Salad is an indispensable attribute of any holiday. And if this holiday is masculine, for example, on February 23 (or the birthday of a loved one), then you want to please your dear man with something delicious! As you know, real men are not indifferent to meat. Therefore, on the festive table, a tasty and satisfying salad called "Men's Dreams", the recipe of which, by the way, is not so complicated, will not be out of place.
What is needed
In order to cook this salad, you need to take the following products:
1. First of all, meat. It is the basis of such a dish as salad "Men's dreams." The classic recipe contains boiled beef, but sometimes tender chicken is used. We need 200 grams of product.
2. Another ingredient that will give the dish a tenderness is ordinary chicken eggs. For “Men's Dreams” salad, the recipe of which contains the most common products, almost always present in the refrigerator, you need 4 eggs. They need to be boiled hard.
3. Also add onion. It is best to use salad onions - fragrant and spicy, but, in principle, anyone will do.
4. Cheese that will give our dish a little piquancy. You need to take hard grades.
5. For salad dressing usually use mayonnaise. You can add black pepper, dry adjika, and other spices there. To pickle onions, you will need vinegar. It is recommended to use wine or apple.
How to make a
salad "Men's dreams"? The recipe is pretty simple
First you need to prepare all the components. The meat must be cooked until cooked. In the meantime, pickle the onion. It must be cleaned, cut into thin half rings, put in a deep bowl. Then the onions are poured with vinegar (about 4 tablespoons) mixed with water (in a 1: 1 ratio). Withstand onions for about two hours. Eggs for salad need to be boiled and cut into small slices. Hard cheese - grate. The boiled cooled meat is cut into small pieces or disassembled by hand into small fibers. Then you can start assembling the salad "Men's Dreams." The recipe involves laying out products in layers. The first layer is prepared beef, richly greased with mayonnaise. Then spread the pickled onions without liquid and add the mayonnaise again. The next layer is chopped eggs, which are also watered with mayonnaise. Top the salad with a thick layer of grated cheese. This completes the preparation of the classic salad. But you can also sprinkle it with pepper or dry adjika. As a decoration, use twigs of greens, olives, carrots, and other fresh vegetables.
Salad "Men's Dreams": nuances
Often the housewives swap the first two layers, that is, first spread the onions, and then the meat. They also recommend using boiled potatoes and chopped walnuts. The potato layer must be lower so that it absorbs all the juices from the rest of the products. And nuts decorate the salad on top.
"Men's Dreams" - salad, recipe, photos and cooking tips which can be found on the pages of many culinary magazines. It is perfect as a light dinner on weekdays and will be a table decoration on a festive day. As you have already seen, you won’t have to spend a lot of time and effort on cooking this dish (however, you still need to devote a couple of hours to pickling onions ). And the result will exceed all expectations.