The perfect combination of chicken and prunes in salads can be supplemented with a variety of ingredients. The dish looks beautiful on a flat large plate, if the products are laid out in layers. The salad turns out to be incredibly rich, saturated protein, especially if mushrooms and hard cheese are added to it. Useful and prunes. This dried fruit helps with cardiovascular diseases, as well as problems with the intestines, in addition, it is full of vitamins and minerals useful for the body.
In the article, we will consider several popular recipes for making salads with chicken and prune layers, we will tell you which products perfectly complement the taste of the dish, how to season it and how to cook each ingredient separately.
The photographs presented show how some salads should look when served on the festive table, and a step-by-step description of the work will help to cope with cooking easily and quickly.
How to cook chicken for salad
Before you spread the salad with chicken and prunes layers, you need to cook all the ingredients, one of which is chicken. It can be cooked in different ways. Some housewives clean it from the skin and remove all the fatty layers and films, and then boil it in salted water until tender. You can add bay leaf and allspice peas for the aroma. The meat is not cooked for long, about 30-40 minutes. Then it is immediately removed from the broth and laid out on a separate plate for cooling. You can boil the meat in the evening, and in the morning only cut it into small cubes.
The second way to prepare salad fillet with chicken and prunes is baking prepared meat in the oven. Many pre-chicken are kept for at least half an hour in the marinade, so that the fillet becomes softer and more flavorful. For baking, it is best to wrap a piece in a culinary sleeve or in foil. The meat is baked for half an hour, then the sleeve is cut so that the liquid evaporates and the fillet is slightly browned, and put in the oven for another 10 minutes. When the meat has cooled, it can be cut into a salad.
Prune preparation
The second main ingredient for a delicious salad is prunes. Choose whole and seedless dried fruits. If the prune is a bit dry, do not be discouraged, but do not cut it into a salad. To return dried fruits to softness, it is enough to pour them into a deep bowl and pour boiling water.
Keep under a closed lid for no more than 10 minutes. Then the water is drained, and the plums are left to dry. When they have completely cooled and dried, you can cut them into slices for salad with chicken and prune layers.
Tenderness Salad
One of the most popular meat snacks with prunes is considered to be "Tenderness." The composition includes such products:
- 4 eggs.
- Chicken breast - 300 grams.
- Pickled cucumbers - 2-3 pieces.
- 150 grams of prunes.
- Hard cheese - 80 grams.
- Chopped walnuts - 100 grams.
- A few whole kernels for a beautiful appearance.
- Salt and black pepper to taste.
Spread the salad with chicken, prunes and walnuts in layers, each of which is smeared with mayonnaise. If you are afraid to gain extra pounds, then mix in equal proportions mayonnaise with low-fat sour cream and season the salad with such a mixture.
How to cook
The chicken is cooked the longest, so first of all put the boil or bake the meat. When it cools, you can cut it into pieces.
Prunes after preliminary soaking are cut into small cubes.
Hard cheese is suitable for anyone, so you can buy your favorite variety. For a salad with chicken, prunes, walnuts and cucumber layers of cheese should be grated on a coarse grater.
Eggs are washed and boiled for 3-4 minutes. Then the water is drained and cold water is poured into the bowl so that the shell lags well. Then the proteins are separated and rubbed separately from the yolks in different containers.
It is most convenient to chop nuts with a blender, however, if it is missing, put the necessary portion in a plastic bag and chop with a rolling pin. Nuts should not turn into powder, it is enough to achieve smaller pieces. Do not forget to leave a few whole kernels to decorate the top of the puff "cake".
Only pickled cucumbers, pickled ones contain a lot of liquid inside and are soft, and for salad we need crispy and harder vegetables. If the tin can contains too much vinegar, rinse the cucumbers under the wastewater and then cut into cubes.
When all the products are folded into separate containers, begin to lay the puff salad in a wide flat dish, each of the layers smeared with sauce so that the salad is juicy.
Layout Order
Salad with cucumber, chicken and prune layers are laid out in this order, each of them (except vegetables) is spread with mayonnaise:
- At the bottom lay the boiled meat in large pieces.
- The second layer is crushed proteins.
- Nuts mixed with prunes.
- Pickles.
- Powdered yolks are poured on top. You can further decorate the puff salad with fresh herbs.
Cut such a dish with a triangular spatula like a cake. You can lay layers in transparent wide bowls and serve portionwise to each guest separately.
Layered salad with prunes, chicken, cucumber and mushrooms
It will be very tasty puff salad if you add stewed champignons to it. They are prepared, as usual, with onions, sliced in half rings in a pan with vegetable oil. To get rid of excess fat after cooking, pour the prepared mushrooms into a sieve and place it in a bowl so that it does not touch the bottom.
Excess oil will drain into the container and our salad will not float.
Other products for puff salad are as follows:
- A pound of chicken.
- Prunes - 150 grams.
- 200 grams of your favorite hard cheese.
- One cucumber.
- 0.5 kg of mushrooms.
- 10 walnut kernels.
- 1 onion for frying with mushrooms.
- Salt, pepper - to taste.
- Mayonnaise or mixture with sour cream.
- Refined vegetable oil for frying mushrooms.
Cooking salad
Boil the meat in salted water, add spices and spices for flavor if desired. Cut the nuts into small pieces with a knife. Grate the cheese. To make it easier to rub, send it for a while in the refrigerator. Rinse the mushrooms from sand and soil debris and cut into thin semicircles. Peel the onion and chop. Pour mushrooms into a pan, cover them with a lid and put on a slow fire (until they add oil).
Mushrooms should release moisture. When you see that a lot of liquid has accumulated in the pan, remove the lid so that the moisture evaporates. When the mushrooms become dry, pour the vegetable oil and cover the chopped onion. Fry until tender for 15 minutes. At the end, add salt and a little black pepper. Then, as described above, get rid of excess oil. Prunes are cut into small cubes or strips. Fresh cucumber is peeled and cut into strips.
For a salad prepared for your family, you can simply mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl and season with spices and mayonnaise. For guests, serving chicken, mushrooms and prunes in layers will look beautiful. Spread them as follows:
- At the bottom is meat.
- Prunes
- Mushrooms with onions.
- Cucumber.
- Cheese.
- The top is sprinkled with chopped nuts.
All layers smeared with sauce.
Serve the dish on a large plate or arrange in portioned containers.
Smoked chicken salad
Consider another interesting salad recipe in layers with chicken and prunes, which use smoked meat. The salad is hearty, as it includes potatoes. Prepare the following ingredients:
- 400 grams of smoked chicken.
- 200 grams of prunes.
- A glass of peeled walnut kernels.
- 300 grams of champignons.
- 1 onion.
- 1 large carrot.
- 2 potatoes.
- 4 hard boiled eggs.
- Hard cheese - 100 grams.
- Chives.
Cooking
Since the meat is bought ready-made, first of all put the boil vegetables - potatoes and carrots. Meanwhile, chop the mushrooms and onions and fry them in a pan. How to stew mushrooms, we will not repeat, since the preparation was described in detail earlier in the article. Boil eggs and fill with cold water to make them easier to clean. Steam the prunes for 10 minutes with boiling water and cool. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Chop the nuts.
Start laying out from the bottom layer in this order:
- Grated carrots, salt plus mayonnaise.
- Cheese and sauce again.
- Eggs in large pieces, salt and spread with a layer of mayonnaise.
- Boiled potatoes, grated, salt plus sauce.
- Walnuts and prunes. Mayonnaise net.
- Diced Chicken. Sauce.
- Mushrooms with onions.
- The top is sprinkled with chopped green onions.
Can be served on the festive table.
Salad with pineapple, prunes and chicken layers
If you like salads with prunes, then be sure to try an interesting flavor combination of it with pineapple. Let's look at what constituent components are included in its composition:
- Boiled chicken breast - 1 pc.
- 100 grams of prunes.
- Canned pineapple slices - 1 can.
- 2 hard boiled eggs.
- Hard cheese - 100 grams.
- Peeled walnuts - half a cup.
- For dressing - mayonnaise.
Make a salad
Boil the chicken in advance and cool, then cut it into small cubes. Grind prunes after soaking in boiling water in thin strips. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Grind boiled eggs, and separately proteins and yolks. If you bought a jar of pineapple rings, then cut them into pieces yourself.
Lay out the puff salad in the following order:
- A hen.
- Pineapples
- Prunes
- Cheese.
- Protein.
- Sprinkle the top with yolk.
All layers are smeared with mayonnaise (except pineapple). Leave some sliced fruit to decorate the top layer.
As you can see, to make a delicious and beautifully decorated holiday dish, you do not need to be a professional chef. Even a novice hostess can cope with cooking. Prepare new salads for your family and friends, surprise your loved ones with interesting combinations and tastes! Enjoy your meal!