Salad "Obzhorka" with chicken ( you can read the recipe in the article) is a simple, but at the same time unique and tasty dish that you can please your family and unexpectedly come guests.
Whip up dish or festive table decoration
Salads are an invariable attribute of a classic dinner or festive table. The hostesses will always find a lot of recipes, including original ones, which they willingly share. After all, this is the decoration of the evening, and the ability to quickly cook something original from the products that are always in the refrigerator.
A classic example is Chicken Salad . The recipe for this dish will be simple even for a novice cook.
In many Russian families, this is a festive salad that accompanies any feast. It is very tasty and, despite the high calorie content, is loved by the majority. Although there are lighter recipes for this dish.
Salad history
Obzhorka salad begins its history since Soviet times. Yes, yes, this is a dish invented in our country. It gained popularity and love among housewives thanks to a simple set of products that could be found even in those scarce times, and ease of preparation.
And it is worth noting that in those difficult times there was a variant of this salad without meat. If this was not found in the refrigerator and shops, the housewives used only carrots, onions, canned beans, pickles, in general, everything that could diversify this salad.
Moreover, he was almost as beloved and popular as a herring under a fur coat or the famous Olivier.
Set of ingredients
A very simple set of products you will need in order to prepare a salad "Glutton" with chicken. The recipe for this dish suggests that most ingredients are in the refrigerator of every housewife daily. Therefore, they do not have to go separately to the supermarket or to the market.
You will need chicken breast or chicken legs weighing about 300-400 grams. If desired, the breast can be replaced with a chicken of the same size.
Also take carrots and onions - one or two little things, depending on how much you love these vegetables and how many guests you expect. Do not forget about pickled pickles - they will need no more than 4-5 pieces. You can take 6 if they are too small.
The presence of garlic in this salad is optional, but if you like dishes more sharply, then take 3-4 cloves, not more. The most common vegetable oil is suitable for frying. Salt and pepper are added to taste. Mayonnaise is used for dressing.
Product Preparation
First of all, you need to start with the preparation of chicken meat. Chicken or breast must be thoroughly rinsed. Then place in a bowl or pan with cold water and put on a small gas. Cooks advise boiling chicken in slightly salted water, until it is ready. If you can’t determine the readiness of the chicken at a glance, then detect 20 minutes after boiling water.
Onions must be thoroughly peeled, washed and finely chopped. The smaller, the finer the taste of the Obzhorka salad with chicken. The recipe proposes to do the same in the future with carrots - they clean, wash and cut them into thin strips. Alternatively, you can rub it on a fairly large side of the grater.
You also need to peel and finely chop the garlic if you decide to include it in your Obzhorka salad. The classic recipe with chicken, of course, presupposes the presence of this ingredient, but many housewives can do without it.
Finely chop and pickled cucumbers - thin straws or cubes, as you like.
Step by step recipe
Now back to the meat. The chicken must be separated from the bones and cut into small pieces the pulp itself. There is also the option of just tearing chicken into small pieces.
We heat the pan and put the carrots we have already cooked in the sizzling oil. Fry it over medium heat for no more than 5 minutes. After that, she needs to be allowed to cool well.
The second step is to spread onion in hot vegetable oil. Ultimately, it should turn out to be of medium softness. To do this, constantly stir it over medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Also let cool.
Now put all the ingredients in one bowl and season with mayonnaise. Salt and pepper to taste. Ready your chicken salad. The recipe really does not contain anything complicated.
Creative options
Another undoubted advantage of this dish is that in it you can replace almost all the ingredients with those that you have in the refrigerator at this moment. This is a very versatile Chicken Salad salad. You can find a recipe with a photo with almost any type of meat - with beef, and with pork, and with sausage, and with bacon. And lovers can make even fish and seafood - shrimp, mussels and the like, the main ingredient.
Also, the composition of this salad, resourceful housewives include canned beans, olives, Korean carrots - all that is enough for imagination. The main thing is that all these products, as a rule, are already in the finished, most often in canned form.
This is a very nutritious dish that you won’t spend much time on. It usually takes about 10 minutes to prepare and search for all the ingredients, about the same time for preparation. Provided that at your fingertips smoked chicken or other meat is ready to eat. At the same time, at the exit you will get 5-6 wonderful hearty servings.
"Glutton" with mushrooms
One of the most common non-classical versions of this salad will be described below (recipe "Glutton" with chicken and mushrooms).
Such a salad will require half a kilogram of chicken. Mushrooms use pickled - 400 grams. Also, all the other, already familiar ingredients - onions, carrots, pickled cucumbers are also used. As well as vegetable oil, spices and mayonnaise for dressing.
All products are fried in a pan. Necessarily separately. Experienced chefs advise using two pans to make the process go faster. Then the guests will not have to wait long for your "Glutton" salad. The recipe with chicken and mushrooms will be one of their favorite.
One more tip: so that the salad does not turn out to be too high in calories, fry the onions not much, until a golden crust appears. And remove excess fat. To do this, put the onions on a simple paper towel and leave for 3-5 minutes.
For salad, canned mushrooms are most often used. Spread them on a hot oil, wait until the liquid in them evaporates, and the mushrooms themselves are slightly browned. Without loss for taste, canned mushrooms can be replaced with fresh ones. It is desirable - also mushrooms.
Chicken meat, cut into small pieces, is also fried until golden brown; last, pickled cucumbers are laid out on a frying pan. With them, you also need to wait until the liquid evaporates, and then lightly brown.
At the end, all the ingredients fall into one bowl, seasoned with mayonnaise and spices.
Secret ingredients
Unusual ingredient will add special delicacy to your dish. Such a product can be crackers in the case of salad "Obzhorka" with chicken. The recipe (the photo of the dish is presented in the article) proves that the dish is very appetizing.
Culinary experts advise using homemade crackers prepared on their own. It’s not difficult to make them by taking a loaf of white bread or the simplest loaf. It is better not to use crackers from the store, because they contain many different additives that can ruin the taste of the salad.
You need to add them at the very end, before serving. They will not only decorate the dish, but also give it an unforgettable taste.