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Snowflake salad with chicken is a hearty appetizer that is distinguished not only by its pleasant taste, but also by its beautiful appearance. This dish can easily become the highlight of any holiday table.
Pomegranate seeds, green peas or cranberries are a harmonious decoration for the dish.
How to prepare Snowflake salad
Snowflake salad with chicken in all its variations is an appetizer in which layers of ingredients are alternated, smeared with mayonnaise. The average cooking time takes about 20 minutes, but to get the best flavor, it is recommended to place 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 ruin the entire salad. In order to avoid mistakes and create a delicious snack that can please all household members and guests, it is recommended to listen to 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 into it. If as a result it floats to the top, it means that the product is spoiled. If the egg remains 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. As the cheese freezes, it will become harder and easier to grate.
- Tomatoes for salad should be juicy and ripe. You should not take vegetables that contain defects or are not trustworthy. Too watery tomatoes can spoil the salad, which will become liquid and soft.
- Champignons must be cleaned before cooking. To do this, they are thoroughly washed in water, removed from visible dirt, the very bottom of the stem is cut off and the film is removed from the cap.
Snowflake salad with prunes and chicken
Puff Snowflake can be prepared in literally 20 minutes. Simple and affordable ingredients are used to create it, 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 onion;
- 100 g walnuts;
- mayonnaise, vegetable oil, salt - to taste.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Soak the prunes in boiling water for about 1 hour.
- Peel the onion, cut into small cubes and fry in oil until golden brown.
- Peel, rinse the mushrooms and cut into small pieces. Also fry them in a frying pan and combine with fried onions.
- Salt and pepper the onions and mushrooms.
- Cut the boiled chicken into small cubes, about 1 cm by 1 cm.
- Boil chicken eggs hard, peel and separate the white from the yolk.
- Grate the yolk on a coarse grater and the white on a medium grater.
- Also grate hard cheese on a medium grater.
- Grind the walnuts into crumbs in a meat grinder, blender, or simply cut them into small pieces with a knife.
- When the prunes soften, they need to be cut into small pieces.
- Start forming the salad, which is laid in layers. For convenience, you should use a round shape of any convenient diameter.
- Place prunes in the first layer, spread over the entire surface, add salt and spread mayonnaise on top.
- Place diced chicken and top with sauce.
- Add onions and mushrooms and repeat the mayonnaise layer.
- The yolks can be mixed with green onions and placed above, repeating the lubrication with mayonnaise.
- Place hard cheese and sauce on top.
- Add walnut crumbs and complete the formation of the Snowflake with egg whites.
Using special molds you can cut out snowflakes for decoration from egg whites
The layered salad turns out airy and light. The topmost layer of proteins acts as a snow cap. For beauty, you can add pomegranate seeds or cranberries.
Snowflake salad with chicken and pomegranate
This version of the recipe is popular among housewives, as this Snowflake is easy to prepare and turns out very colorful.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken fillets;
- 6 chicken eggs;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 200 g feta cheese;
- pomegranate, garlic, mayonnaise, salt - to taste.
Step-by-step preparation:
- 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 the garlic and grate it on a fine grater or chop it using a special crush.
- Cut Feta cheese into cubes.
- Start forming the salad by greasing the bottom of the salad bowl with mayonnaise.
- Place the chicken and coat it too.
- Add chopped eggs, salt and also coat with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
- Place a layer of tomatoes and lightly sprinkle garlic on top, and then repeat the layer of sauce.
- Top with cheese cubes and finish with pomegranate seeds.
The light snack turns out to be a rich red and white color - thanks to the combination of tomatoes and pomegranate with cheese.
Thanks to pomegranate, the salad turns out bright. Therefore, it will easily become the highlight of any holiday table.
Snowflake salad with crab sticks
It literally takes just a few minutes to prepare a hearty dish, and the result will delight you with its taste.
Ingredients:
- 5 chicken eggs;
- 150 g chicken;
- 1 apple;
- 150 g crab sticks;
- 1 processed cheese;
- a handful of roasted peanuts or walnut kernels;
- mayonnaise, salt - to taste.
Step-by-step preparation:
- 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 the apple and grate it on a coarse grater.
- Chop the crab sticks using a knife.
- Grate the processed cheese on a medium grater.
- Grind the nuts in a blender, meat grinder or using a regular knife.
- Start forming a layered salad by placing half of the chopped egg whites on the bottom of the container.
- Grease the layer with mayonnaise and add a little salt.
- Lay out the cheese and spread with mayonnaise.
- Repeat the same with yolks, crab sticks, apple, chicken and nuts.
- Complete the formation of the Snowflake salad with half of the whites.Lay them out in a light layer that will resemble a snow cap.
You can place sprigs of dill around and decorate the salad with pomegranate seeds.
It is recommended to put the snowflake in the refrigerator for several hours, and before that decorate it with berries or herbs.
Conclusion
Snowflake salad with chicken is a popular dish during the holidays. A colorful, winter appetizer will be appropriate on a festive table and will definitely delight household members and guests with its light and rich taste.
