Salads are good at any time of the year.Of course, it is best to cook them from seasonal vegetables and fruits. However, for some reason in winter we want fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, and in summer we suddenly remember the taste of sauerkraut or pickles. However, pickles - our national ingredient of many, many salads - are available in summer and winter. Therefore, you can try to cook some universal all-season salad with them. For example, treat yourself to a salad with chicken and pickles.
Romantic salad
It would seem, what is so romantic about pickles? In them - nothing. But for some reason, a salad of pickled cucumbers with chicken has such a name. Ingredients:
- Pickled cucumbers - 4 pieces;
- Smoked chicken breast - 1 piece;
- Dry rice - 1 part glass;
- Onion - 1 onion;
- Mayonnaise - to your taste.
Preparation:Boil the rice in slightly salted water, rinse and cool it. Separate the chicken breast fillet from the bones, remove the skin and excess fat and cut into small pieces. Peel the cucumbers, lightly squeeze out the absorbed brine and also cut into cubes. Finely chop the onion. Mix the meat with rice and vegetables, season the salad with mayonnaise and serve chilled.
Salad «English»
Perhaps, of course, the English are not among the admirers of pickles, but the salad is called English, although it contains such a very Russian product. Ingredients:
- Chicken meat - 500 g;
- Pickled cucumbers - 4 pieces;
- Marinated mushrooms (or salted) - 200 g;
- Mayonnaise - to your taste.
Preparation:For the salad, use boiled chicken fillet, which we separate into fibers. Cut cucumbers and mushrooms into small pieces. Put all the prepared ingredients in a salad bowl and add mayonnaise to your taste. Serve the salad chilled.
Rural salad
A very filling salad that can be prepared for a country feast, and you won't be ashamed to serve it on a festive table. Ingredients:
- Boiled chicken meat - 400 g;
- Tomato - 1 piece;
- Pickled cucumbers - 3 pieces;
- Apple - 1 piece;
- Potatoes - 3 pieces;
- Salad leaves - 3-4 pieces;
- Greenery and mayonnaise - to your taste.
Preparation:Boil the potatoes in their skins, peel them and cool. Peel the apple, remove the hard core and seeds. Cut off the ends of the cucumbers and squeeze out the brine slightly. Wash the lettuce leaves and let them dry, chop the greens. Cut the chicken, tomato, cucumbers and apple into cubes or strips, put them in a bowl, add mayonnaise and mix. Put the lettuce leaves on a flat salad bowl or on a plate, and put the salad on them. Note: Instead of boiled chicken, you can put smoked chicken in the salad.
Salad «Wedding»
An original salad, almost Olivier, which contains mushrooms but no potatoes. Ingredients:
- Chicken breast - 1 piece;
- Mushrooms canned - 1 jar;
- Pickled cucumbers - 3 pieces;
- Egg of chicken - 4 pieces;
- Onion - 1 onion;
- Green peas - 1 pot;
- Salt and mayonnaise - to your taste.
Preparation: Boil eggs and chicken breast.Remove the mushrooms and peas from the jars and place them in a colander to drain the marinade. Chop the onion and cut the cooled chicken, eggs and cucumbers into cubes. Place the mushrooms, peas, chopped onion, chicken and cucumbers in a bowl, add mayonnaise and mix. Salt the salad as needed and serve. Note: You can also use salted mushrooms for this salad, and chop them if you wish. Here are some simple recipes for salads with chicken and pickles. Try to cook. Just cook with pleasure. Then you will definitely like the result! We recommend reading:
