Lilac Salad

Difficult in terms of cooking time, but delicious salad! It is difficult to prepare a salad every day, but for festive and festive events it is an ideal option!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 23 % 7 g
Fats 57 % 17 g
Carbohydrates 20 % 6 g
203 kcal
GI: 83 / 0 / 17

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a Lilac Salad? First, if you do not have a blank, put potatoes and carrots to cook (and beets, if you decide not to add them raw to protein). Let them cook until tender.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Put a saucepan with eggs on the second burner. Do not forget to keep them in cold water for a long time afterwards so that they cool down well.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    A saucepan with chicken fillet will take another burner. If there is a desire, add salt to the water. As soon as it boils, you need to make the fire smaller and cook until ready for 25 minutes.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    While these ingredients are cooking, you need to take care of other participants in this wonderful action. Chop the onion finely.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Chop the mushrooms. It is desirable that small pieces turn out.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    You can start roasting. First, lower the onion into the heated oil, and then the mushrooms.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    If the chicken fillet is ready, it should be chopped finely.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    After salting the contents of the frying pan, put it to stew and, dividing the cooled eggs into protein and yolk, combine the grated beetroot with grated protein (we take half a portion of protein!). There should be such a mass resembling the color of lilac.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    If the carrots and potatoes are cold, you can also collect the salad. The first layer will be chicken fillet, its pieces. Brush them with mayonnaise.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Rub the potatoes on top, and also smear with mayonnaise.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    The further sequence of laying out the layers is approximately as follows – grated carrots, mushrooms with onions.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Then repeat the layers, shifting them with fresh cucumber. Do not forget to lubricate each layer with mayonnaise.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    At the very end, rub the yolks and sprinkle them on the surface of the salad.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    Spread the greens on top, then spread out the mixture made of proteins (grate the protein and add grated beets as the color changes, close to the color of lilac), in the form of lilac twigs. The salad is ready!

And more tips

Onions, mushrooms and fillets can be fried together, or separately.

Onions can not be fried, but finely chopped, pickled in a solution of water and vinegar.

Instead of chicken, you can put any other meat.

You can take not fresh, but salted cucumber.

You can lubricate the layers with sour cream.

Beets can be boiled to combine with protein, or you can use raw, taking either juice or grating beets on a fine grater.

All ingredients can be finely chopped or grated.

In order not to spoil the salad with salt, all the ingredients can be boiled in salted water or add a pickle.

Decorate to your taste - you can cover the salad itself with sprigs of greenery, you can surround it with grated protein or yolk.
The sequence of laying layers is at your discretion!

It is better to prepare mayonnaise yourself. It will be tastier and healthier. See here interesting recipes for homemade mayonnaise.
Also, as a dressing, you can use not only mayonnaise, but also sour cream or natural yogurt. They can be taken separately or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion to your taste - this will reduce the calorie content of the dish.

How to cook hard-boiled eggs? So that the eggs do not crack when cooking, put them in cold water and put them to cook on a small fire. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then pour cold water and cool. From a sharp temperature drop, the shell will be better cleaned.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Fresh cucumbers - 15   kcal/100g
  • Forest mushrooms - 21   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Beetroot - 40   kcal/100g
  • Dried beetroot - 278   kcal/100g
  • Boiled beets - 49   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Salad mayonnaise of 50 % fat content - 502   kcal/100g
  • Light mayonnaise - 260   kcal/100g
  • Provencal Mayonnaise - 624   kcal/100g
  • Provencal mayonnaise - 627   kcal/100g
  • Table mayonnaise - 627   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113   kcal/100g

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