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"Men's Dreams" Layered Chicken Salad

A take on the classic layered chicken-breast salad. This tasty, juicy, satisfying salad with the playful name appeals to men and women alike. It's made from simple, budget-friendly ingredients, yet it earns a spot front and center on the holiday table.

Anna

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken breast (pre-cooked)

200

Onion

Eggs (boiled)

Hard cheese

Sugar

Salt

0.5

Vinegar (9%)

Mayonnaise

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 42 % 13 g

Fats 45 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 13 % 4 g

195 kcal

GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

Gather everything you'll need. Use medium eggs and onion. For the cheese I use Parmesan. The breast is small—half a whole chicken breast—and it's best to salt it as it cooks. The salt, sugar, and vinegar are for pickling the onion. The salad is dressed with mayonnaise, or you can use a blend of mayonnaise and sour cream. Have a serving dish ready.
Step 2:

Peel the onion and slice it into half-rings. Put it in a deep bowl, add the salt, sugar, and vinegar, and pour hot water over it. Let it marinate for 20 minutes, then drain and squeeze out the onion.
Step 3:

Cut the cooked, cooled chicken breast into small pieces and spread it across the bottom of your serving dish. If you're making it for the men, season the breast with pepper at this point. Any dish works—flat platter or deep bowl.
Step 4:

This is a layered salad, so coat each layer with mayonnaise to keep it juicy. You can coat the chicken fully, or pipe a mayonnaise lattice to use less. Pipe a lattice over the chopped chicken.
Step 5:

Add the marinated onion as the next layer and pipe a mayonnaise lattice over it.
Step 6:

Peel the cooked, cooled eggs and grate them on the large holes of a grater (or chop them finely). Pipe a mayonnaise lattice over the egg layer.
Step 7:

Grate the hard cheese on the fine holes. Add it as the final layer over the eggs and finish with a mayonnaise lattice.
Step 8:

Chill the finished salad for at least half an hour before serving so the layers meld and the salad turns out juicier and more balanced. Serve it as an appetizer on the holiday table or alongside dinner—it pairs especially well with potatoes, whether boiled, baked, or fried. The marinated onion makes it wonderfully juicy and a little out of the ordinary.

Homemade mayonnaise is worth the effort—it's tastier and better for you. You don't have to use mayonnaise at all, though: sour cream or plain yogurt also make a great dressing, on their own or blended with mayonnaise in any ratio to lighten things up.
How to hard-boil eggs: to keep them from cracking, start them in cold water over low heat. Cook for 9 minutes once the water boils, then transfer to cold water to cool. The sudden temperature change makes them easier to peel.