Asparagus salad: recipes

Asparagus beans - a product that has very interesting taste. It is often added to different dishes, so that they gain a certain zest.

general information

Two types of asparagus can be found on Russian markets: green and white. Occasionally purple and pink stems come across. They contain a large number of useful substances, in particular, vitamins of group B, PP, C, E, as well as beta-carotene. This product has a small energy value: 100 grams account for only 22 calories. That is why it is often used as the main ingredient in dietary dishes.

With frequent use of this product, the risk of prostatitis and premature aging is significantly reduced. Doctors often recommend pregnant women to add this component to their diet.

So, what original asparagus salads can I make? Read on.

Asparagus Bean Salad for Winter

Thrifty hostesses will certainly turn their attention to the possibility of preparing an original winter salad, which includes this magnificent ingredient. This salad has a great taste and is very easy to prepare. For this reason, even a novice hostess can try to make it.

To prepare an asparagus bean salad for the winter you need:

1. cut a kilogram of the main ingredient into small pieces and boil them a little in boiling water (for 10 minutes).
2. Meanwhile, you need to fry vegetables - half a kilogram of onions and carrots, cut into strips (carrots can be chopped on a grater).
3. After the vegetables reach the necessary softness, you need to add cooked beans to them.

Now you need to tackle the brine for future conservation. To prepare it you need:

1. Take the water in which the asparagus was boiled, add two kilograms of ripe tomato, turned into a state of tomato paste, and also vegetables fried in a pan.
2. Next, here you need to lower three peppers passed through a meat grinder, as well as a couple of tablespoons of salt and 4 - sugar. The listed ingredients must be mixed well and put on a slow fire to simmer for at least half an hour - such recommendations are given in the asparagus salad recipe for the winter.
3. After the vegetables are ready, you need to add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar to them and, spread out in sterilized cans, they can be rolled up under iron lids.

With tomatoes and mushrooms

A nutritious salad with asparagus beans, tomatoes and mushrooms can be an excellent decoration for the festive table, as well as a great option for dinner.

To prepare it you need:

1. Combine 350 grams of porcini mushrooms fried in vegetable oil, cut into 4 parts.
2. 250 grams of cherry tomatoes, as well as three cloves of garlic, passed through a crush.
3. After this, you need to add 400 grams of asparagus here, which must first be fried for about 7 minutes in oil in which the mushrooms were fried. Such a salad must be seasoned with three tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, salt and add greens.
4. The ingredients are mixed - the salad is ready.

Nicoise

The signature dish of many restaurants is the original Nicoise salad, in which asparagus is one of the main ingredients.

To prepare it you need:

1. Hard boil 4-6 eggs and cut them in half or 4 parts.
2. Separately, boil half a kilogram of potatoes (preferably young), and also fry 250 grams of beans in a pan. Such a recipe for asparagus bean salad provides that this ingredient should remain slightly crunchy - this gives the finished dish a certain piquancy.
3. Next, you need to fry 450 grams of salmon in vegetable oil, which you need to pepper and salt in advance, if desired, you can let the fish steam under a lid.
4. Also separately need to cut three small tomatoes into four parts.

Now you should proceed to the design of the salad. To do this, lay out the torn leaves of lettuce on a plate for serving. On top of them, you need to lay all the ingredients cut in large pieces, pour the dish with the sauce prepared in advance.

Recipe for Nicoise Salad Sauce

In order to prepare this original sauce, which will give the perfect taste to a salad with asparagus beans, you must:

1. Mix 1/3 cup olive oil in one deep plate, add two tablespoons of wine vinegar and lemon juice to it.
2. Also here you need to pour a finely chopped half of the red onion.
3. In the above ingredients, a tablespoon of crushed capers, 3-4 basil leaves, a spoonful of mustard and a little honey are added.
4. All products must be mixed very well and ground pepper to taste.
   

Asparagus salad with chicken

To prepare it you need:

1. Boil one chicken breast and cut it into small cubes.
2. Boil 200 grams of asparagus in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, then drop in a colander and pour over ice water.
3. You should also cut one small celery root and pear.
4. The same should be done with strawberries (100 grams).
5. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed in one deep bowl and pour in pre-prepared sauce, which at this point should be cold.

Making Chicken Salad Sauce

Creamy sauce is ideal for asparagus salad with chicken, for the preparation of which you need to melt a couple of tablespoons of butter in a hot pan, where the same amount of sifted flour is poured. The mass must be fried until golden brown. Now you need to add a glass of cream and a little nutmeg here. In this composition, the ingredients must be constantly stirring, bring to a thickening.

Svetlana

An excellent dish option for those who prefer to monitor their figure can be the Svetlana asparagus salad, which consists of vegetables. It is named after the famous nutritionist Svetlana Fus, by whose methods the participants of a television project lost weight.

To prepare it you need:

1. Boil in a peel 100 grams of potatoes and peel after cooling.
2. Also in parallel you need to cook the same amount of asparagus in a double boiler.
3. After the ingredients become cold, they must be cut into large pieces (can be cut into slices) and put in a common dish. Here you need to add small cherry tomatoes (40 grams), cut in half.

Asparagus salad "Svetlana" served on lettuce leaves. All components are laid out on them with a beautiful slide. Top the dish with a little soy sauce - now it's ready to serve!

With smoked sausage and cheese

The salad, which is presented in this recipe, has a very original taste. To prepare it you need:

1. Grate 100 grams of goat cheese on a medium grater and add 200 grams of green peas to it.
2. Here you also need to add 250 grams of blanched stems of asparagus cut into small sticks.
3. On a coarse grater you need to grate four hard-boiled eggs and one avocado fruit.
4. A few seasonings should also be omitted in the general dish: a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice, the same amount of grated horseradish, two crushed cloves of garlic, and salt to taste. After all, 100 grams of raw smoked sausage, cut into cubes, is added to the total mass. All components must be thoroughly mixed until homogeneous.
5. Salad is ready to serve.

Cooking asparagus salad according to this recipe does not take much time, the level of complexity is low.

"Chicago"

This dish in the finished version has extraordinary taste qualities that will delight any gourmet who tastes it.

In order to cook this unusual salad, you need:

1. Cut a couple of large tomatoes into small slices and peel them from the seeds with pulp.
2. Now, on a separate plate, you need to lay out the right amount of torn lettuce leaves, on which tomatoes are laid out.
3. On slices of tomato you need to lay out any desired seafood, which can be cooked squid, cancer necks, slices of salmon and more.
4. Also on a plate should be laid out three sliced ​​into slices hard-boiled eggs and 200 grams of boiled asparagus, which must also be previously cut into medium strips.

Salad with asparagus beans should be poured with pre-prepared sauce and can be served.

As for the sauce, it must be cold. For such a dish, the classic Provence is ideal, which is prepared according to a simple recipe:

1. Separately, you need to boil a chicken egg in a bag, put it in a blender.
2. There you need to send two capers, a teaspoon of mustard and sugar, as well as a clove of garlic.
3. The ingredients must be well chopped, supplemented with a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, and by grinding, bring the sauce to a state of readiness.

"Coliseum"

Another very original asparagus salad, which can be found on the menu of expensive restaurants. It is prepared very simply and quickly. This will require:

1. 200 grams of ham cut into cubes or straws.
2. Six tablespoons of canned corn, chopped onion in half rings, as well as a pair of chopped bell peppers.
3. Separately, boil 200 grams of asparagus beans in boiling water for 5-6 minutes, and then cut it into small pieces.
4. After all the ingredients are ready, they need to be combined in one bowl, add a little mayonnaise and mix thoroughly until smooth.

The Colosseum asparagus salad will be especially tasty if you place it in the refrigerator for about half an hour before serving.

With mushrooms

The ideal option is a combination of asparagus with mushrooms in a salad. This dish has a very original taste and a large number of useful properties.

1. Boil the asparagus and cut it into pods 3-4 centimeters long.
2. For small and thin rings you need to chop a couple of stalks of leeks and cut into large slices a couple of large tomatoes.
3. In a hot skillet, you need to fry half a kilogram of champignons in vegetable oil, cut into slices in advance.
4. When the mushrooms acquire a rosy hue, add asparagus to them and fry in such a composition for five minutes. After removing from heat, it is best to salt the products to taste and leave them under the lid until they cool completely.
   

On a large flat dish for serving, you need to tear the required number of green leaves and lay on them mushrooms with asparagus, as well as tomatoes. Ready asparagus salad needs to be seasoned with juice of one lemon and the dish is ready to serve.