Mixed salads are among those unique dishes that are appropriate in any situation. In addition, such snacks are much easier and faster to prepare than a layered option. Here, as in many categories, there is a division into everyday and holiday menus. We present some recipes of mixed salads, almost always relevant. A step-by-step description greatly simplifies the task of creating such a salad, even for inexperienced culinary specialists.
"Glutton" with corn and liver
With almost no effort, the cooked masterpiece can be used both as an everyday dish and in the festive menu. Products for mixed salad:
- beef liver - a pound;
- crackers - 150 grams;
- boiled eggs - 4 pieces;
- onion - 2 pieces;
- boiled carrots - 2 pieces;
- corn - 1 can;
- lean oil (odorless) - 4 tablespoons;
- mayonnaise - to taste;
- salt and greens to taste.
Cooking steps
First of all, you need to take time to prepare the liver. Any mixed salad with liver will be much tastier if the offal is previously soaked in cold water with the addition of milk. Take a glass of milk per liter of water. In this liquid, leave the raw liver for 5–8 hours in a cool place. Then drain it. Before preparing such a simple mixed salad, rinse offal and cook it after boiling water for 40 minutes. Cool and cut off anything unfit for consumption. This includes ducts and a film covering the surface of the offal.
The following points for preparing this mixed salad with liver are among the easiest:
- Grate the carrots. Peel and randomly chop eggs.
- Fry the onions quickly until golden in oil. Three minutes before the end of cooking the onions add carrots to the pan.
- The liver can be cut into thin strips, but it is more convenient to use a Korean grater to grind it.
- The final stage of cooking. Stir the liver, chilled onions and carrots. It is better not to send the excess oil formed to the salad. Add salt, eggs, mayonnaise. 10 minutes before putting the dish on the table, open a packet of crackers and enter them into the composition. We also send corn here. The liquid from the can is previously drained separately. We complete the preparation of a nutritious and tasty mixed salad by adding mayonnaise.
Caesar is a simple salad
Despite a decent amount of components, the dish is relatively light in execution. Check the availability of the necessary products in the list:
- chicken fillet - 250 grams;
- cheese - 130 grams;
- white crackers with a taste of cheese - 200 grams;
- fresh lettuce - 100 grams;
- 100-150 grams of cherry tomatoes;
- boiled eggs - 2 pieces;
- olive oil - 1 tablespoon;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- ready mustard - 1 teaspoon;
- lemon juice - 1 teaspoon;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Step by step recipe
Before translating a delicious mixed salad recipe into reality, you need to cook the chicken fillet. Further, everything will accelerate significantly. You can cook the dish with fried fillet or boiled. Here, rely only on your own preferences. Remember that fried meat has significantly more calories.
- If you decide to cook the chicken fillet: rinse it and cook for 20-30 minutes. Check for readiness. It is better to salt the fillet in the middle of cooking. Then we take out the finished meat and, having cooled, cut into medium pieces. Sauté chicken fillet by slicing and slightly salting. Use olive oil preferably. Fry on each side until cooked (4-5 minutes).
- We divide tomatoes into 2–4 parts. We chop the eggs coarsely.
Gas station
In a deep small bowl, mix olive oil, crushed cloves of garlic, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Stir the components until smooth. Today you can buy a ready-made dressing for this salad, if for some reason there is no time (or desire) to do it yourself.
Serving Caesar Salad
On a flat dish, let’s take large lettuce leaves. In a separate bowl, gently mix the tomatoes, eggs, chicken. We spread the components on the surface of the leaf lettuce. Sprinkle with crackers and pour over dressing. Garnish with grated cheese.
With pineapple and crab sticks
You can make such a mixed salad (with mayonnaise). The products are simple, and assembling the appetizer does not take much time. Component List:
- canned pineapples - a small can;
- crab sticks - 200 grams;
- hard cheese - 100 grams;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise;
- salt.
We begin to implement the recipe
First free the sticks from the films. Open the jar and pour the juice from the pineapples.
- We chop the pineapple and leave in a bowl so that it gives away excess juice.
- Crab sticks through a coarse grater.
- Cheese grated on a grater of any fraction.
- We clean and squeeze garlic through a press. Add it to the mayonnaise, which we will season with the finished salad. It is best to give the sauce 15 minutes to absorb garlic flavor and aroma.
- We send all the products to the salad bowl and, having salted to taste, add mayonnaise. Mix and enjoy the dish.
“Inspiration” - a light salad with ham and vegetables
It is good because it is both light and nutritious. Grocery list:
- beans in their own juice - 1 can;
- corn - a can;
- fresh cucumbers - 2 pieces;
- sweet pepper - 1/2 different colors (two copies);
- ham - 200-300 grams;
- salt and mayonnaise to taste.
We wash the vegetables. We cut cucumbers and peppers arbitrarily. Ham must also be minced as you like. Stir in a salad bowl components and add canned beans and corn. Pre-drain all liquid from canned food.
Add salt and mayonnaise. Stir the ingredients. If desired, you can sprinkle with any crackers that suit your taste. Done. Can be served.
"Emerald" with ham
Beautiful name for a delicious salad. We will need:
- 1 onion;
- hard cheese - 100 grams;
- canned champignons - 150 grams;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- ham - 200 grams (you can replace the component with boiled chicken breast meat);
- fresh cucumber - 2 pieces;
- salt and mayonnaise.
First, boil and peel the eggs. Then wash the cucumbers. Remove everything inedible from the bulb. Three cheese on a grater of any fraction.
Fry the onion in vegetable oil. Dice the mushrooms and fry them in a pan with butter. Dice eggs and ham.
In a deep cup, mix all the ingredients except the cucumbers. Add mayonnaise. We form a hemisphere from the resulting salad. Place on a flat dish.
Cut fresh cucumbers in very thin strips and, pressing one of the sides of the strip, form a decoration on the surface of the salad. Usually ribbons of cucumbers are laid out in the form of a rose.
Simple salad with cucumbers and chicken
It is a decent dish for a family dinner and celebration. The following components will be required:
- 400 grams of boiled chicken;
- canned corn - 1 can;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 large fresh cucumber;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- salt and mayonnaise to taste;
- greens - optional.
Beat the eggs with a little salt and fry the pancakes for the salad out of them. Cool ready pancakes.
In a large bowl, cut the poultry meat and chop the greens. Add cucumbers by chopping or sticks. Peel and crush the garlic. Add it to other products and mix.
We cut the egg pancakes into strips and also send them to the salad. Corn goes here too. Salt the salad, add mayonnaise and mix again. It is better to start eating such a salad as soon as all the components have been mixed.
With beets and walnuts
A very simple mixed salad. We’ll test the recipe right now. Salad Products:
- 1 boiled beets of large diameter;
- boiled eggs - 3 pieces;
- walnuts, chopped - 150 grams;
- seedless raisins - 2 tablespoons;
- prunes - 130-150 grams;
- mayonnaise to taste;
- salt.
We clean the beets and rub on a coarse grater. Fans of this vegetable can cut it into cubes. We rinse the prunes and then soak it for 10 minutes in very warm water. After this time, we cut dried fruits into thin strips.
We also wash the raisins and, having dried them with a paper towel, we send them to prunes.
It is advisable to grate the eggs on a coarse grater. But they are also allowed to just finely chop.
And now we mix all of the above ingredients for a delicious mixed salad in one bowl. Add salt if desired. We also introduce mayonnaise into the dish. We spread in a beautiful salad bowl and serve to the table, sprinkling the surface of the finished salad with walnuts. The taste is quite interesting - sweetish.
From raw carrots and beets
This quick salad is good to cook as a daily addition to dinner. The ratio is chosen according to personal preference.
Wash and peel the carrots and beets. Three root vegetables on a fine grater. Add a few cloves of garlic, pushing it through a press. Add a little salt and season with mayonnaise. After three to five minutes, such a salad can be eaten. You can add a little corn kernels to it.