Salad "Zodiac": recipes and composition of the dish

Any hostess who plans to celebrate a solemn event wants to surprise her guests with original, interesting dishes. However, there is very little time left before the arrival of relatives or friends. There is still some work to do around the house, so you can not lose a minute. Of course, I want to make snacks that do not require much effort and at the same time everyone will like it. One of these dishes is discussed in sections of the article.

Required Components

Salad "Zodiac" according to the recipe (traditional) includes the following products:

1. A pound of champignons.
   
2. Onion head.
3. Chicken (thigh or brisket).
4. 2 eggs.
5. Packing canned corn.
6. A small amount of salt.
7. Ground black pepper.
8. Mayonnaise sauce.
9. 2 fresh cucumbers.
10. Refined Vegetable Oil.

Cooking

Wash and chop mushrooms. Add a little salt and cook on the fire. Cut the onion into squares. Fry on the stove with the addition of vegetable fat. Grind cucumbers, boiled chicken and eggs. To connect all products among themselves in a deep bowl. Pour in the plate salt, ground black pepper and mayonnaise sauce. Mix all components thoroughly.

So, the Zodiac salad according to the classic recipe, as well as similar variants of this dish, include the usual varieties of ingredients. These products can be found in the refrigerator almost every housewife. In addition, the method of preparing snacks is not particularly complicated. Even an inexperienced culinary expert will cope with it perfectly.

Zodiac salad recipe with sausage

For this dish you will need the following components:

1. 100 grams of corn (canned).
2. 2 eggs.
3. 200 g of Korean carrots.
4. Dill greens.
5. 200 grams of smoked sausage.
6. 3 large spoons of mayonnaise sauce.

Preparing the Zodiac salad according to a recipe of this type is quite simple. Make a snack as follows. Smoked sausage should be chopped into slices and placed in a deep plate. Then put in the same container carrots and canned corn grains. Eggs need to be cut into square pieces, chopped herbs. Connect the specified components with all the others. The dish is watered with mayonnaise sauce.

We can assume that the snack is ready. She is served at the table and tasted.

conclusions

There are several varieties of the popular Zodiac salad. Recipes with photos can be found in cookbooks or on the Internet. Of course, this dish has its advantages. First of all, it is considered completely uncomplicated. In addition, it includes components that are very affordable and do not require special preparation. Many people prefer to replace some ingredients with others. For example, smoked meat or sausage is used instead of chicken. In a traditional embodiment, champignons are present. However, you can make a snack without them, but with Korean carrots.

In general, it should be said that the dish leaves the cooks a lot of room for imagination. Reading reviews of the Zodiac salad (the dish looks delicious on recipes with photos), we can conclude that this type of food is popular. Mistresses say that they use this food as a treat for the New Year. A simple cooking method saves time. In addition, the taste of the dish, its simplicity and accessibility attract guests. As a result, many become interested in such a delicacy and prepare it for the holiday themselves.

However, this dish, despite all the positive properties, has a significant minus. It is quite high in calories. Therefore, such a salad should not be consumed often. But on the occasion of the celebration, timed to coincide with the New Year, you can make an exception and please yourself with a special treat.