There is no better side dish for meat than fresh vegetable salad. We suggest you try the original onion salad, which is suitable for both barbecue and meat prepared according to any other recipe.
Composition of the onion salad
- onion - 3 large heads;
- greens - 1 bunch (parsley, dill, cilantro, feathers of green onions) ;
- petiole celery - 100 g;
- apple - 1 pc.
Ingredients for Marinade:- vinegar - 3 tbsp. l (can be replaced with lemon juice or wine vinegar) ;
- vegetable oil - 6 tbsp. l .;
- seasoning - red pepper;
- sugar - 1 tsp;
- salt - 1 tsp.
Cooking
To prepare a dish such as leek salad, you need to peel the onion and wash it well. The vegetable should be cut in half rings of medium thickness - then it will well release bitterness and soak in marinade.
When the whole onion is chopped, put it in a colander and pour boiling water over it. Then let the water drain and then move the onion into ice water. Squeeze the chopped onion lightly and put it on a paper towel, which will absorb excess moisture. Onion salad is prepared in such a way that you should not worry about an unpleasant odor after eating it. When storing such salad in the refrigerator, no extraneous odors are distributed. Even on the second day, onion salad does not lose its freshly prepared properties, as the
onion is pickled.The next step in preparing a delicious salad is marinade. Vinegar (or lemon juice), vegetable oil, your favorite seasonings (in reasonable quantities), as well as salt and sugar - all should be mixed in bulk dishes and rub well until a uniform sauce is obtained. Using vinegar for the marinade will give it a sour and harsh taste, and lemon juice - softer and more tender. Also, sometimes a mixture of lemon and orange juices is used to prepare onion salad, but in this embodiment it is better not to use the ground part of the onion as green leaves - green feathers. Therefore, use vinegar or lemon juice according to your personal taste.
Now we take up the greens - any that is at your fingertips, and which you use when cooking various dishes. The greens are thoroughly washed and finely chopped. After that, add chopped
petiole celery to it
, then mix everything with the marinade. We clear an apple of a peel, seeds and rigid dividing plates inside a fruit. It can be grated on a coarse grater, or it can be cut into thin strips.
We put the cooled onion into a deep bowl, add the finely chopped apple and pour the sauce. Mix everything carefully, tamp and put in the refrigerator for a couple of hours - to soak and
marinate the onions until the salad is ready. The dishes in which the onion salad is prepared should not be metal!
This salad is a great
appetizer for barbecue and other meat dishes that are cooked during picnics. However, onion salad can be served as a separate dish at the reception. They will surely like it. Try to cook onion salad, and he will become a regular guest in your kitchen!