Pleasant additions in the form of a variety of snacks always delight guests, and the hostess evokes a sense of pride. True, very often the "home" cooks are limited to a trivial set of dishes, albeit tasty, but not exciting. We offer you to cook an unusual chicken salad with oranges. All of your friends present at the table will certainly ask you for a recipe for it. Let the combination of ingredients seem exotic at first glance. In fact, it is piquant, original and insanely delicious.
Easiest option
The first recipe for chicken salad with oranges is simple. Only fillet and citrus - no other ingredients that could be called serious, it does not contain in its composition, only pleasant additions. Two hundred gram fillet is boiled and cut into cubes. A pair of oranges is peeled and cut in the same way. A small onion is crumbled into thin rings, scalded and filtered. A handful of white raisins is soaked in boiling water, and after swelling is wrung out. A third of a glass of walnuts is baked and chopped. All components are mixed, then the salad is peppered, salted, seasoned with mayonnaise.
With mushrooms
A very interesting recipe for chicken salad with oranges, enriched with mushrooms. Champignons are suitable both fresh and canned (but not pickled, that is - without excessive vinegar). They need to be finely chopped and fried with two chopped onions. Since we are planning a puff salad with orange and chicken, mushrooms with onions are distributed over the dish in an even layer and smeared with mayonnaise.
The second "floor" will be boiled chicken. By the way, if you leave it to cool right in the broth, it will become more tender. The layer is again flavored with mayonnaise.
Three eggs (based on 400 g of meat) are hard boiled, divided into yolks and proteins. The latter rub, scatter around the chicken and processed with dressing.
Peeled orange is divided into slices, which should be cut into small triangles. This layer does not need to be smeared.
A third of a glass of nut kernels is chopped, distributed over citrus fruits and lubricated with the same mayonnaise. On top of the hill is decorated with grated yolk, and the salad is left in the refrigerator for soaking overnight.
Royal salad - with cheese
We can offer another delicious salad recipe: this time chicken with oranges is complemented by a number of delicious ingredients.
Boiled chicken will require a third of a kilogram. It must either be cut into strips, or disassemble into fiber. A peeled large apple (or two medium ones) gets rid of the core and crumbles as well. A large orange is divided into slices; Ideally, it should also be cut in strips, but then how it goes - I do not want to lose fruit juice. Straws are cut: large cucumber, 150 grams of quality ham. Hard cheese three large. Combined products are seasoned with a mixture of sour cream and mayonnaise (take in equal parts). Ready mixed salad with cheese, orange and chicken is sprinkled with grated egg on top to make a layer without gaps. Cheese can also take part in the decoration of the “royal” dish. The dish will be soaked for an hour to two.
Salad with orange and chicken, cheese and tomatoes
A snack is prepared immediately before serving, or a “vulnerable” component (crackers) is added at the time of setting the table. The construction of the salad, meanwhile, begins precisely with it: three garlic cloves are chopped or crushed, and let in olive oil; as the smell goes, cubes of three slices of a white loaf are poured into the pan. When an appetizing crust forms on them, croutons are transferred to a colander for cooling and expressing the oil.
A pound of fillet is boiled, cooled, chopped, distributed over the bottom of the bowl, salted and peppered - this is another version of puff salad with orange and chicken. You need to coat each layer with mayonnaise, except for the top. The second layer is tomato cubes, the third is grated cheese (the author of the recipe recommends “Estonian”, but other hard varieties are unlikely to give the worst effect). The pyramid should be crowned with halves of orange slices, sprinkled on top.
Princely Salad with Oranges and Chicken
Actually, it has other names. For example, "Orange mood." But most culinary specialists prefer to call the salad with chicken, orange and Korean carrots “Princes”.
For him, it is proposed to take not a breast, but a leg, but this, of course, is a matter of taste. The thigh is cooked, separated from the bones, cut, laid out on a dish and slightly flavored with mayonnaise. Korean carrots are placed on top and also slightly oiled. This ingredient needs about the same as chicken.
Next, put orange slices, cut into pieces. Unlike previous recipes, this layer also needs to be greased with mayonnaise. Next comes the grated cheese from hard - and another smear. But the grated eggs, poured on top, are no longer covered with mayonnaise. Although they can draw a thin net for beauty. For decoration used rings of olives and sprigs of greenery.
Interesting versions
The salad with chicken, orange and Korean carrots described just above can be given new flavor notes if boiled meat is replaced with smoked or baked in the oven. They say that such options are even more piquant and tasty than a dish prepared according to the classic recipe.
Orange baskets
It is important not only to cook deliciously, but also to serve beautifully. In this regard, we will contribute to the orange skin. Citrus should be washed, gently cut in half and remove the pulp. For beauty, the edge of the “cups” can be cut in the form of cloves.
To the filling of the basket go:
- Boiled and chopped chicken.
- Canned corn.
- Extracted from the skin of an orange pulp.
- Acid varieties apple, peeled and peeled.
- For dressing - mayonnaise.
The ratio of products, as well as salt and pepper, is approximate, taking into account the preferences of eaters. Ready salad is laid out in baskets. The contrast of lingonberries, corn and peas is best suited for decoration. Green leaves in a still life will not be superfluous either.
The combination of simplicity and exotic
Finally - a salad of increased satiety. For him, it is proposed to boil two potatoes and as many eggs and cut the products approximately as in olivier. The boiled breast is divided into fibers or is also chopped into cubes. The onion is chopped, scalded and decanted - this step allows you to remove excess bitterness from it. The components are mixed, dressed with mayonnaise and laid out in portioned bowls. Each serving on top is decorated with chopped orange. There should be plenty of citrus so that its taste can be clearly heard in the salad.
A delicious salad with orange and chicken - and any of those proposed - will decorate the table and will delight those who sit at it. And at the same time it will increase your culinary rating in the eyes of consumers: new tastes and non-standard ingredients always inspire respect.