Salads are good at any time of the year. Of course, it is best to prepare them from seasonal vegetables and fruits. However, in winter, for some reason, we always want fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, and in summer we suddenly recall the taste of sauerkraut or pickles. However, salted cucumbers - our national ingredient of many and many salads - are available in summer and winter. Therefore, you can try with them to make some universal all-weather salad. For example, treat yourself to a salad with chicken and pickled cucumbers.
Romantic salad
It would seem that such a romantic in salted cucumber? In themselves - nothing. But here salad from salted cucumbers with a chicken for some reason carries such 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 a little salted water, rinse and cool it. Chicken breast fillet is separated from the bones, we remove the skin and excess fat from it and cut it into small pieces. With cucumbers take off the skin, lightly squeeze the soaked brine and also cut into cubes. Finely chop the onion. Mix the meat with rice and vegetables, season the salad with mayonnaise and serve it to the chilled table.
Salad «English»
Perhaps, of course, the British do not include the number of admirers of pickled cucumbers, 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 we use boiled chicken fillet, which we disassemble for fiber. Cucumbers and mushrooms are cut into small pieces. All the prepared ingredients are piled in a salad bowl and add the mayonnaise to your liking. Let's serve the salad to the table chilled.
Rural salad
A very hearty salad, which you can cook for a summer holiday, and you should not be ashamed to serve 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: We boil potatoes in a uniform, we clean it and cool it. The apple is peeled, hard core and seeds. We cut off the tips of cucumbers and lightly squeeze the brine. Lettuce leaves are mine and let them dry, greens shredded. Chicken, tomato, cucumbers and apple cut into cubes or brusochkami, put in a bowl, add mayonnaise and mix. On a flat salad bowl or on a dish we put salad leaves, and on them we put a salad. Note: Instead of boiled chicken, you can put smoked chicken in the salad.
Salad «Wedding»
Original salad, almost Olivier, which contains mushrooms, but there is no potato. 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. Mushrooms and peas are removed from the cans and thrown to a colander to pick up the marinade. Shink onions, and chilled chicken meat, eggs and cucumbers cut into cubes. We put mushrooms, peas, chopped onions, chicken and cucumbers in a bowl, add mayonnaise and mix. Salt salad as needed and served to the table. Note: Mushrooms for this salad can be taken and salted, and if desired, cut them. Here are simple recipes for salads with chicken and pickled cucumbers. Try to cook. Just cook with pleasure. Then the result is sure to please you! We advise you to read: