during cooking, not in cold water, but already in boiling. First, put the pan on the fire, and when the water boils, lower the washed breast into it. After boiling again, remove the foam with a slotted spoon and simmer until cooked.
Before cutting the meat into the Chicken Nuts salad, it must be removed from the broth and put in a cool place to cool. Only cold boiled meat is used, otherwise it will be difficult to beautifully cut into cubes.
Essential Products
Let's look at what other products are needed for a simple salad with boiled chicken breast. For 400 grams of chicken fillet goes:
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts;
- 130 grams of hard cheese to your taste. Some housewives even use processed cheese, rubbing it on a coarse grater. It is preliminary recommended to put it in the freezer for 10 minutes, so that it becomes harder and easier to rub;
- greens - dill or parsley (optional or combined together);
- spices - salt and black pepper - a pinch;
- mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp. l
Since the salad “Chicken with nuts” according to the recipe is laid out in layers, then we will consider the sequence of their location on the dish.
How to arrange layers
So that the salad does not stick to the plate, its bottom is smeared with a small amount of mayonnaise. The first to lay the boiled chicken fillet, diced. Season with salt and top with freshly ground black pepper if desired. Lubricate the layer with mayonnaise. To do this, it is most convenient to put the sauce in the center of the layer and with the back of a tablespoon, smooth the mayonnaise over the whole chicken.
Sprinkle finely chopped greens on top and spread on it hard cheese grated on a coarse grater. You do not need to salt, since salt is already included in the cheese. Just cover the layer with mayonnaise.
Again lay the chicken cubes, add spices and smear with mayonnaise.
The top is completely covered with chopped walnuts. For originality of design, you can decorate the "cake" with any patterns of olives or sprigs of greens, lay out the seeds of pomegranate. To decorate the top layer, use your imagination and the products available in the kitchen.
Salad with pineapple and mushrooms
The next salad option is more saturated and hearty. Prepare it with such products:
- 300 grams of boiled chicken breast.
- As many champignons.
- Potatoes - 4-5 pieces (depending on size).
- Sweet corn - 1 tin can.
- 4 chicken eggs.
- Walnuts - half a cup.
- A bunch of green onions.
- 1 fresh pineapple or half a can of canned fruit slices.
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking
In order to make the salad "Chicken with pineapple and walnut" you need to boil the chicken fillet in advance. Many housewives use more tender chicken thighs. When the meat has cooled, cut it into cubes and pour into a salad bowl. The potatoes are boiled in their skins, cooled and peeled. Then chop finely and add to the bowl. Wash the eggs, boil hard-boiled for 5 minutes and immediately fill the pan with cold wastewater so that the shell is more easily removed. After cleaning, mash them with a fork on a plank and fill with other products. Drain the water from a can of corn before adding to the bowl.
Most often for mushrooms salad "Chicken with pineapples and nuts" it is used mushrooms, and in different forms. Some housewives buy pickled and washed excess vinegar under wastewater. It remains only to chop them finely, and you can throw in a salad bowl. However, a dish with fresh mushrooms will be very tasty. Before using them in food, rinse well from soil residues and throw in boiling water for 3-5 minutes. After cooling, they are cut into small pieces. As do with pineapple, consider in more detail separately.
Decoration of the dish
Since pineapple is part of the Chicken Nuts salad, it is interesting to use a fresh fruit. It is washed well and cut in half. Carefully remove all the flesh from the half and cut it into cubes, adding to the salad bowl. For this cooking option, walnuts are chopped and sprinkled with the rest of the products. Add mayonnaise, salt, pepper to taste and mix. The resulting mass is filled into the pineapple cavity and served to the table. You can use the second half of the fetus for a large company.
If canned pineapples were purchased for the salad, then the nuts are left to decorate the top layer, but they are not added to the salad itself. All products are mixed with mayonnaise and laid out on a oval dish in a slide, as in the photo above. Feathers of green onions serve as the greens of the pineapple fruit, and halves cover the whole salad, giving it the appearance of an exotic fruit. Looks salad "Chicken with prawns and walnuts" is very impressive. Surprise your loved ones with such a festive dish. It looks beautiful, very tasty and satisfying.
Prune Salad
With the addition of prunes, chicken salad acquires interesting flavoring notes, so this recipe is in demand among experienced housewives.
The composition of the salad includes the following ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 1 piece;
- a glass of walnuts;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 4 eggs;
- prunes - 150 grams;
- dill and parsley - several branches;
- mayonnaise.
The dish is made in layers, each of which is smeared with sauce. How to prepare a salad, we will consider in more detail later in the article.
Product Preparation
Boil the chicken fillet in advance so that it is already cold by the time of cutting into cubes. Grind the nuts with a blender, leaving a few whole halves to decorate the top layer of the "cake".
Prunes are too hard to cut into salad right away. Pre-dried fruit is poured with boiling water and kept for at least 15 minutes. Then put the plums on a napkin so that the glass is excess moisture.
It is advisable to peel the peel from a fresh cucumber to get rid of only a thin layer. Next, the vegetable is cut into thin strips. Hard-boiled eggs, remove the shell and finely knead with a fork. Set aside one yolk in advance. We will use it for the top of puff salad. The greens are chopped very finely.
Cooking puff salad
Salad "Chicken with prunes and nuts" can be decorated in layers on one large dish or put them in portioned transparent glasses with a large diameter. A layer of chicken cubes is laid at the bottom, everything is salted and, if desired, sprinkled with pepper. After greasing with mayonnaise, lay the prunes and then fill the layer with cucumber. Lightly salt and grease with mayonnaise again.
The next layer is crushed eggs plus mayonnaise. From above, they fill everything with nuts and the remaining yolk. Sprinkle the top with greens can be done in different ways: cover completely, draw rays from the center point to the edges of the plate or sprinkle with a thin ring around the perimeter of the dish.
Chicken Salad with Apples
This is a very tasty and refined version of the salad, which will surely appeal to all family members. The meat goes well with nuts and fruits, and fresh apples and dried cranberries are used. Sweet red onions and a green stalk of celery add freshness.
Walnuts for such a salad are recommended to be slightly dried in the oven. It will then be easier to grind them, and the taste of the salad will change for the better.
Cranberries are sold seedless, but the berries can be large. It is advisable to chop the dried fruit further by cutting in halves. Chicken can be taken both boiled and grilled. If you still have chicken kebab after a picnic, then you can use meat to make such a delicious salad, too. Peel the apples and cut into slices. The peel can be removed, or you can use a peeled apple. Onions and celery stalk are cut into small cubes.
Be sure to add finely chopped parsley to the salad. She will add brightness and contrast to the color scheme of the dish. The simplest version of the sauce is mayonnaise, but you can independently make a lighter version of natural yogurt with the addition of 1 tsp. Dijon mustard and a pinch of black pepper. Greens can be mixed with sauce.
When all the products are sliced and sent to the salad bowl, pour in the sauce and mix. The dish looks bright and festive. If you have prepared such a salad for your family for breakfast, then you can serve it on the table in a bun. First, it is cut in half, dried a little in the oven or toaster, then removed the core and fill the void with salad. For juiciness, you can add a couple of salad leaves.
The article gives a detailed description of salad recipes "Chicken with a nut" with a photo. Choose your favorite cooking holiday option and be sure to try making such a delicious and satisfying salad for your friends and relatives. As you can see, you can serve it to the table in a mixed form or laid out in layers. Decide for yourself how best it will look at your holiday. You can decorate the salad using your creative ideas. Enjoy your meal!