Tiffany Salad with Grapes

A light, elegant salad to grace any holiday table!

Recipe author

Servings:

Chicken fillet

400

Grapes (preferably seedless)

300

Hard cheese

150

Eggs (hard-boiled)

Peanuts (roasted peanuts, or walnuts or almonds)

100

Curry powder

0.5

Salt

Mayonnaise

100

Sour cream

100

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 41 % 14 g

Fats 44 % 15 g

Carbohydrates 15 % 5 g

214 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

The ingredients you'll need.
Step 2:

Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes. Season with salt and, if you like, a little curry powder. Sauté the chicken until cooked through, about 10 minutes — the time depends on the size of your cubes. Don't overcook it; the chicken should stay tender and juicy inside. If it releases a lot of liquid as it cooks, drain it off; you won't need it.
Step 3:

Grate the cheese on a fine grater — this makes the cheese layer light and fluffy. Hard-boil the eggs, cool and peel them, then grate them on a coarse grater.
Step 4:

Rinse the grapes, pat them dry, and halve them. If they have seeds, remove them with a knife.
Step 5:

Mix the mayonnaise with the sour cream for the dressing. Now assemble the salad — a springform pan works well for a neat layered look. Build it up in layers, spreading a little dressing over each. Start with the chicken and a bit of dressing, then a layer of egg, and more dressing.
Step 6:

Then the peanuts and the cheese, spreading dressing over each layer.
Step 7:

Top the salad with the grapes. Refrigerate overnight so the flavors meld and the layers soak through.
Step 8:

Enjoy! Happy Women's Day — love and happiness to all!

This original, tender Tiffany salad with juicy chicken is well worth trying for its unusual but delicious mix of ingredients. Chicken, cheese, grapes, and nuts make a wonderful quartet! You can serve it for any celebration — New Year's, a birthday, and especially International Women's Day — and it always dresses up the table beautifully. Salads that pair grapes with chicken still feel a little unexpected, but the combination is so harmonious and refined that this elegantly named appetizer earns a permanent spot on the holiday menu. Its beauty is in its simplicity: it uses everyday ingredients anyone can find. Yet swap the walnuts for pistachios, pine nuts, or almonds, use smoked or grilled chicken instead of poached, or change up the cheese, and the salad takes on a whole new character. Chicken breast, cheese, eggs, and nuts form the classic base — vary the amounts, varieties, and preparation to suit your taste.