Our usual salads (olivier, vinaigrette, corn with crab meat) were replaced by a salad with beans and crackers. Preparing is also simple and even faster, and the taste is not inferior to the much-loved running salads.
In addition to the main ingredients (beans and a pack of crackers), each person adds something to their salad that they like best. It can be tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, peppers, carrots, cheese, canned corn, eggs. But invariably the presence in the salad of meat (beef, chicken, crab meat) or sausage (cooked or smoked). Dressed with mayonnaise. Ideal olive, with lemon juice, from quail eggs. For 6 servings (for a large salad bowl - this is enough for a family of 3-4 people, so that, as they say, "eat from the belly") a small pack of about 200 grams is enough. Salt in a salad with beans and crackers can not be added at all, but if you can’t do without it, then to taste.
It is only important to find the right combination of products in a salad with beans. We present you some simple variations of bean salad.
Beans and crackers salad
Beans and crackers can be added to the already familiar and beloved salad of canned corn, crab sticks and eggs (“Crab”). Salad will get a new taste. You will benefit if you cook such a salad with beans and crackers for those who love crab.
The amount of ingredients will be as follows:
a large pack of crackers ("Kirieshki" or some softer, for example, "Crunch", if only with the taste of salami or bacon); on a jar of medium-sized beans, corn, and an average pack of crab sticks or crab meat, and, of course, boiled eggs (4 pcs.).
Fill it all with mayonnaise and the original salad is ready. A successful decoration of the salad in the salad bowl will be a few leaves of parsley.
Bean and Carrot Salad
Smoked chicken (cut into cubes, but you can use smoked sausage instead) and onions (in circles or finely chopped, as you like) are added to such a salad. Crackers are not needed. Grate carrots on a coarse grater to make it felt in a salad. For salad dressing, you need not mayonnaise, but a little olive or vegetable oil.
Combine the ingredients in this amount:
on a jar of red beans 400 gr. smoked chicken (1 large leg), 2 medium carrots (fresh, not boiled), 1 head of onion.
Such a salad is prepared in minutes and adds variety to your table. Ideal for breakfast, as it saves time for morning work fees.
Bean and beef salad .
Ingredients:
for one can of beans you need 350 grams of boiled beef, 3 fresh cucumbers, a fifth of a loaf of white bread (3-4 thick slices) or a large pack of crackers ("Kirieshki", "Crunch" or "Vorontsov" - it does not matter, but preferably rye ), 2 cloves of garlic.
If you want to serve this salad warm (instead of the second course for lunch), serve until the meat has cooled, and make the crackers yourself. Take slices of white bread, cut into slices, and fry until golden brown with garlic cloves. To make the cucumbers look appetizing in the salad, cut them into strips, and boiled beef in small cubes. Season with mayonnaise.
The article shows portions of "decent" sizes (not per person), so a little advice. Although the bean salad is made from canned beans (basically, it’s also easier!), The rest of the ingredients are vegetables and meat, i.e. perishable. Even in the refrigerator, the taste of the salad will change quickly, it will not be so fresh and tasty, so fill the salad with mayonnaise only before serving. Store unfilled salad in the refrigerator.
Salad with beans and crackers can be served for breakfast as the only dish (serve a salad with juice or fruit, a cup of coffee or a milkshake, or yogurt - and a delicious nutritious breakfast is ready), lunch or dinner before the main course.