The combination of the incompatible often becomesthe key to a new culinary masterpiece. Therefore, you can compose and create at the stove endlessly and with uncontrollable passion. Of course, it is not a fact that the result will be a masterpiece, but still... However, if you are not so obsessed with kitchen and culinary creativity to spend hours and days at the stove and waste mountains of products in order to create your own masterpiece, then we suggest you use already proven recipes. Moreover, we suggest you prepare a salad that contains meat, fresh vegetables, and dried fruits at the same time. And we will prepare a chicken salad with cucumbers and prunes. Here it is, the very combination of the incompatible, and already proven and tested. However, not only tested, but also tasted and appreciated. Because the original set of ingredients has already been supplemented many times, the salad has acquired new names, but its essence has not changed. In any of its versions, it remained, first of all, a salad with chicken, prunes and cucumber.
Salad with chicken, prunes and fresh cucumber
The so-called basic foundation of all possible recipes for this salad. For it we will need the following ingredients:
- Chicken carcass (gram for 700) - 1 piece;
- Fresh cucumbers - 3 pieces;
- Prunes - 100 g;
- Walnuts - 100 g;
- Garlic, salt and pepper - at your discretion.
For filling:
- Mayonnaise, mixed with sour cream - in equal proportions.
Preparation:Steam the prunes in advance by pouring boiling water over them and leaving them for about ten minutes. Boil the chicken in salted water, cool it and separate the meat from the bones. Wash and peel the cucumbers. Then cut the meat and cucumbers into cubes and the prunes into strips. Chop the nuts and garlic. Put all the ingredients in a salad bowl, add salt, mayonnaise and sour cream and mix well. The salad with chicken, prunes and cucumbers is ready!
Salad "Tenderness"
This recipe is present on the menu of many restaurants, and it can be called completely differently, but it is always prepared in approximately the same way. Ingredients:
- Boiled chicken fillet - 200 g;
- Hard boiled eggs - 6 pieces;
- Prunes - 200 g;
- Fresh cucumbers - 2 pieces;
- Mayonnaise and salt for refueling;
- Walnuts and greens - for decoration.
Preparation:Boil and cool the chicken or part of it in advance - the breast, for example. You also need to boil the eggs and soak the prunes in advance. You don't need to stand on ceremony with the prunes for long, just rinse and hold in warm water so that they soften slightly. Be sure to peel the cucumbers for the salad (the salad is delicate). Then cut all the ingredients except the egg yolk, greens and nuts into small strips. And chop the yolk with nuts and greens (separately). Then assemble the salad, laying it out in layers, spreading the layers with mayonnaise and sprinkling with salt:
- a hen,
- prunes,
- cucumbers,
- egg whites,
- nuts,
- egg yolks.
Leave the last layer of yolks dry (without mayonnaise), but sprinkle it with herbs.
Salad "Lady's whim"
Why this name?Probably, some lady got capricious and decided to cook the "Tenderness" salad a little differently. So, the result was a lady's whim with chicken, prunes and cucumbers. Ingredients:
- Boiled chicken breast - 500 g;
- Hard boiled eggs - 5 pieces;
- Prunes - 200 g;
- Fresh cucumbers - 3 pieces;
- Walnuts and greens for decoration.
For filling:
- Mayonnaise - 3 tablespoons;
- Sunflower oil - 3 tablespoons;
- Pepper and salt - a pinch.
Preparation:If the composition of this salad is almost identical to the previous one, then the preparation is slightly different. Boil the chicken in advance or cook it on the grill, cool it and cut it into strips. Cut the cucumber into strips, which we wash beforehand, and grate the hard-boiled eggs. Wash the prunes and cut them into halves, and chop the nuts into large crumbs. Also put the salad in layers, seasoning with salt and pepper:
- cucumbers,
- a hen,
- prunes,
- eggs.
Pour vegetable oil over the eggs and sprinklewalnuts. And once again we lay out all the layers in the same sequence. Pour mayonnaise on top of the salad and decorate with greens. Note: There are completely different salad recipes called "Ladies' Whim". However, almost all of them contain chicken and nuts.
Salad "Lady's sinner"
Here is another salad, which, judging by the name, is intended exclusively for ladies. And, naturally, it contains chicken, cucumbers and prunes. Ingredients:
- Smoked chicken meat - 300 g;
- Eggs - 3 pieces;
- Fresh cucumbers - 1 piece;
- Prunes - 100 g;
- Fresh mushrooms - 300 g;
- Onion - 2 heads;
- Mayonnaise;
- Vegetable oil.
Preparation:Fried mushrooms are added to this salad. For frying, peel and chop the onion, then put it in a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry until half-cooked. While the onion is frying, wash and chop the mushrooms, let them dry a little, and then add them to the onion. Fry the onion and mushrooms for another seven minutes. Throw the finished frying into a colander to let the excess oil drain. And soak the prunes for about fifteen minutes. In the meantime, cut the smoked chicken into cubes, grate the fresh cucumber and finely chop the eggs. The "Ladies' Man" salad is also laid out in layers:
- prunes (watering mayonnaise),
- chicken (watering mayonnaise),
- mushroom toast,
- eggs,
- cucumbers.
Serve the salad garnished with parsley sprigs or basil leaves.
Salad "Chicken Pestrushka"
One of the interpretations of salad with chicken and prunes. It is also prepared with tomatoes, but we will prepare this salad with fresh cucumber. Ingredients:
- Boiled chicken breast - 1 piece;
- Prunes - 200 g;
- Fresh cucumber - 1-2 pieces;
- Cheese (solid) - 150 g;
- Leaf salad - 4-5 leaves;
- Mayonnaise and salt for refueling.
Preparation:First, soak the prunes in warm water. While they are soaking, separate the chicken fillet from the bones, beat it lightly and fry in vegetable oil. Let the meat cool and cut it into strips. Cut the cucumber and softened prunes into strips, and grate the cheese. Put all these products in a bowl, add salt, mayonnaise and mix well. Lay out the lettuce leaves on a flat plate and pile the salad on top. Serve chilled.
Salad with chicken, prunes and pickled cucumber
Finally, we present you with a completely unexpected salad, in which instead of fresh cucumber a salted one is put. Well, if we are going to experiment, let us experiment! Ingredients:
- Smoked chicken breast - 1 piece;
- Cucumber salted - 1 piece;
- Prunes - 1 handful;
- Eggs - 4 pieces;
- Walnuts (kernels) - half a glass;
- Mayonnaise and sour cream for refueling.
Preparation:Pour boiling water over the prunes and leave for fifteen minutes. Meanwhile, boil the eggs, let them cool and chop finely. Separate the chicken meat from the bones and cut into strips, cut the pickled cucumber in the same way. Chop the steamed prunes and walnuts. Put all the ingredients in a salad bowl and season with sour cream and mayonnaise mixture. Be bold, ladies! Who knows what masterpiece will be born in your kitchen? And for practice, use proven recipes, for example, salad with chicken, prunes and cucumbers. The main thing is to cook with pleasure. And bon appetit! We recommend reading:
