Classic Chaika Salad with Cheese

Chaika ("Seagull") salad is a budget-friendly salad that comes together fast. It's incredibly simple and cheap, and it's quick to make. And even though it has just four ingredients you almost always have on hand, it's amazingly tasty.

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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 35 % 9 g
Fats 42 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 23 % 6 g
145 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0
  • This salad is so easy that even kids can make it. Here's how to put together the classic Chaika salad with cheese: 1) Hard-boil the eggs and cut them however you like; I cut them—and the onion—into half-rings, purely for looks. I often boil eggs ahead and keep them in the fridge for salads, snacks, or whenever someone wants a bite. 2) Add canned green peas to the bowl you're making the salad in—store-bought is fine, and homegrown works too. 3) Dice or grate the cheese. Don't be afraid to experiment with the cheese here; I've tried lots of kinds and loved them all. 4) Cut the onion. To take the bite out of it, rinse it in hot water or quick-pickle it for a few minutes (optional). For the pickle, I rinse the onion in cold water a few times, then add apple cider vinegar (or plain vinegar), a teaspoon of sugar, and a pinch of salt; it marinates while I cut everything else. Then I rinse it in hot water and add it straight to the salad. 5) Add the mayonnaise, salt, and black pepper if you like. Mix well. PS: If you're not eating the salad right away, dress it just before serving. Garnish with herbs—green onion, sprigs of dill or parsley—or, like I do, with grated cheese. The salad is ready! Enjoy, everyone. Cook with love.

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

  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'steppe' - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglichsky cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'lo spalmino' - 61  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'etorki' (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Fresh green peas - 280  kcal/100g
  • Canned green peas - 55  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
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80  kcal/100g

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