Good afternoon everyone! Today I offer you a super selection of dietary chicken recipes. I present to you the most popular, delicious and best proven chicken salads.
Who isn't familiar with this salad yet? It seems to me that everyone loves it very much and always prepares it especially for holiday tables, and when vegetables are in season. Of course, Caesar is a divine miracle, and especially its secret is in the right sauce. In this note I will not go into too much detail, since I wrote several other notes about him, if you are interested, read here:
Today I would like to show you the simplest, easiest and most delicious inexpensive option for cooking with chicken. Perhaps you cook it with shrimp, bacon or ham? share your recipes in the comments. I offer the traditional classic version, of course with chicken and without mayonnaise.
We will need: 
- chicken breast - 1 pc.
- lettuce leaves
- cheese - 100 g
- bread - 2 slices
- mustard - 1 tbsp
- egg - 1 pc.
- garlic - 2 cloves
- vinegar and olive oil to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking method:
1. Wash the lettuce leaves well in water, then dry them with dry napkins to remove excess moisture. Make croutons from pieces of bread or loaf, cut the bread into arbitrary cubes and fry them in the oven, that is, dry them. You can use ready-made crackers from the store.
3. Now fry the resulting aromatic pieces in a frying pan with vegetable oil.
4. In order to get a real Caesar, you need to prepare the sauce, you can buy a store-bought version, or again choose an option that suits your budget. Crush the garlic or pass it through a press, then add mustard, stir, add 4-5 tbsp olive oil. l and vinegar essence 0.5 tsp. The aromatic sauce is ready, move it aside and let it sit.
5. Now add the egg yolk and beat the mixture with a whisk.
6.The next step is to finely grate the cheese and cut the chicken into long pieces.
7. Take a beautiful dish or tray and place lettuce leaves on it in a circle. Then lay out all the ingredients: chopped meat, crackers, sprinkle with cheese.
8. And of course, the decisive stage is the filling, pour it over Caesar. If desired, you can decorate the circle beautifully with cherry tomato halves. My gluttons gobble it up very quickly. Bon appetit!
Simple salad with chicken and mushrooms
In this dish, all the ingredients seem to melt in your mouth, they come together into one juicy shade that you will really like. A light traditional chicken salad with mushrooms will be any addition to any celebration or holiday, and it takes very little time to prepare, about 5 minutes, if you boil the chicken in advance. Other options without mushrooms will be discussed below in the article, because not everyone likes mushrooms.
Interesting! It turns out this option is called “Jewish”, yeah... but I didn’t even know.
We will need:
- egg - 3 pcs.
- cheese - 240 g
- canned champignons - 240 g
- boiled chicken meat - 350 g
- mayonnaise - 80-100 g
- green onions (or onions - 1 pc.) - 10 pcs.
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking method:
1. Cut all ingredients in your usual way. It is best to chop chicken into small cubes. By the way, don’t grate the cheese, but cut it into cubes, you can’t imagine how delicious it is. Everything usually rubs, try not to rub, but to cut. Canned or pickled mushrooms, if you don’t have them cut, chop them with a knife into thin slices like in this picture. Well, that’s how quickly and almost everything is ready.
2. All that remains is to season with mayonnaise, you can use sour cream or yogurt. Next, add salt.
3. Stir the dish. Finely chop the onion and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly, place in any serving bowl and serve. You should achieve beauty and truly deliciousness!
You can add more nuts (100 g) to this dish, just grind them in a blender and add to a bowl.
Recipe for a delicious salad with chicken, pineapple and cheese
Well, this is an option, it seems to me that absolutely all of Russia knows, it is done especially on New Year’s Eve, or for example on March 8th. I classify it as one of the fastest, most successful and most delicious proven recipes for any special occasion. What is your opinion about him?
Interesting! To make it beautiful, I put it in tartlets! Imagine how great it looks, and besides, it is very convenient for guests. How do you decorate?
We will need:
- chicken fillet – 400 g
- canned pineapples - 400 g or 1 can
- cheese - 140 g
- garlic - 2 cloves
- walnuts – 60 g
- chicken egg - 4 pcs.
- salt and pepper, herbs to taste
- mayonnaise
- tartlets
Cooking method:
1. Cut all the ingredients into even cubes, these are boiled eggs, boiled chicken meat and pineapples. Perhaps the pineapples in the store-bought jar are already cut this way, which means it’s even better, you’ll have to work less with a knife.
2. It is best to choose hard cheese; grate it on a fine or coarse grater as desired. Chop the nuts into pieces with a kitchen knife. Add mayonnaise, salt and pepper.
3. Mix everything well and distribute evenly among the tartlets. This is what happened, all the eyes can look at this magical miracle. Garnish with parsley or dill, whatever you have on hand, or whatever you like best.
You can make the same products a little differently, i.e. without tartlets, and layer the same version with chicken and pineapples.
1. To do this, prepare the same products, only grate the cheese and egg, and cut the chicken and pineapples into cubes.
2. Place in a clean, beautiful bowl, preferably glass, transparent, so that you get layers like in these step-by-step pictures.
3. Lubricate everything evenly, take your time.
4. Always choose fresh eggs.
5. Pineapple will make this dish juicy and unique.
6. And cheese will give tenderness.
7. Add 1-2 cloves of chopped garlic to this option for piquancy.
8. The layers are repeated, although you can do it quickly and not repeat it.
9. Place a circle of exotic fruit on top and sprinkle with grated egg.
You can decorate it in another way, for example, take bell peppers and celery and make a sun, there is a flight of fancy and your imagination, or, sprinkle grated cheese on top, and make daisies from grated eggs:
Note that this version has minimal ingredients, but the taste is definitely great. Enjoy this beauty and the delicious creation of this masterpiece!
Chicken salad with corn, cucumber and eggs
In my family, corn salads will always remain in first place, since corn is very healthy, but also very tasty, and all dishes made from it turn out sweet and interesting. Well, adding chicken, of course, makes this invention even more tender.
We will need:
- smoked leg - 1 pc.
- chicken egg - 4 pcs.
- fresh cucumber - 4 pcs.
- canned corn - 1 can
- mayonnaise and salt
Cooking method:
1. Cut the smoked chicken meat into long strips and place at the very bottom of a bowl or oval dish, brush with a mesh of mayonnaise. Take fresh young cucumbers and rinse thoroughly in running water, remove the skin with pimples from them with a knife. Chop them into long pieces too, you can grate them on a coarse grater. Sprinkle over chicken. Apply a mesh of mayonnaise to the cucumbers.
3. The decisive moment is corn, sprinkle it on the eggs, and decorate with cucumbers, like this:
In my opinion it turned out very bright and cool, super easy, colorful recipe!
Festive chicken salad with prunes and walnuts
This option has a name, some say “Marseille”, others “Lady’s whim”, I think that it doesn’t matter what the name is, the main thing is that it is nutritious and all the products combine well with each other. This type can be prepared every day and on holidays.
We will need:
- Chicken fillet – 600 g
- Hard cheese - 200 g
- Chicken eggs - 6 pcs
- Prunes – 100 g
- Korean carrots – 400 g
- Walnuts -40 g
- Mayonnaise - 100 g
- Garlic, allspice, salt, herbs - to taste
Cooking method:
1. Boil chicken fillet and eggs and cool. Next, cut the chicken into cubes. And separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs. Separately, grate the whites, then the yolks, and then the cheese. Add finely chopped garlic to mayonnaise. Wash the prunes well, pour boiling water over them, and chop into pieces.
2. Wash the walnuts well under running water and dry them with paper napkins. Place them in a blender bowl and grind. Next, mix it with prepared Korean carrots.
3. Now start placing all the prepared ingredients on a plate. The first layer is chopped prunes - mayonnaise - chicken meat - mayonnaise - carrots with nuts - mayonnaise - grated cheese and mayonnaise - grated egg whites and mayonnaise.
4. The very last layer is the yolks, sprinkle them all over the entire dish along the entire perimeter and surface, garnish with parsley. Place in the refrigerator for an hour, and then serve in a good mood. Wow, it turned out beautiful.
You can decorate it in another way, for example like this, in the form of a bird’s nest:
It’s up to you, do whatever you want) :) I also saw this outfit, in the shape of a turtle, with grated walnuts sprinkled on top:
Ladies whim with pineapple
Such a funny name, but this does not mean that men do not like it, they also lap it up on both cheeks. 🙂
We will need:
- apple - 1 pc.
- chicken meat - 200 g
- pineapple – 200 g
- onion - 1 pc.
- garlic - 1 clove
- cheese - 150 g
- mayonnaise to taste
Cooking method:
1. To make it unique, take bowls and grease the bottom of each with mayonnaise, then lay out a layer of diced apples, you can sprinkle them with a little lemon juice if they are very sweet.
2. The next layer is chicken cubes, then a mayonnaise mesh.
3. Sprinkle with chopped onions and garlic, brush with mayonnaise again.
4. Then pineapple pieces and, accordingly, mayonnaise.
5. The final guest 🙂 is, of course, grated cheese. For an aesthetic look, stick parsley leaves in the center of the bowl. Delicious discoveries to you. These are the portions we got! Super easy!
If you don’t like pineapples, then you can easily replace them with prunes, and apples with cucumbers, and it will look like this))) And for beauty, use walnuts instead of parsley. This “Lady's whim with prunes and chicken” will not leave anyone indifferent, that’s for sure!
Salad Tenderness on the festive table
I made this option for the New Year, so it is decorated according to the New Year, with candles made from tangerine peels, but you can decorate it to your taste and in your own way, using a little imagination, or surf the Internet. This option is very practical, affordable and easy to prepare.
We will need:
- Chicken breast - 2 pcs. (about 600 gr.)
- Fresh cucumbers -4 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 400 g
- Eggs - 6-7 pcs.
- Prunes - 200 g
- Apple - 2 pcs.
- Walnuts and pine nuts - 100 g each
- Mayonnaise
For decoration:
- Pomegranate seeds - optional
- Canned corn
- Black olives
- Bell pepper (colored) or tangerine peel
- Greenery
Cooking method:
1. It is very important to make it in a puff form, so all the ingredients are best soaked. First, boil the chicken and eggs. Rinse cucumbers, prunes and apples well. You can pour boiling water over the prunes and let them stand for 10 minutes to steam.
2. Now start cutting food.
First layer - chopped chicken breast into cubes and mayonnaise
Second layer - grated fresh cucumbers
Third layer - grated cheese and mayonnaise
Fourth layer - grated boiled eggs on a coarse grater, mayonnaise
Fifth layer - pieces of prunes and nuts crushed in a blender
Sixth layer - apple cubes, mayonnaise
Seventh layer - finely grated cheese or protein
Eighth layer - turn on your imagination and decorate the dish, for example, with pomegranate seeds, corn, circles of olives, tangerine peel and bell pepper with herbs.
3. After all the steps, place the dish in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Serve cold. Bon appetit!
This is a slightly different option without eggs, but with the addition of pancakes, so to speak, another very tasty and unique interpretation of it, please watch this video from the YouTube channel:
In this version, eggs are not added, but they are made in the form of an omelet, sort of like omelet pancakes. 🙂
Everyday salad with tomatoes, garlic and cheese
In the summer season, this option will be your salvation. It will give you the juiciness of vegetables and a good positive mood. There is nothing easier, take the usual ingredients, chop them with a knife and voila, you're done.
We will need:
- Tomatoes - 4 pcs.
- Cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Cheese – 1000 gr
- Bell pepper - 2 pcs.
- Chicken – 200 gr
- Parsley - a few sprigs
- Mayonnaise, sour cream or vegetable oil with lemon - to taste
- Salt - to taste
Cooking method:
1. First of all, wash all the vegetables and herbs well. Now cut the cucumbers and tomatoes in any way convenient for you, for example like this, as shown in this picture:
2. It’s best to grate the cheese, although if you cut it into bars or small strips, it won’t be bad either. Cut the bell pepper into strips; don’t forget to remove the seeds. Chop the onion into half rings.
3. Add boiled chicken meat, cut into cubes. Sprinkle with herbs, season with mayonnaise, and salt to taste. Have a pleasant and juicy aroma!
Important! You can season with vegetable oil with a drop of lemon juice for acidity. And to add originality, you can use homemade or store-bought crackers.
Interesting salad with Korean carrots and bell peppers
For true gourmets of spice, I suggest this option with Korean carrots. In principle, all the ingredients in it can be taken by eye; you don’t have to adhere to specific correct proportions.
We will need:
- chicken fillet - 400 g
- Bulgarian pepper- 2 pcs
- mayonnaise - to taste
- carrots in Korean— 400 g
Cooking method:
1. I already had ready-made Korean carrots; you can make these yourself or buy them in the store. So, put it in a bowl, then place the boiled chicken meat, you will need to tear it into pieces with your hands.
3. Season with mayonnaise, you can add a little salt, although Korean carrots are already spicy and have a salty taste. Eat cold. Bon appetit!
Well, if you want to surprise your guests, then use the same ingredients to make a hedgehog like this))) the only thing is add grated cheese to the rest of the products, make eyes from olives.
Chicken salad with canned beans
We will need:
- Chicken breast - 300 g.
- Canned mushrooms – 150 g.
- Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp.
- Walnuts - 25 g.
- Canned beans - 1 bank
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Cheese - 50 g.
- Mayonnaise
- Salt
Cooking method:
1. Boil the chicken breast in salted water until tender. Cool, cut into cubes.
2. Cut the onion into rings and sauté in a frying pan with vegetable oil until golden brown. Add chopped canned mushrooms and fry all the ingredients a little more, stirring. Fried mushrooms and onions will add uniqueness to this dish.
3. Crush the walnuts as finely as possible; you can spin them in a blender.
4. Remove the canned beans from the jar, remove all liquid and brine. Pass the garlic through a press.
4. Now mix all the received ingredients in a deep bowl. Add mayonnaise and salt, you can also add pepper and curry seasoning for a unique taste.
5. Now take a special form and place the resulting salad in it.
Important! If you don’t have a mold, you can take a regular plastic bottle and cut it.
This is what you should get, such a unique and beautiful miracle, decorate with cheese and walnuts. For an aesthetically pleasing appearance, cut the lemon into slices.
Smoked chicken salad with grapes
A very unexpected economy option with chicken and grapes, it will give you notes and memories of summer. It is best to take seedless grapes, it is best to take smoked chicken, or in extreme cases, you can boil it.
We will need:
- Chicken fillet – 600 g
- Chicken eggs - 6 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 300 g
- Walnuts – 300 g
- Mayonnaise - to taste
- Grapes – 300 g
Cooking method:
1. Stretch the chicken meat into fibers, grate the boiled eggs and cheese on a coarse grater. Chop the walnuts finely with a knife. Take these round glasses and glasses and lay out the ingredients in layers in any order, only the last layer should be grape.
Important! Lubricate all layers with mayonnaise.
Such a beautiful setting will look like in a restaurant. It's just pure pleasure and delight.
You can decorate this option with grapes on a tray; by the way, walnuts can easily be replaced with almonds.
Interesting! This type is called “Tiffany”; many people like it with the addition of coriander. How do you cook?
Do you like smoked meats in salads? Then you will like this option, which is made from smoked ham with potatoes) :)
Salad Bride of smoked chicken ham with potatoes
We will need:
- Potatoes - 4 pcs.
- Smoked leg- 2 pcs.
- Eggs - 6 pcs.
- Processed cheese - 2 pcs.
- Green onions - to taste
- Mayonnaise - to taste
Cooking method:
1. Cut the leg into cubes. Place on a dry dish, sprinkle with chopped onions. Make a mesh out of mayonnaise.
Important! Potatoes need to be grated by weight so that they look airy.
4. The final stage is grated whites. We got such a tender, airy, fluffy white like a bride. To make it brighter, if you so desire, you can decorate the circle with sliced kiwi circles and grated carrots.
Interesting! You can also prepare this Olivier dish with green peas and pickled cucumber, which is still called winter))) but only with chicken, keep this in mind when you cook or want to cook something that you have never tried before.
How to cook Monomakh's Cap from chicken breast with pomegranate
This Tsarsky version is traditionally prepared with beef or pork, but I suggest making it with chicken, beets and potatoes. Prepare it for any celebration. It looks simply great!
We will need:
- chicken breast – 2 pcs
- potatoes – 2 pcs.
- carrots – 1 pc.
- eggs – 4 pcs.
- beets - 1 pc.
- hard cheese – 100 gr.,
- walnuts – 100 gr.
- garlic – 2 cloves
- beets – 1 pc.
- mayonnaise - for dressing
- salt - to taste
This is how you can present this wonderful hat, which was invented back in the USSR.
Cooking method:
1. Boil beets, carrots, potatoes and eggs until tender. Boil the chicken meat in salted water as well. Cool everything down.
2. Next, peel all the vegetables and the egg. First, grate the potatoes onto a clean flat dish and coat with a layer of mayonnaise. Next, grated beets with chopped garlic, mayonnaise. After the chicken fiber, cut by hand, mayonnaise. The next layer is grated boiled carrots, then again beets and mayonnaise.
4. Now, from all the products, fashion this “sculpture”, cover it with grated potatoes, pressing and forming this shape.
5. Afterwards, sprinkle everything with finely grated cheese and egg. Garnish with pomegranate fruits. Options for decorations can be taken as an idea, based on these photographs:
I hope your table will shine with such beauty!
Seven-flowered flower with chicken
Perhaps not all types of chicken salads were discussed in this article; there are many others that you will certainly see soon, for example, this is an emerald bracelet or how to make a salad from chicken meat, like a herring under a fur coat. Therefore, stay tuned and subscribe to my blog, add the article to your bookmarks. Good health and blessings to everyone!!! Bye bye!
P.S. As usual, I was just about to finish this article when I came across a dietary, low-calorie recipe from YouTube, chicken salad with celery, I tried to cook it, but I actually had a green apple, so I also added it there. For those interested, look here:
I think anyone who wants to lose weight can easily prepare such a dish and eat it for health.
20 easy-to-prepare, best, and at the same time original chicken salads!Traditionally, chicken salads use boiled chicken meat, often breast. It is mixed with garlic, mushrooms, cheese, fruits, vegetables and other products. Because chicken goes with almost anything you have in your fridge, there are plenty of chicken salads out there. Meanwhile, in order not to get confused about them, here are 20 of the best chicken salads, personally tested, especially for you. Below is a description of all 20 dishes - you just have to choose any of them and prepare the chicken salad according to the recipe.
Chicken and squid salad
Ingredients: 300 grams of chicken fillet, the same amount of Chinese cabbage, one medium-sized bell pepper, two tomatoes, three small pieces of squid, yogurt or sour cream, one apple, lemon juice, salt to taste.
Recipe: Peel the squid, boil in salted water and cut into strips. Boil the fillet in the same way, but cut it into small cubes. We also cut tomatoes, peppers and apples into cubes and sprinkle with lemon juice. Wash and dry the Chinese cabbage and cut it thinly. Mix all the ingredients, add salt to taste and add sour cream or yogurt. Salad ready.
Avocado and chicken salad
Ingredients: 100 grams of fillet in any form (boiled or baked), one fresh cucumber, 1 avocado, 1 apple, 3-4 tbsp. yogurt, 2 tbsp. olive oil, 1 tbsp. lemon juice and 100 grams of spinach.
Recipe: Separate chicken fillet from bones and skin, cut into pieces. Peel the avocado, apple and cucumber. Next, cut the avocado and cucumber into small slices, but it’s better to grate the apple - the salad will be better saturated with juice. At the end of cooking, stir and season with yogurt.
Hawaiian chicken salad
Ingredients: 600 grams of fillet, 250 grams of ham, the same amount of pineapple (it doesn’t matter whether fresh or canned), three stalks of fresh celery, 100 grams of cashew or macadamia nuts (a little exotic), 150 ml of mayonnaise, 60 ml of pineapple juice (you can take syrup if canned pineapple), green onions, 2 tsp. vinegar and 3 tbsp. honey, salt and pepper to taste.
Recipe: Finely chop the boiled chicken fillet, ham and pineapple into cubes. Wash the celery and chop into slices. Also chop the green onions and nuts, mix all the ingredients. For dressing, take mayonnaise, pineapple juice (syrup), honey, vinegar, mix in a separate container and add to the salad. Mix gently again.
Salad with chicken, champignons and celery
Ingredients: 2 stalks of fresh celery, 200 grams of boiled chicken fillet, 200 grams of medium champignons, 2 pickled cucumbers, 50 grams of mayonnaise, a tablespoon of mustard, pepper and salt.
Recipe: Traditionally, cut the chicken into cubes and cut the celery into thin strips. Cut the cucumbers into cubes and the champignons into pieces. Fry the mushrooms in oil and mix with the rest of the ingredients. Salt and pepper. For dressing, take mayonnaise, after mixing it with mustard. At the end, decorate with a sprig of greenery.
Hearty salad with chicken and red beans
Ingredients: 300 grams of chicken fillet, 2 pickled cucumbers, 2 boiled potatoes, 3 hard-boiled eggs, 1 onion, 0.5 cans of canned beans, 50 grams of mayonnaise, herbs (parsley), pepper and salt.
Recipe: Cut the meat, eggs, cucumbers and potatoes into cubes, and the onion into half rings. Drain the brine from the beans and mix all the ingredients, season with mayonnaise. Place in portions and garnish with parsley.
Chicken and orange salad
Ingredients: 200 grams of boiled chicken breast, 1 fresh cucumber, 1 bunch of lettuce, 1 orange, green onion, 2 tbsp. sesame seeds, 3 tbsp. olive oil, garlic clove, 1 tbsp. l. soy sauce, 1 tsp. mustard (preferably Dijon), 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.
Recipe: Cut the chicken and cucumber into cubes, peel the orange, remove the film and cut into pieces. Chop the green onions, rinse the salad and tear into pieces. For dressing, mix olive oil with soy sauce, lemon juice, mustard and garlic squeezed through a press. Season all ingredients with this sauce and mix well. At the end of cooking, add sesame seeds, previously fried in a frying pan.
Chicken and cauliflower salad
Ingredients: 300 grams of boiled fillet, 5 cherry tomatoes, 100 grams of Parmesan cheese, 200 grams of cauliflower, 1 clove of garlic, 50 grams of sour cream and the same amount of mayonnaise, salt and pepper.
Recipe: Cut the fillet into small cubes, cut the tomatoes (since they are already small) into 2 parts. Grate the hard cheese on a grater (large), disassemble the cauliflower into inflorescences, after boiling them in salted water for 10-15 minutes. Pass the garlic through a press, and mix the mayonnaise with sour cream. Mix all ingredients, season with our dressing and add salt/pepper before serving.
Layered salad with chicken and mushrooms
Ingredients: 300 grams of boiled chicken, 2 boiled eggs, 200 grams of champignons and the same amount of hard cheese, onions, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 200 grams of mayonnaise.
Recipe: Grate the eggs on a coarse grater and cut the meat into cubes. Wash the champignons, dry and cut into pieces. Also grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Chop the onion and fry with mushrooms until half cooked. Lay out the layers in the following order: chicken (bottom), eggs, mushrooms and onions, cheese (top), coating each layer with mayonnaise. Top with grated egg and onion.
Salad with chicken and tomatoes
Ingredients: 400 grams of boiled fillet, 4 large red tomatoes, 1 large stalk of celery, 100 grams of lettuce, 1 tbsp. low-fat mayonnaise and the same amount of yogurt, a small red onion.
Recipe: Cut the tomatoes into 8 slices, but do not cut all the way through (this is important!). Traditionally, cut the fillet into cubes and mix with finely chopped onion and celery. Add yogurt with mayonnaise, salt and mix thoroughly. Divide the chopped lettuce into 4 salad bowls, placing an open tomato in each, and lettuce on top of it.
Salad with grapefruit and chicken
Ingredients: 150 grams of boiled chicken breast, 100 grams of good prunes, one large ripe grapefruit, pine nuts (1-2 teaspoons), mayonnaise and salt.
Recipe: Cut the chicken meat into small pieces. Rinse the prunes well in water, pour boiling water over them and leave to steam for 15 minutes. Then cut into large pieces. Wash the grapefruit and cut into cubes, mix with the rest of the ingredients. Season with mayonnaise, salt and sprinkle with pine nuts.
Chicken salad with croutons
Ingredients: 100 grams of chicken fillet (fried), 1 cucumber, 200 grams of crab meat, half a can of canned peas, 200 grams of champignons, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, 100 grams of mayonnaise, 1 slice of bread (preferably black), salt, herbs.
Recipe: Cut the fillet fried in a frying pan into pieces. Chop and fry the mushrooms in the same way. Fry cubes of black bread in the oven, cut crab meat and cucumber into strips. Mix all ingredients, add peas (without brine) and season with mayonnaise, mixing well again.
Chicken and pasta salad
Ingredients: 3 cups of boiled vegetables (any), 300 grams of boiled chicken, 200 grams of cheese, 500 grams of pasta, 1 tbsp. vegetable oil, 2 stalks of celery. For the sauce, ½ cup vegetable oil, 3-4 tablespoons tarragon vinegar, half a teaspoon of sugar, the same amount of dried marjoram, ¼ teaspoon mustard, 1-2 shallots, parsley.
Recipe: First, boil the pasta in a saucepan, adding salt and oil to taste. Ready
Drain the pasta in a colander, transfer to a large salad bowl and mix with cubes of cheese, pieces of chicken, vegetables and slices of fresh celery. Mix the ingredients for the sauce in one bowl and pour the sauce over the pasta. It is recommended to cool the salad well before serving.
Salad with rice and chicken in Indonesian style
Ingredients: 300-400 grams of fried chicken breast, 300 grams of boiled rice, red and green peppers - 1 each, 100 grams of mayonnaise, 150 grams of yogurt, 2 tbsp. ketchup, 1 tsp. ginger, 1 sprig of parsley, salt and ground black pepper.
Recipe: Cut the sweet pepper into strips and simmer in vegetable oil. Cut the fillet into cubes and mix with rice and sweet pepper. Prepare a sauce of yogurt, mayonnaise, ketchup, salt, pepper and ginger, and season the salad. Before serving, season with parsley.
Salad with chicken breast and eggplant
Ingredients: 200 grams of eggplants, 100 grams of fried chicken breast, 50 grams of boiled potatoes and the same amount of carrots, vegetable oil for frying, 1 cucumber, basil and parsley. For dressing, take sour cream, horseradish, mustard and lemon juice.
Recipe: Cut the eggplants into small slices and simmer with basil in oil. Cut the boiled vegetables into slices, chop the greens, and chop the meat and potatoes into cubes. Mix with dressing and garnish with herbs before serving.
Chicken and strawberry salad
Ingredients: 300 grams of chicken fillet, fried in a frying pan, 200 grams of fresh strawberries, 100 grams of canned soy sprouts, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil. For dressing, take 1 tbsp. 3% vinegar, the same amount of soy sauce, 2 tbsp. olive oil, 1 tsp. ground ginger, ground white pepper.
Recipe: Cut strawberries in half and mix with fillet, ginger, and soy sprouts. Pour in the sauce, stir and garnish with herbs before serving.
Chicken salad with white wine
Ingredients: 200 grams of boiled chicken, 2 pickled cucumbers, 100 grams of champignons, 2 tbsp. olive oil, 100 grams of dry white wine, freshly ground black pepper, salt and parsley.
Recipe: Boil and cut the champignons into cubes. Grind the cucumbers and boiled fillet in the same way. Mix everything, add salt and pepper to taste, season with wine, after mixing it with olive oil. Before serving, be sure to sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Salad with chicken and green radish
Ingredients: 300 grams of boiled chicken fillet, 100 grams of green radish, mayonnaise and salt.
Recipe: Finely chop the chicken and place on a wide plate. Place green radish in the second layer, add salt, and pour mayonnaise on top. Delicious!
Classic salad with chicken and grapes
Ingredients: 500 grams of chicken breast, boiled and then fried with curry, 50-60 grams of ground almonds, 200 grams of cheese, 4 boiled eggs, 200 grams of mayonnaise and 100 grams of grapes.
Recipe: Sequentially place chopped chicken breast, grated cheese, and chopped eggs into a salad bowl. Sprinkle each layer with almonds and season with mayonnaise. Garnish with grapes, cut in half (they are laid on top tightly to each other).
Hot salad with chicken, lentils and broccoli
Ingredients: 125 grams lentils, 225 grams broccoli, 350 grams smoked chicken breasts, 1 clove garlic, 1 teaspoon English mustard powder, 2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar, 4 tbsp. olive oil, 1 onion.
Recipe: Boil the lentils and broccoli, cut the cabbage into small pieces. In another bowl, mix the crushed garlic clove with salt, mustard, vinegar and olive oil. Chop the onion and fry in oil for 5 minutes. Add chicken and broccoli here and simmer for 2-3 minutes. At the end of cooking, mix with lentils and add dressing.
Salad with homemade chicken and raspberries
Ingredients: 300 grams of chicken pulp, 200 grams of sweet pepper, 3 boiled eggs, ½ cup of raspberries, 1 cup of mayonnaise, salt.
Recipe: Grind the boiled poultry pulp and combine with the pepper, cut into strips. Add eggs cut into 4 pieces. Season with mayonnaise, lightly salt and add berries.
It is worth noting that any chicken salad is not necessarily a holiday dish, as many housewives believe. Most of these salads are prepared within 30-40 minutes, so you can pamper your family, who have just returned home on a regular working day, and unexpected guests who are visiting for the holiday with a delicious recipe.
You always want to see only the most interesting, mouth-watering appetizers on your holiday table. A worthy guest on it will be chicken breast salad. Simple and tasty recipes for it in various variations are presented below.
Salad with smoked chicken breast
Smoked meat adds piquancy to the appetizer. Ingredients: 230 g smoked chicken breast, a can of canned red beans, a large fresh cucumber, carrots, garlic, salt, mayonnaise, fresh dill.
- The carrots are chopped using a special grater for Korean snacks. The same device is used for grating cucumber.
- The beans are drained of liquid from the can.
- The meat is cut into small thin cubes.
- All prepared products are mixed and salted.
The salad with smoked chicken breast is dressed with a mixture of mayonnaise, garlic and chopped dill.
With pineapples
This recipe is one of the most popular among all chicken breast-based appetizers. Ingredients: 260 g of chicken, selected egg, half a can of pineapple in syrup, 80 g of hard cheese, mayonnaise.
- The chicken is boiled, cooled and finely chopped.
- Hard-boiled eggs are grated on a coarse grater.
- Pineapples are cut into cubes.
- The cheese is grated using a grater with medium divisions.
- Salad with pineapple and chicken breast is laid out in layers in the following order: chicken - eggs - fruit - cheese.
You can decorate the salad with walnuts and onion feathers, depicting a whole pineapple.
With added mushrooms
Any mushrooms will do. But it is better to use pickled mushrooms. Ingredients: half a kilo of smoked chicken breast, 4 pcs. eggs, 2 pickled cucumbers, 5 potatoes, 380 g of pickled mushrooms, onion, salt, mayonnaise.
- Potatoes and eggs are boiled until tender, then chopped into small cubes.
- The onion is chopped and fried until golden.
- Mushrooms are finely cut with a sharp knife. Cucumbers are also chopped.
- All ingredients are combined in a salad bowl, salted and dressed with mayonnaise.
The main feature of this dish is its design in the form of a slice of watermelon. Ingredients: 230 g boiled chicken, 1 pc. red onion, 70 g hard cheese, 2 pcs. boiled chicken eggs, 2 large tomatoes, a couple of olives, fresh cucumber, salt, mayonnaise.
- Finely chopped boiled breast is laid out as the first layer in the shape of a watermelon slice.
- Next are diced red onions and grated eggs.
- Finely grated cheese is poured in last. Lightly add salt and coat the selected layers with mayonnaise.
- The “skin” of the watermelon is made from grated cucumber. Pulp from tomato pieces. And thin cubes of olives will imitate pits.
With this design, the appetizer will become a worthy decoration for any table.
With fresh cucumbers
This version of the salad has a separate name “Kaleidoscope”. Ingredients: half a red pepper, 70 g hard cheese, 2 pcs. chicken eggs, 2 fresh cucumbers, 320 g chicken breast, half a can of canned corn, 160 g chicken ham, 5 pcs. pitted prunes.
Chicken salads are intended mainly for the holiday table, but due to the fact that they are prepared quite quickly, they can be pampered for all family members in everyday life. Using chicken meat is a very smart and productive move, since it is not only tasty, but also very satisfying and healthy. In addition, chicken meat is a widely consumed dietary product.
It is easily digestible and has a piquant taste, especially in combination with certain ingredients. White meat goes well with garlic, nuts, mushrooms, cheese, vegetables, pieces of fruit, other types of meat and many other foods. Therefore, the number of recipes based on chicken meat is very large. You just have to show a little imagination, and a seemingly ordinary dish consisting of simple ingredients will turn into a real culinary masterpiece in your hands.
Recipe 1: Classic Caesar salad with chicken
To prepare the salad we will need: a bunch of lettuce, chicken fillet - 300 gr., 2 boiled eggs, 200-250 grams of loaf, hard cheese - 50 gr., olive oil, three medium cloves of garlic, lemon, mustard (2 tablespoons .), pepper and salt.
Cooking method:
1. Finely chop 1 clove of garlic, mix it with 5 tbsp. spoons of olive oil, set the mixture aside for 40 minutes. We will need it to prepare crackers.
2. Make the sauce: grind the yolks, add mustard, garlic - mix, then add lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper and mix. Place the prepared sauce in a cool place.
3. Cut the loaf into cubes, fry the pieces until golden brown in oil with garlic.
4. Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces, add salt and fry. Grate the cheese separately, place lettuce leaves, pieces of chicken and croutons on the bottom of the salad bowl, pour chilled sauce over it, and decorate with grated cheese. Caesar salad is ready! It should be served immediately after preparation.
Recipe 2: Salad with croutons and chicken
Ingredients: 300 gr. chicken fillet, chicken or cheese flavored croutons – 1 package, 200 gr. hard cheese, a jar of canned corn, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
1. Boil the chicken until cooked, cool the meat and chop finely.
2. The cheese should also be cut into cubes.
3. Mix the ingredients: fillet, cheese, corn and croutons, salt the salad, pepper, season with mayonnaise. You can decorate the top with herbs and sprinkle with garlic. A simple and tasty dish is ready!
Recipe 3: Pineapple and Chicken Salad
Ingredients: two chicken legs, a jar of canned pineapples, 100 gr. hard cheese, three boiled eggs, walnuts - half a glass, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
1. Boil the legs in salted water, cool, separate from the bones, cut and place them in a salad bowl with the first layer, which we grease with mayonnaise.
2. The second layer will be pineapples, also grease with mayonnaise.
3. As the third layer, use cheese grated on a medium grater without adding mayonnaise.
4. Line the fourth layer with chopped eggs and soak in mayonnaise.
5. Chop the nuts, fry them in vegetable oil and sprinkle on our salad. Place it in the refrigerator for half an hour to soak thoroughly. The original dish is ready for the holiday table!
Recipe 4: Tomato and Chicken Salad
To prepare the salad, we need: 1 chicken breast, two large tomatoes, three eggs, 100 gr. cheese, onion, herbs and mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
The chicken breast must be boiled, allowed to cool and cut into pieces. Break the eggs into a bowl, beat a little, add salt and fry on both sides. After the scrambled eggs have cooled, cut them into strips. Chop the tomatoes into cubes.
Lay out the prepared ingredients in layers, grease each of them with mayonnaise:
- first layer - tomatoes;
- second layer - onion, cut into half rings;
- third layer - chicken meat;
- fourth layer - evenly distributed eggs;
- fifth layer - grated hard cheese.
Top the salad with tomato slices and herbs. Delicious and quite simple!
Recipe 5: Greek salad with chicken
Ingredients: chicken fillet – 400 gr., 2 medium tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 150 gr. Spicy pickled black olives, 150 gr. cheese, a head of red onion, a bunch of lettuce, 2 tbsp. l. oregano, olive oil, acacia honey 1 teaspoon, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the boiled fillet, tomatoes and cucumber into slices, and the onion into half rings. Place in a salad bowl, add olives and grated cheese. Mix carefully.
2. Mix olive oil with lemon juice, a teaspoon of honey, oregano, salt and pepper (to taste). Mix everything.
3. Season the salad with the resulting sauce. The dish is ready!
Recipe 6: Salad with prunes and chicken
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, prunes - 5-6 berries, 3 boiled eggs, 2 cucumbers, dill, parsley, walnuts and mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
Boil tender chicken breasts, cool, cut and place in a salad bowl. Separate the prunes from the seeds, pour boiling water over them for 10 minutes, then squeeze. Finely chop eggs, cucumbers, prunes and put them in the future salad. Add chopped dill and parsley, season with mayonnaise, mix everything thoroughly. Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top of our salad and eat with pleasure!
Recipe 7: Salad with champignons and chicken
Ingredients: smoked ham – 300 gr., the same amount of champignons, 5 boiled eggs, onion, salt and pepper to taste, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
1. Rinse the champignons in a colander, drain and cut into thin slices. Chop the onion and fry it along with the mushrooms. If a lot of liquid is produced during the frying process, it must be drained, otherwise the champignons will stew.
2. Cut the eggs into medium cubes, separate the legs from the bones and cut them together with the skin (or without it) into small pieces.
3. Place the chicken, cooled mushrooms and eggs in a salad bowl, mix and pour the ingredients, preferably with low-fat mayonnaise.
4. Add finely chopped onion, salt and season it with pepper to the salad, then mix thoroughly again. This delicious dish is ready to eat!
Recipe 8: Chicken and Bean Salad
Compound: chicken breast – 1 piece, one carrot, 200 gr. beans, onion, salt, ground pepper as desired and to taste, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
1. Rinse the beans, leave to soak in cold water for four hours, then boil in salted water, drain the broth, and rinse the beans again.
2. Cut the boiled fillet into cubes and mix with beans.
3. Grate carrots, fry them together with onions, cool and add to the meat and beans. Mix everything, season with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. For those who like it spicy, we recommend adding garlic and sprinkling chopped herbs on top. Bon appetit!
Recipe 9: Smoked Chicken Salad
Ingredients: smoked chicken breast – 2 pcs., fresh cucumber, two pickles, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
Cut the chicken meat into thin strips. Grind fresh and pickled cucumbers in the same way (in strips). Place all the ingredients in a salad bowl, mix and season with mayonnaise. Don't forget to add salt, and you can add pepper and herbs if desired.
Recipe 10: Chicken and Cucumber Salad
Ingredients: 200 gr. fresh cucumbers, 100 gr. chicken fillet, green onions, 1 egg, vinegar, soy sauce - 5 tbsp. l., mustard - tsp., 1 clove of garlic, capsicum, olive or sunflower oil, sesame seeds, a little sugar.
Cooking method:
Boil the fillet and cool. For this recipe, it would be more appropriate not to cut the chicken, but to split it into thin strips (fibers). Beat a raw egg and fry it into a pancake, chop the cucumbers and chop the onion. Mix fried eggs, meat, cucumbers, onions, mustard and garlic, cut into strips. Pour the salad with oil, sauce and add a little vinegar.
Add sesame seeds, salt and sugar to taste. Sprinkle finely chopped capsicum on top. The dish is best served by keeping it in the refrigerator for an hour.
Recipe 11: Korean Salad with Chicken
For the salad we will need: Korean carrots – 2 table. spoons, 2 boiled chicken legs, prunes - 3 pcs., 2 pickled cucumbers, a can of green peas, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
Place Korean-style carrots and shredded chicken in a salad bowl. Steam the prunes, remove the pits and finely chop the pulp. Chop the cucumbers, mix with the rest of the ingredients, add peas. Mix everything, season the salad with mayonnaise, and sprinkle with herbs, such as chopped parsley, on top. The dish is ready!
Recipe 12: Salad with chicken, mushrooms and kiwi
Ingredients: smoked breast – 300 gr., two raw eggs, table. a spoonful of starch, champignons – 300 gr., kiwi – 4.5 pieces, pickled corn, pomegranate seeds, mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
1. Wash the champignons, finely chop and fry them in vegetable oil.
2. Beat the eggs, adding a spoonful of starch, and fry in the form of pancakes on both sides. Cool, then cut the egg-starch pancakes into strips.
3. Cut the kiwi into cubes, mix with other ingredients, mushrooms and chopped chicken breast, add salt. Pour mayonnaise over the salad and sprinkle corn and pomegranate seeds on top.
Recipe 13: Bean Boom Salad with Chicken
Ingredients: a glass of beans, boiled chicken breast - 1 pc., 2 boiled eggs, 150 gr. hard cheese, 1 carrot, herbs, salt and mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
1. Beans must be fried in vegetable oil, carrots and chicken breast boiled, cooled chopped meat mixed with refried beans.
2. Cut carrots, eggs and hard cheese into cubes, add them to the salad, and add salt. Pour in mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs on top. The salad is ready, bon appetit!
To make our chicken salads even tastier, you should listen to some useful advice from experienced chefs - true professionals in their field.
1. To achieve the best taste of chicken meat, you should not freeze it or buy it frozen, it is better to keep it at a temperature of +1...+3 degrees for a short time.
2. Instead of boiled fillet, you can use meat baked in foil or grilled. It will be much juicier and tastier.
3. When buying chicken in a store, pay attention to the expiration date; give preference to chicken with delicate white skin. If you do happen to buy frozen meat, then defrost it gently at room temperature, and not with hot water.
And the most important tip, don’t be afraid to experiment with ingredients. Add your favorites and fall in love with new ones!
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