“Inspiration” - a salad that can decorate not only a family, but also a festive table. As you know, there are two different ways to prepare this dish. One of them is lighter, including smoked chicken breasts and fresh vegetables, and the other involves the use of aromatic ham and many other boiled ingredients, which makes it especially satisfying. It is worth noting that no matter which of the dishes you choose, in the process of their preparation they will in any case give you real culinary inspiration. Salad made according to the recipes described below should be served only chilled. But it is recommended to do this before the main hot dinner.
Salad "Inspiration": a recipe with a photo (option with chicken breasts)
Such a light meal requires only a small amount of inexpensive and affordable ingredients. By the way, it is seasoned not with fat mayonnaise, but with healthy olive oil and wine vinegar. But first things first.
Essential food items
To prepare such a tasty and nutritious dish, you will need to purchase:
- smoked chicken breast or grill - 400 g;
- fresh Chinese cabbage - 200 g;
- pitted olives - a standard jar;
- fresh red tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- hard cheese - 80 g;
- sesame seeds - a small spoon (to decorate the dish) ;
- unrefined olive oil - 4 large spoons;
- wine vinegar - a large spoon;
- fine sea salt and ground black pepper - add to taste in the finished dish.
Preparation of products before the formation of the dish
Inspiration salad with chicken is prepared in just half an hour. Indeed, to create such an easy festive dish you just need to grind all previously purchased ingredients. Thus, it is required to take smoked chicken breasts, clean them from skin and bones, and then finely chop into cubes. Next, chop the Beijing cabbage coarsely and gently crush it with your hands until soft. In addition, it is necessary to separately chop fresh red tomatoes into thin slices and pitted olives into rings. You also need to grate hard cheese on a coarse or fine grater.
The process of formation and beautiful serving
“Inspiration” - a salad that provides for the use of white poultry, which will appeal to absolutely all your guests. But before you bring it to the table, you should combine all previously chopped products and mix them thoroughly. Also, the ingredients need to be seasoned with salt and pepper, and then seasoned with a mixture of olive oil and wine vinegar.
Ready salad must be placed in a deep bowl, the surface of which is desirable to line in advance with large leaves of Chinese cabbage. On top of the dish, it is recommended to sprinkle with chopped olives and sesame seeds in addition.
How to cook ham “Inspiration” salad?
As mentioned above, such a dish is more satisfying than the previous one. After all, it includes a huge number of various products that are seasoned with high-calorie mayonnaise.
So, to prepare such a tasty and juicy salad, you will need:
- average beets - 3 pcs.;
- large carrots - 2 pcs.;
- white sweet onion - 3 heads;
- apple vinegar - 1/3 cup (for soaking onions);
- aromatic ham - 150 g;
- large chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
- pickled mushrooms (preferably champignons) - 180 g;
- hard cheese - 120 g;
- table salt - for boiling vegetables;
- fat mayonnaise - 200 g.
Preparation of the main components
In order to cook such a hearty and tender salad, you should boil beets and carrots, and then grate them on a large grater, placing them on separate plates. Similarly, you need to process hard cheese and hard-boiled chicken eggs. But before that, it is desirable to separate the proteins and yolks, because they will be added to the salad in the form of different layers. Next, chop the white sweet onion in half rings and soak it in apple cider vinegar (for about 50-70 minutes). After that, finely chop the aromatic ham and pickled mushrooms.
The process of forming a dish
“Inspiration” - salad with fragrant ham, to which not a single invited guest will remain indifferent. Spread such a beautiful and tasty dish should be on a large plate in the form of several layers, richly greased with fat mayonnaise.
So, for the formation of the presented salad, the following ingredients must be laid out alternately:
- Boiled grated beets (can be used not only as the first layer, but also the last).
- Boiled carrots.
- Onions soaked in apple cider vinegar.
- Shredded ham flavorful.
- Chicken yolk.
- Chopped pickled mushrooms.
- Grated hard cheese.
- Chicken protein.
How to present salad to the table?
The dish formed and greased with mayonnaise needs to be decorated with fresh herbs, a rose from boiled beets and petals from carrots, and then placed in a refrigerator for 2-4 hours. During this time, all layers are well saturated, making the salad more tender, juicy and tasty.