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Salad with beans, cakes and sausage

Salad with Beans, Croutons, and Sausage

A tasty, good-looking party salad with croutons and beans. This salad with croutons, sausage, and beans is quite hearty and vibrant, both in its flavor combinations and its appearance. You can make it for any celebration and serve it on a holiday table - and it's easy enough to put together for an ordinary family dinner, too.

naniki

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

White beans

200

Cooked sausage

200

Croutons (seasoned rye croutons or any other croutons you like)

Hard cheese

Pickled cucumbers

Garlic

0.5

Mayonnaise

100

Green onion

Dill

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 27 % 8 g

Fats 47 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 27 % 8 g

179 kcal

GI: 50 / 0 / 50

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

How do you make a salad with beans, croutons, and sausage? Gather the following ingredients: sausage (you can use any kind - smoked, cooked, ham, or hot dogs/smoked sausages); croutons - it makes the most sense to use bacon-, ham-, or sausage-flavored ones, whatever you can find, or go with plain croutons. Add the beans (more on those below), salted or pickled cucumbers, hard cheese, herbs, and mayonnaise.
Step 2:

Another must-have component of this salad is the beans. I cooked them ahead of time on purpose, but you can use canned beans from a jar, drained of their liquid. The beans can be white or another color.
Step 3:

Once you've chosen your ingredients, prep them for assembling the salad. Cut the cucumbers and sausage into small cubes. Some people use fresh cucumbers in this salad - that's up to you, but in my opinion you need a bit of tang to balance the flavor. The salad is fairly rich, and a little acidity is needed to cut through that.
Step 4:

You can assemble the salad in one big bowl or in individual portions. Most often it's made in a large bowl and served in portions, and it's better to dress it with mayonnaise just before serving. But some people like to let all the mayonnaise-dressed ingredients sit in the fridge for a while - just don't leave it too long.
Step 5:

Add cheese grated into large flakes to the salad; in this case I used Parmesan. It's a sharp, savory cheese - if you use milder cheeses (such as a mild semi-hard cheese), you can increase the amount.
Step 6:

Next, grate a little garlic into the salad for aroma - literally half a clove, so there's no overpowering smell after eating that no one would appreciate. You can grate the garlic straight into the mayonnaise or into the salad itself; it doesn't make much difference.
Step 7:

Now dress all the prepared ingredients with good mayonnaise, mix it in, and add the herbs. When serving, scatter the colorful croutons (or your favorite ones) on top.
Step 8:

And there's our salad with croutons, sausage, and beans. It looks quite bright and appealing, and it's right at home on any holiday table. Just don't forget that we add the croutons only once the salad is on the table - so they don't soften from the dressing and turn to mush.

The salad is delicious and filling, and can easily stand in for lunch or dinner.
It's better to make the mayonnaise yourself - it's tastier and better for you. See some interesting homemade mayonnaise recipes here. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt as a dressing instead of mayonnaise. Use them on their own or mix them with mayonnaise in any ratio you like - this will cut the dish's calories.