Chicken salad with Peking cabbage and corn

Simple, from ordinary products, for any feast! Chicken salad with Peking cabbage and corn is characterized by ease of preparation and a fairly affordable set of ingredients that are available in almost every refrigerator. Chicken makes the salad satisfying, corn gives an interesting note.
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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 43 % 9 g
Fats 33 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 24 % 5 g
116 kcal
GI: 20 / 80 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a chicken salad with Peking cabbage and corn? Pre-boil and cool the chicken fillet, then cut into cubes. It is more convenient to do this when the chicken meat lies down after cooling down a little in the refrigerator. In this case, it will not fall apart, but will be cut neatly.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Cut off the top leaves of the cabbage, rinse it with water. Chop the cabbage into thin strips.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the chopped cabbage and chopped chicken meat in a spacious bowl.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Boil the eggs, cool and peel. Cut them into small cubes. Drain the liquid from the canned corn. Add corn and chopped eggs to the salad.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Then finely chop the green onion and add it to the salad bowl too. Add a little mayonnaise and mix everything well. Put the finished salad in a common salad bowl or in a bowl in portions. Cool slightly and serve. Bon appetit!

How to cook chicken fillet? Dip it in boiling salted water. Cook the fillets over medium heat until tender, 30-40 minutes, depending on the size.

Not only mayonnaise can be used as a dressing. It is quite possible to replace it with sour cream or lemon juice with olive oil. 

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.

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 canned corn correctly? Be sure to check the expiration date on the jar. If the container is glass, carefully consider the grains. They should be the same size and color, solid and spotless. The composition should not contain dyes, preservatives and flavor enhancers.

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

  • 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
  • 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
  • Chinese cabbage - 16   kcal/100g
  • Green onion - 19   kcal/100g
  • Canned sweet corn - 79   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113   kcal/100g

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