Salad with Croutons and Mushrooms

This salad with croutons and mushrooms is tasty, hearty, and party-worthy! It's endlessly adaptable — make it with pickled, salt-cured, or freshly sautéed mushrooms. Add fresh, juicy vegetables like cucumber, celery, or radish; toss in boiled or smoked chicken, beef, or pork, or leave the meat out entirely; and dress it with any salad dressing or plain mayonnaise. However you do it, you'll end up with a tasty, original salad.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 25 % 8 g
Fats 34 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 41 % 13 g
157 kcal
GI: 33 / 0 / 67

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather the ingredients on the list.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Cut the napa cabbage into large squares or tear it by hand.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Cut the fresh cucumber into large cubes — cut too small, it releases its juice right away and turns the salad mushy.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Peel the skin off the smoked chicken and cut the meat into cubes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Cut the pickled porcini (or other) mushrooms into largish pieces too, so they don't get lost in the mix.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Put everything in a salad bowl, add the croutons, and toss gently.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Dress with mayonnaise.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Instead of salt, add soy sauce to taste.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Transfer to one large bowl or individual dishes and serve right away.

  • Today we're making a salad with croutons and pickled porcini mushrooms.

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

  • Fresh cucumbers - 15  kcal/100g
  • Fresh parsley - 45  kcal/100g
  • Soy sauce - 51  kcal/100g
  • Cream crackers - 414  kcal/100g
  • Wheat crackers - 331  kcal/100g
  • Croutons - 331  kcal/100g
  • Salad mayonnaise, 50% fat - 502  kcal/100g
  • Light mayonnaise - 260  kcal/100g
  • Provençal mayonnaise - 624  kcal/100g
  • Provençal-style mayonnaise - 627  kcal/100g
  • Table mayonnaise - 627  kcal/100g
  • Napa cabbage - 16  kcal/100g
  • Pickled button mushrooms - 12  kcal/100g
  • Egg - 80  kcal/100g
  • Smoked chicken - 117  kcal/100g

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