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Salad Snezhinka with chicken is a hearty appetizer that is distinguished not only by its pleasant taste characteristics, but also by its beautiful appearance. Such a dish can easily become the highlight of any holiday table.
How to make Snowflake salad
Salad Snezhinka with chicken in all its variations is an appetizer in which layers of ingredients smeared with mayonnaise are alternated. The average cooking time is about 20 minutes, but for the best taste, it is recommended to put the salad bowl in the refrigerator for several hours so that the layers have time to soak in the sauce and the dish becomes more tender and balanced.
The taste of the future dish depends on the choice of ingredients. One incorrectly selected component can spoil the whole salad. In order to avoid mistakes and create a delicious snack that can please all households and guests, it is recommended to heed the advice from experienced chefs and housewives:
- Most recipes use chicken eggs. It is important to make sure they are fresh before cooking. To do this, pour a small amount of ordinary water into any container and lower the egg there. If as a result it floats to the top, then this means that the product is spoiled. If the egg is left at the bottom, there is no need to worry about its freshness.
- Housewives have long come up with a little trick to simplify the process of grating processed cheese. It should be placed in the freezer for a few minutes in advance. When frozen, the cheese will become firmer and easier to grate.
- Salad tomatoes should be juicy and ripe. Do not take vegetables that contain defects or do not inspire confidence. Too watery tomatoes can spoil the salad, which will become liquid and softened.
- Mushrooms must be cleaned before cooking. To do this, they are thoroughly washed in water, get rid of visible contaminants, cut off the very bottom of the leg and remove the film from the cap.
Salad Snezhinka with prunes and chicken
Puff Snowflake can be prepared in just 20 minutes. To create using simple and affordable ingredients, and the taste is very pleasant and unusual.
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken breast;
- 100 g prunes;
- 200 g champignons;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 100 g cheese;
- 1 bulb;
- 100 g walnuts;
- mayonnaise, vegetable oil, salt – to taste.
Step-by-step cooking:
- Soak prunes for about 1 hour in boiling water.
- Peel the onion, cut into small cubes and fry in oil until golden brown.
- Clean, wash the mushrooms and cut into small pieces. Also fry them in a pan and combine with fried onions.
- Salt and pepper the onion and mushrooms.
- Cut the boiled chicken into small cubes, about 1 cm by 1 cm.
- Hard boil chicken eggs, peel and separate the protein from the yolk.
- Grate the yolk on a coarse grater, and the protein on a medium grater.
- On a medium grater also grind hard cheese.
- Turn walnuts into crumbs in a meat grinder, blender, or simply cut into small pieces with a knife.
- When the prunes soften, they need to be cut into small pieces.
- Start shaping the salad, which is laid in layers. For convenience, you should use a round shape of any convenient diameter.
- Put prunes in the first layer, spread over the entire surface, salt and grease with mayonnaise on top.
- Place diced chicken and top with sauce.
- Put the onion and mushrooms and repeat the layer of mayonnaise.
- The yolks can be mixed with green onions and laid out above, repeating the lubrication with mayonnaise.
- Put hard cheese and sauce on top.
- Put the walnut crumbs and complete the formation of the Snowflake with the egg whites.
Layered salad is airy and light. The topmost layer of proteins acts as a snow cap. For beauty, you can add pomegranate seeds or cranberries.
Salad Snezhinka with chicken and pomegranate
This version of the recipe is popular with housewives, since such a Snowflake is easy to cook and it turns out very colorful.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken fillet;
- 6 chicken eggs;
- 2 tomato;
- Xnumx g feta cheese;
- pomegranate, garlic, mayonnaise, salt – to taste.
Step-by-step cooking:
- Boil the chicken fillet and cut into small pieces.
- Boil chicken eggs, peel and cut into medium cubes.
- Wash the tomatoes and cut into large cubes.
- Peel and grate the garlic on a fine grater or chop with a special crusher.
- Cut feta cheese into cubes.
- Start the formation of the salad by smearing the bottom of the salad bowl with mayonnaise.
- Put the chicken in and brush it too.
- Add chopped eggs, salt and also grease with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
- Put a layer of tomatoes and sprinkle lightly with garlic on top, and then repeat the layer of sauce.
- Place cheese cubes on top and finish with pomegranate seeds.
Thanks to the pomegranate, the salad turns out bright. Therefore, it will easily become the highlight of any holiday table.
Salad Snezhinka with crab sticks
It takes just a few minutes to prepare a hearty dish, and the result cannot but please with its taste.
Ingredients:
- 5 chicken eggs;
- Xnumx chicken;
- 1 apple;
- 150 g of crab sticks;
- 1 processed cheese;
- a handful of roasted peanuts or walnut kernels;
- mayonnaise, salt – to taste.
Step-by-step cooking:
- Hard boil chicken eggs, peel and separate the whites from the yolks.
- Grate the whites on a fine grater, and chop the yolks with a fork.
- Cut the chicken into small cubes or strips.
- Wash and grate the apple on a coarse grater.
- Chop the crab sticks with a knife.
- Grate melted cheese on a medium grater.
- Grind the nuts in a blender, meat grinder or with a regular knife.
- Start the formation of a puff salad by putting half of the chopped proteins on the bottom of the container.
- Lubricate the layer with mayonnaise and salt a little.
- Put the cheese, grease with mayonnaise.
- Repeat the same with yolks, crab sticks, apple, chicken and nuts.
- Complete the formation of the Snowflake salad with half of the proteins. Lay them out in a light layer that will resemble a snow cap.
It is recommended to put the snowflake in the refrigerator for several hours, and before that decorate with berries or herbs.
Conclusion
Salad Snezhinka with chicken is an actual dish during the holidays. A colorful, winter appetizer will be appropriate on the ceremonial table and will surely please the household and guests with its light and rich taste.
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