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Turtle salad with apple and walnuts

"Turtle" Layered Salad with Chicken, Apple, and Walnuts

It'll brighten your mood, and grown-ups and kids both love it! This turtle-shaped salad with apple and walnuts catches the eye, and even kids will want a taste. The juicy apple layer is what gives it its distinctive flavor — tart-sweet apples are the best choice.

Julia

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken

300

Eggs

Apple (large, tart-sweet)

Hard cheese

100

Walnuts

100

Salt

Mayonnaise (or to taste)

Parsley (for garnish)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 32 % 13 g

Fats 61 % 25 g

Carbohydrates 7 % 3 g

285 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make a turtle salad with apple and walnuts? Gather your ingredients. You can use any part of the chicken (breast or drumsticks). Pick a tart-sweet apple, such as Granny Smith.
Step 2:

Boil the chicken in salted water until done. Lower it into already-boiling water so the flavor and juices stay in the meat rather than leaching into the broth. Cool the cooked chicken, pull it off the bone, and chop it small.
Step 3:

Finely chop the walnuts with a knife.
Step 4:

Grate the cheese on the fine side of the grater. You can also use a processed cheese.
Step 5:

Hard-boil the eggs and cover them with cold water to cool. Peel them and separate the yolks from the whites. Set one white aside to decorate the salad and grate the rest on the fine side.
Step 6:

Build the salad. On a plate of the right size, spread a layer of the chicken, shaping it into a slight oval.
Step 7:

Spread mayonnaise over the top.
Step 8:

Spread the grated egg whites evenly, then add more mayonnaise.
Step 9:

Peel and core the apple and grate it on the coarse side.
Step 10:

Add the apple as the next layer, spreading it evenly over the salad.
Step 11:

The next layer is grated cheese and mayonnaise.
Step 12:

Grate the yolks on the fine side and spread them over the cheese layer. Tidy up the shape of the salad if needed, then brush the top with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
Step 13:

Coat the salad all over with the chopped walnuts.
Step 14:

Cut the reserved egg white into pieces for the turtle's head and feet. Make the eyes from peppercorns. Refrigerate the salad for 1 hour to let it set.
Step 15:

Garnish the salad with parsley leaves before serving. You can pipe a mayonnaise pattern onto the turtle's "shell." Enjoy!

You can swap the chicken for turkey or any other meat you like — just keep in mind it'll change the cooking time and the calorie count.
It's worth making your own mayonnaise — it's tastier and better for you. (There are some great homemade mayonnaise recipes to try.) You can also dress this with sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise, or blend them with mayonnaise in any ratio you like to cut the calories.