Quick Birthday Salad

From simple and affordable ingredients, delicious, in a hurry! A quick birthday salad has an interesting composition. In general, this is its main highlight. Smoked chicken, eggs, crab sticks and fresh cucumber - all this goes well together. The salad is prepared in a matter of minutes, which is very important when preparing a festive table!

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken breasts (smoked)

300

Crab sticks

200

Eggs

Cucumbers

Mayonnaise

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 54 % 13 g

Fats 33 % 8 g

Carbohydrates 13 % 3 g

134 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:
How to make a delicious and quick salad for your birthday? Very simple! First, prepare the necessary ingredients. Instead of smoked chicken, you can use boiled, baked or fried. You can take store-bought mayonnaise or cook it yourself.
Step 2:
Peel the smoked breast from the skin and bones and cut into small cubes or straws. Meat from the smoked breast can be replaced with meat from the shins or hams.
Step 3:
Peel the crab sticks from the film and cut into small cubes.
Step 4:
Wash and dry the cucumber. Cut into small strips or small cubes. The skin, if it is not rough, not damaged and not bitter, does not need to be cut off.
Step 5:
Boil hard boiled eggs, cool and peel. Divide into whites and yolks. Grate the proteins on a coarse grater. Grate the yolks on a fine grater. You can rub the yolks immediately or directly on the salad, then they will be more airy.
Step 6:
You can just mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl, but I prefer to make a salad in a cooking ring so that all the layers are visible. A ring with a diameter of 16-18 cm will do. Put the smoked chicken in the first layer and pour mayonnaise over it. I put the mayonnaise in a pastry bag and cut off the tip. This is more convenient than using a spoon.
Step 7:
Next, spread a layer of grated proteins and also pour mayonnaise over it.
Step 8:
Lay cucumbers on the proteins and pour mayonnaise over them.
Step 9:
Spread the crab sticks with the next layer. Pour the leftover mayonnaise over the salad.
Step 10:
The last layer is grated yolks. The brighter and yellower the yolks are, the more beautiful the salad will be. Before serving, hold the salad in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes, tightening the film so that the yolks do not get wet.
Step 11:
Remove the cooking ring and decorate the salad as desired. I decorated it with olives, crab sticks and herbs. Bon appetit!
Step 12:
Remove the cooking ring and decorate the salad as desired. I decorated it with olives, crab sticks and herbs. Enjoy your meal!

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 buy crab sticks correctly? Be sure to pay attention to the expiration date of the product. Surimi meat (minced white fish) should appear in the list of ingredients in the first place. Important! Do not buy the product if there is frost on it. This is a sign of repeated freezing. Fresh sticks should be free of gray and yellow spots, elastic and slightly moist. If the product is sticky, it means it is spoiled.

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper).