Salad is a cold or hot dish, which refers mainly to the appetizer section. But there are also categories that act as dessert or main course. It depends on the ingredients of the dish and the time it is served. Salad is a unique delicacy, striking in its diversity and a huge range of flavors. There are more than a thousand different recipes, from fish and meat to fruit and combined. Salad names, photos and recipes can be read further.
Salad Categories
All this diversity can be divided into several categories that differ from each other in cooking technique, ingredients and taste. Names of types of salads:
- Vegetable. The easiest to prepare. Made from vegetables and herbs.
- Meat salads. The main component in such dishes are meat and sausages, they can be fried, boiled or steamed. They may also include other ingredients: vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, legumes and grains.
- Fish. Such dishes can be prepared not only from fish, but also from seafood: shrimp, mussels, crab meat.
- Fruit. As well as vegetables, they are easy to prepare and select components. Provide for a combination of fruits and berries.
- Combined salads. These are dishes with various, sometimes incompatible, at first glance, ingredients: garlic and pineapple, apples and meat, fish and greens.
Vegetable salads
In the summer, vegetable salads are popular due to their accessibility and variety, and in winter - due to the benefits of vegetables and vitamins. They are able to diversify the diet in everyday life and decorate the holiday table. The names of dishes and photos can facilitate the choice of dishes by ingredients. Types of salads with names of vegetables are proposed below.
Vitamin
Components:
- 100 g of beets;
- 350 g of fresh or salted cabbage (to taste);
- 100 g of red onion;
- 200 g of green apples;
- 70 g of lemon;
- 100 g carrots;
- olive or vegetable oil (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Vegetables and fruits should first be prepared. Process beets, apples, cabbage, carrots, onions under running water and remove the peel. For peeled apples, core.
- Finely chop the cabbage, carrots and beets or grate.
- Dice apples and mix with lemon juice to prevent darkening of the pulp.
- Finely chop the onion.
- Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, add herbs and spices (to taste), oil or sour cream.
Spring salad
Components:
- 100 g of crab meat or chopsticks;
- 200 g of potatoes;
- 200 g of fresh cabbage;
- 4 eggs;
- 50 g of greens (onions, parsley, cilantro);
- 100 g of cucumbers;
- 50 g of salad onions;
- olive or vegetable oil.
Cooking process:
- Peel the potato, process it with warm water and boil. Next, cut into small slices.
- Peel the cabbage from the top layer, rinse, finely chop and salt.
- Boil hard-boiled eggs, cool, cut.
- Cut crab meat and cucumbers into small cubes.
- Chop greens and lettuce, mix with other ingredients.
- Season the salad.
Here are a few more names of vegetable salads and their main ingredients: "Beetroot with Prunes", ingredients: boiled beets, prunes, garlic and mayonnaise. "Piquant", ingredients: carrots, prunes, beets, mayonnaise, hard cheese, raisins, garlic. "Chanterelle", ingredients: Korean carrot, herbs, hard cheese, pickled cucumbers, garlic, mayonnaise.
Meat salads
Such dishes can be both an appetizer and a main course. Thanks to meat or sausages, they are very satisfying and varied. You can add to them any vegetables, herbs, nuts, cheeses, legumes and fruits.
"Caprice"
Components:
- canned corn - 400 g;
- soft cheese - 150 g;
- boiled eggs - 5 pcs.;
- smoked sausage - 500 g;
- cucumber - 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise or sour cream - 100 g;
- herbs, spices (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Process the cucumber under running water and peel it.
- Cut the sausage into thin slices.
- Chop the eggs.
- Grate cucumber on a coarse grater.
- Mix the corn with the other components, add spices, herbs (to taste), season with mayonnaise, butter or sour cream.
Marbled Beef and Arugula Salad
Components:
- marbled beef - 500 g;
- fresh arugula - 200 g;
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
- cheese (soft varieties or feta) - 80 g;
- tabasco - 1 ml;
- dried cumin, red and black pepper, salt;
- salsa sauce - 100 ml;
- balsamic vinegar - 1 tsp.
Cooking process:
- Marbled beef should be cut into pieces for steak.
- Mix salt, spices and herbs (you can use ready-made mixes for marinating steaks). Spread the mixture over the entire surface of the meat and leave for half an hour.
- Cheese cut into thin slices.
- Combine salsa, tabasco, salt, vinegar and pepper.
- Fry meat on both sides until browned.
- Thinly chop ready-made steaks.
- Rinse the arugula under running water, separate from the stems and place on a plate with beef.
- Pour over the ready-made sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Meat salads are prepared not only from sausages and red meat. Chicken fillet dishes are also popular. Such meat is easy to cook and combine with fruits or cheeses. The names of chicken salads and their ingredients can vary greatly. We will give a description of some of them. “Fruit with poultry” is prepared from the following components: apple, chicken breast, canned pineapples, lettuce, honey. Another delicious salad is called Autumn. Such ingredients are used for its preparation: smoked chicken breast, Korean carrots, garlic, eggs, porcini mushrooms, pickled cucumbers, onions.
Fish salads
Such dishes are able to surprise with their taste, ease of preparation and useful properties.
Brynza fish salad
Components:
- tuna fillet - 500 g;
- feta cheese - 200 g;
- lemon - 50 g;
- canned cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- red onion - 1 pc.;
- sour cream or mayonnaise (to taste);
- spices and herbs (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Tuna fillet should be steamed or in the oven.
- Cut the cucumbers into small cubes, chop the onion.
- Grated feta cheese.
- Mix lemon juice, herbs and spices.
- Mix cucumbers and onions with seasonings and mayonnaise (sour cream), evenly distribute over the dish.
- Cut the tuna fillet into small slices and place on vegetables.
- Evenly spread the feta cheese throughout the salad.
Fruit salads
Salads from fruits and berries are useful for their nutrition, vitamins, and the speed of cooking. Fruit desserts with the addition of meat, cheese, nuts are also common.
"Exotic"
Components:
- canned pineapples - 200 g;
- banana, apple, kiwi - 1 pc.;
- chicken meat - 200 g;
- boiled eggs - 4 pcs.;
- soft cheese - 150 g;
- sour cream - 100 g.
Cooking process:
- Peel the fruit and process it under running water.
- The meat must be boiled, cut into small pieces.
- Grate cheese and apple on a grater or chop.
- Cut eggs and pineapples into small slices, kiwi into thin slices.
- Lay out the salad from the prepared ingredients in layers: chicken breast, then eggs, cheese, bananas, apples, pineapples and kiwi. Coat each layer with sour cream.
The ingredients and their sequence may vary, depending on your imagination. Instead of chicken breast, you can use ham.
Combined Salads
In combination dishes, you can give free rein to imagination and experiment with the ingredients. One such treat is a salad called Greek. It combines vegetables, cheese and herbs. But if you want to make the dish more satisfying, then you can add poultry or ham.
Greek salad
Components:
- salad onions - 1 pc.;
- feta cheese or soft cheese - 150 g;
- cherry tomatoes - 100 g;
- olives - 120 g;
- spices, herbs (to taste);
- soy sauce, balsamic vinegar olive oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
- salad (greens) - 1 pc.
Cooking process:
- Peel bell peppers from the core, wash the tomatoes, peel and peel the onions.
- Finely grate the cheese, cut the tomatoes into halves, pepper and onion in rings.
- Prepare a dressing for Greek salad from wine vinegar and soy sauce, then salt and pepper.
- Mix the salad ingredients with each other and pour over the resulting sauce.
Combined salads may include completely incompatible, as it seems, products. But when these ingredients are combined with each other, the dishes are obtained with an unusual and multifaceted taste. Enjoy your meal!