It’s cold and gray outside the window, the weather isn’t happy ... On such days, we all want to spend more time at home, closer to the warm hearth, and to direct our strength mainly to the realization of creative ideas, creating with our own hands a cozy beauty for our loved ones and loved ones.
Cooking is a separate topic and is truly inexhaustible for the application of fantasy. Therefore, let's create something not just tasty, but very beautiful, bright, unusual. Holiday is on the nose!
Just imagine: here, they came to your house frozen, and maybe even a little saddened by the influence of the bad weather, the guests came to the laid table, and you have there ... a sunflower blossomed! Just like a real, big, bright! Such a completely summer, like the sun, cheerful, and most importantly - very, very tasty! What a surprise! Ay yes mistress! Where did this miracle come from?
In fact, Sunflower is a festive puff salad. It is prepared easily and quickly, it has a soft, delicate taste, it requires very little, but it looks amazing at the same time. Well, let's create this masterpiece for your loved ones? Give them a piece of summer?
Today we will cook three varieties of this tasty salad:
To begin with, we will reveal to you a couple of secrets, thanks to which you will be able to make a really delicious salad.
Sunflower - salad is very simple in every sense of the word. Its leading components, which determine the main "sound" of the melody of its taste, are either meat (chicken) or cod liver. Both of these products themselves are quite tasty, and therefore you should not interrupt their taste in a salad with an abundance of other products, especially spicy, with a strong smell. The main rule of Sunflower cooking is to avoid multiplicity. It is only at first glance it seems that you can put more of this in the salad, and this, and it will be very cool. But do not give in to this temptation - the dish will only lose from this. The task of the cook in preparing this salad is to skillfully emphasize and complement the taste of the main product (meat or fish).
The second important point is that since the Sunflower salad has not only a taste value, but also an aesthetic, on a festive table, it is necessary to cook it very carefully. And therefore you should pay close attention to the choice of chips, designed to become the petals of the future flower. Chips must be of the best quality: oblong, of equal size, not crumbling.
The number of products indicated in the recipes is intended for approximately 8 people, taking into account that on the table you, besides Sunflower, will have at least 2-3 other salads. As a rule, a person needs a total of 200-250 g of salads.
In this recipe, the delicate flavor of boiled chicken is successfully combined with cheese and eggs. All beloved classics, which under the power of any, even a novice mistress.
Tip: in the absence of fresh mushrooms, for the preparation of Sunflower, you can use and dried. It is important to know that in this case it is necessary to soak the mushrooms in advance, a few hours before cooking, so that the pieces are completely saturated with moisture and become fresh in consistency.
The first step is to fry the mushrooms. Cut them into medium-sized pieces and place them in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil. When frying, constantly stir the mushroom mass so that the moisture comes out of it faster and more evenly.
Do not forget to properly salt the roast in the cooking process.
Be very careful not to stick. Most importantly, remember that fresh mushrooms during heat treatment give a strong shrinkage in volume, so do not be stingy, buy just in case mushrooms with a margin.
At the end of cooking you can, if you want, add finely chopped onions to the mushrooms for frying. With fried onions, the dish will taste juicier, but without onions the salad will come out easier, not so oily. Choose what you like more.
Boiled chicken cut with a sharp knife into neat pieces.
Put on the dish the first layer of chicken in the form of a neat circle.
Now cover it with thin stripes or a grid of mayonnaise.
Tip: Mayonnaise for smearing layers is best applied not directly from the package, but with the help of a special cooking bag with a narrow opening. So you are guaranteed not to overdo it with this heavy product, which will positively affect the taste of the dish. In addition, often the hole for mayonnaise on the package is too wide, which complicates the process of careful squeezing it into the salad. With the same pastry bag you can manage to do everything easily and beautifully.
If you do not have such a bag, simply cut a small corner from a plastic bag of mayonnaise.
Put the fried mushrooms in the next layer.
Again draw a small thin mayonnaise lattice.
The third layer will be egg whites rubbed on a coarse grater.
Attention! We do not lubricate this layer with mayonnaise.
Put a layer of cheese on a large grater over the proteins.
Draw on top of a thin mayonnaise mesh.
The last layer - egg yolks, shredded on a fine grater.
Drain the liquid from the olives and decorate the surface of the lettuce with them, laying out the fruits in the form of sunflower seeds.
If the olives are large, cut them in half lengthwise.
Using chips to build the petals of your delicious flower.
Look, what a beauty turned out!
Ready salad clean in the cold for at least 6 hours.
There is another common recipe for this holiday recipe. In this version there is a carrot in the composition and a completely different design option. See the video recipe for details.
This is a more piquant version of this dish. The bright, rich, specific aroma of cod liver is successfully softened by products with a delicate and neutral taste. Very harmonious combination!
Attention: in this salad we will not coat each layer with mayonnaise. To prevent the dish from getting too heavy, we will add mayonnaise through the layer, since cod liver is a component with a very high fat content, and there is a risk to overdo it with the total fat content of the salad.
The first step is to pickle the onions. So it will leave him extra bitterness, due to which the salad will turn out more tender. Finely chop the onion and cover with vinegar. Insist 20-30 minutes.
Drain excess liquid from the cod liver and put the mixture in a small bowl. Gently mash the mass with a fork so that it breaks up into small pieces. But do not overdo it, do not turn cod liver into a paste.
Take a flat salad bowl and place the cod liver pieces on its bottom in the shape of a circle.
Drain the marinade from the onion and cover with a layer of cod liver.
Draw a thin mesh of mayonnaise.
The next layer lay boiled carrots, grated on a large grater.
Draw a mayonnaise grid again.
Now lay out a layer of cheese, grated on a large grater.
From the chips build petals.
Ready salad clean for several hours in the cold.
Tip: in order to make the layers of salad easier to lay out in the form of the correct circle, use a special culinary form-ring.
Oh, what a wonderful flower we have turned out! So also to eat it, without departing from a kitchen table! But do not hurry, let the salad properly insist - it will make it even tastier and more tender. On a festive table in the company to the Sunflower, be sure to put vases with fruits (apples, pears, grapes, peaches), as well as fresh vegetable salads with lots of greenery, in order to better emphasize the warm summer theme of the winter festive table. Your guests are guaranteed a great mood!
The author of the decoration of the dish with chips is unknown, but the idea settled down and became popular. The classic recipe for salad "Sunflower" with chips includes, as a rule, chicken. The best companion of chicken, in my opinion, are mushrooms. These two ingredients are perfectly combined and easily accept grated cheese and eggs to their company. All products are laid out in layers and coated with mayonnaise. As a result, you get a very tasty, nourishing and elegant layered salad, which will take only 10 minutes to prepare (if you boil chicken and eggs beforehand).
What else can include "Sunflower" with chips? Canned corn, seafood, cod liver and other canned fish, smoked meat, beans, of course, onions and carrots. After cooking the salad is not necessary. It is also not worth keeping it, it is better to cook at one time, because, as you know, mayonnaise is a product that quickly loses freshness.
On a note. Salt layers of salad is not necessary! Chicken, mushrooms, cheese, olives and chips contain enough salt.
Total cooking time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Yield: 2 servings
Boil chicken fillet in lightly salted water before cooking - about 20 minutes from the moment of boiling, cool in broth. Then cut the meat into an average dice and place it on the bottom of a round dish. From above we coat with mayonnaise. If you wish, you can replace the boiled fillet with smoked chicken, it will turn out no less tasty.
Slice the champignons and fry in a small amount of vegetable oil with onion, chopped cube. At the end of frying, when the mushrooms are reddened and all the excess moisture leaves the pan, add salt and pepper to taste. Chilled champignons lay out the second layer in the salad. The layer can not be covered with mayonnaise, since the fried mushrooms themselves are quite fatty.
The third layer is cheese, chopped on a fine grater. We distribute it evenly over the mushrooms, but it does not need to be pressed down with a spoon, let the cheese layer remain lush. We cover with a thin mayonnaise mesh.
Chicken eggs, boiled hard boiled, divided into proteins and yolks (each component is laid out separately from each other). Squirrels are crushed on a fine grater and laid out evenly, on top also covered with mayonnaise sauce.
Top sleep with grated yolks - this is the final layer, the base of our salad is ready! Getting to the design.
On the side of the plate we place potato chips, lightly, as it were, piercing a salad hill. The result will be "sunflower petals." You can make a frill single or double.
Cut pitted olives into quarters - they will imitate the “seeds”. Put them in the center of the dish. If desired, you can make a decoration of cherry tomatoes in the form of a ladybug and sit it on the salad "Sunflower".
Serve the classic “Sunflower” salad with chips right after cooking. All layers are quite juicy and do not need additional impregnation.
Salads with chicken and mushrooms are often prepared for the holiday table. They turn out tasty and appetizing. They are loved for their delicate taste, for the availability of products and ease of preparation.
Recently, a lot has been written about healthy and healthy food, and therefore chicken meat can best meet the requirements for proper nutrition, especially if we use chicken breast in a dish. It has a low calorie and neutral taste. Because of what goes well with many products. In addition, its price is also quite affordable. Therefore, housewives are increasingly giving her preference.
Today we will talk about a very tasty, beautiful and original salad "Sunflower". Such design and content will be the decoration of any holiday table. Ahead of the New Year, and everyone will be looking for original and tasty options on the Internet. This option may well decorate the New Year's table, despite the summer name. With his bright, colorful view, he will remind us that winter is not eternal, and that spring will surely come soon, and after it summer. And the sunflowers will again open their petals towards the sunlight.
The other day I cooked this dish according to the classic recipe, to the arrival of guests. It turned out very beautiful. While the guests were gathering, many flattering words were said about the salad on the table. When everyone gathered together and sat down at the table, the alluring appearance of the dish apparently made its impression. After 15-20 minutes nothing was left of him on a plate, although it turned out not to be small. But besides him, there were other snacks on the table.
And so in principle it happens almost always. Begin to "eat" his eyes already! And they do not stop until they eat up the whole, already and not only with their eyes.
We will need:
1. Boil chicken breast in lightly salted water. Cool, peel, if you are not using the finished fillet, and cut into small cubes or small straws. Who as he wants.
Someone leaves the skin, someone removes. But if we are for a healthy diet, it is better to remove it. In addition, in my opinion, chicken skin, which, if not removed, interferes with the delicate taste in general. Slices of fat have a slightly salty taste and reflect on the overall taste of the whole dish.
Therefore, I support the fact that in all dishes that use chicken meat, the skin must be removed. And also for using chicken fillet (breast, cleared of skin), and not other parts of chicken.
2. The second main component is mushrooms. Today I have forest fresh mushrooms. Of these, the finished product turns out the most delicious. In addition, these mushrooms also have a wonderful forest scent, which is also important.
If we want us to make a delicious salad, then all the ingredients must be delicious.
If it is possible to freeze wild mushrooms, be sure to use it. All dishes with their use in winter and spring can also be made from frozen mushrooms.
But if it was not possible to make stocks, then mushrooms that are sold all year round come to the rescue - these are champignons. It was from them that we cooked already, and we remember how tasty it was! But try and in the winter, and in the summer to get them all the same fresh. Although of course they cook dishes with frozen and canned champignons.
3. Mushrooms must be cleaned from forest litter. And also clean the leg, scraping it and removing the dark layer. Cut into large pieces. Then pour them with water and boil them.
As the water boils, mark the time and boil lightly with salt for 10 minutes. During all this time, remove the foam.
4. Then we throw back the mushrooms in a colander and let it drain.
5. Onions - a small head, also cut into smaller cubes and fry in butter. Pour a couple of tablespoons of oil into the pan first, if not enough, add another spoon.
6. Fry onions until slightly golden, no need to overcook. And immediately add the mushrooms. Reduce heat and fry onions with mushrooms for another 10 minutes. Put in a flat plate to quickly cool down. Then cut into small cubes.
7. Boil eggs to readiness. Separate the whites from the yolks. Protein grate on a coarse grater, and the yolks on the smallest. Try to choose for cooking eggs with a bright yolk. Then the finished dish will look like a real sunflower - bright and colorful!
8. Grate the cheese on a coarse or medium grater.
9. Cut olives into two halves. That we will have "seeds" of our sunflower.
10. Prepare mayonnaise and sour cream. You can fill the ingredients only with mayonnaise. I will do 50 to 50, mixing sour cream and mayonnaise. So, the finished dish will turn out less calorie and more delicious, because two gas stations are always better than one.
If you can make mayonnaise yourself, make it yourself. Homemade mayonnaise is certainly better than its store counterparts. But if you buy in a store, then do not save and buy good quality mayonnaise. Better using olive oil.
Sometimes the whole secret of any salad is in mayonnaise. Everyone cooks the dish according to one recipe, but one makes it delicious, and the other - you won’t take it in your mouth! Therefore - do not save on mayonnaise, or cook it yourself. And then any dish you will have is just delicious!
11. And finally, chips! The product is not very useful - I agree, but art requires sacrifice! To create such a culinary masterpiece - chips are needed. In the end, if completely against them, when you eat, just put them aside. Make it simple, with salad chips are not mixed. We will have this decor, namely, sunflower petals.
Buy chips in a box, there they are all whole and not broken. I use cheese-flavored “Pringles” chips.
Well, that's all prepared, it remains to prepare only a large flat plate or dish. On a small plate, the dish does not fit, I warn you right away, pay attention to this!
1. The first bottom layer is chicken fillet. But before we spread it on a dish, mix it with mayonnaise and sour cream in the container in which it lies with us.
This will allow each piece of sauce to soak when they infuse. If you mix it immediately on a platter, it will be ugly, smeared, smeared.
Therefore, we mix chicken meat with sauces on a separate plate, and then carefully lay out the dish on which we will serve. Let's pepper this layer a bit to give the salad an extra flavor and a little tinge.
2. The next layer lay out the cooled mushrooms with onions. This layer will not be smeared with anything, it is already smeared with oil already. If in the plate on which the mushrooms were lying, the butter is left below, then it is not necessary to pour it out. Mushrooms and onions have already taken as much oil as they needed.
Press the layers is not necessary. We spread the ingredients freely, as they will lay down. The layers themselves will be compacted while they will be soaked in the way they need!
3. Then lay out the grated proteins from the eggs. This layer is also lubricated with sour cream and mayonnaise in equal proportions. Or just mayonnaise, if you are a fan of it.
By the way, you can prepare in advance a mixture of mayonnaise and sour cream, mixing everything in a separate bowl. Stir not very much so as not to remain. It is always better to mix in addition.
And it is also very important not to abuse the lubrication. We have a salad with mayonnaise, not mayonnaise with it. Sometimes they put so much mayonnaise in a dish that there is no longer a taste of anything else. And all the ingredients in it almost float. Everything is good when everything is in moderation.
4. On the proteins lay out a layer of grated cheese. It will also need to be slightly flavored with dressing.
5. Now gently, so as not to mash, lay out the top layer of egg yolk. Sometimes this last layer lay out pickled corn. But in this case, another layer of mayonnaise is applied to the corn.
I prefer egg yolk, because in this case, you can do without additional lubrication.
We try to distribute the egg yolk so that it covers not only the upper part, but also the side walls.
6. Spread on half sliced olives in a circle. This is our “sunflower seeds” of sunflower, so we place them in the appropriate order. We press each half slightly to keep it well.
And this is our last layer. We will lay out the chips just before serving. Otherwise they will soften ahead of time and will not be crispy.
None of the layers I do not sol. Chicken breast and mushrooms were boiled in salted water. There is salt in mayonnaise and chips. And in chips it is even more than normal. I just peppered a layer of chicken meat and that's it.
But I advise you to try a layer of mushroom and a layer of chicken meat. If boiled, and salt is not enough, then the layers should be salted to taste.
7. Put the finished dish in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, but better than an hour at 4. During this time, the layers will be well soaked in dressing, infused and slightly cooled.
Since we did not press the layers, the salad will be gentle and airy. Since they did not use a lot of mayonnaise, it will not be fatty and highly caloric.
It would seem that all this stuff, but the taste of the dish depends on these little things. That is exactly what we are trying so hard for! After all, we are preparing a dish for our most beloved and close people. Therefore, do not neglect the details, they are very important!
8. Before serving, make the petals of chips. The dish immediately changed, it became so beautiful and alluring! All ... Serve it on the table, spread chips on a la carte plates, and a salad on them. It is best to cut it into triangles, like cutting a cake. And also serve like a cake. To keep all layers saved.
We eat with pleasure!
This is a recipe for the classic version called "Sunflower". But as always, there are many variations of it. So very tasty it turns out from smoked chicken breast and pineapple. We have already prepared a similar option, it is called that. We have it cooked in a different design, but may well be prepared in this.
There is another tasty version, where instead of chicken meat are used crab sticks, and instead of mushrooms corn. And this option is also not bad.
Met recipes where the layers can be from carrots and potatoes, and probably so you can cook. But I still like the classic recipe the most.
In my opinion there is nothing superfluous. Everything is balanced and balanced. And most importantly, such a dish is always eaten very quickly. And this, whatever one may say, is the main positive indicator of any of the salads! Well and quickly eaten - it means tasty and enjoyed!
And in conclusion let me remind you once again that if you decide to cook a “Sunflower” salad for any holiday, and for the New Year, it is always a guarantee of success! The cost of both monetary and temporary - at least. And the result is always 5 s +. So cook, create and eat with pleasure.
Enjoy your meal!
Salad "Sunflower" with chips is famous not only for its wonderful taste, but also for its original serving. You can cook it from different components, but outwardly it must look like a real sunflower.
Most often, for serving this salad, chips and olives are used, but there are many other ways to decorate the salad. Serving products can be sunflower seeds, peas, canned corn or regular chopped egg yolk. With the help of small cherry tomatoes you can make ladybirds, with the help of multi-colored olives - bees.
"Sunflower" is a dish that is placed in the center of the festive table, as its main decoration. But in taste it is not inferior to other salads. Whatever additional components are used for cooking, "Sunflower" will always be nourishing, nutritious and very tasty.
Most often, the basis of this salad is chicken. But if you replace it with any other, even if it is fishy, the taste will still be pleasant and original.
Salad "Sunflower" - a win-win for any celebration! We offer a selection of 15 recipes for this dish.
One of the easiest varieties to prepare very quickly.
Products need such:
Any mushrooms are suitable for this recipe, just champignons are considered the most traditional salad variety. Olives should be pitted.
Other features can be found in the video.
There are more components in this salad, but it is also easy to prepare. The taste is nourishing, but light, thanks to the successful combination of meat and pineapples.
To prepare this version of "Sunflower" you will need the following products:
Instead of chicken, you can use ham. Choosing mushrooms, it is better to stop on champignons.
Salad is prepared as follows:
It’s better to start serving after the salad has cooled completely. Place the chips in a circle, and your dish will look like a sunflower.
This is a diet version of the salad, because it uses canned fish, not chicken. To make the dish even less high-calorie, mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream.
For cooking fish "Sunflower" will need the following products:
The cooking process is demonstrated in the video, as is the way of serving.
Sunflower seeds are excellent for the subject of salad "Sunflower", and with the rest of the products are combined just fine.
Salad Ingredients:
In order not to waste too much time, it is better to buy immediately peeled seeds. One pack will be enough.
Salad is prepared in the following sequence:
Salad turns out very nourishing and nutritious, because it contains a lot of high-calorie components.
Cooking for this recipe takes a minimum of time. Using a simplified version, you can pamper your loved ones with this dish at least every day.
To prepare the salad you need the following products:
Olives should not contain seeds, chips for serving is better to use oval.
More information about this salad can be obtained from the video.
This is a classic variety that is cooked most often. Such a dish would be appropriate on any holiday table, and everyone will love it.
To prepare the salad "Sunflower" with the traditional composition, take the following products:
Chicken meat with mushrooms is considered the most safe option in cooking. Even if you “wise a little” with proportions, this component will save the salad.
Preparation of the classic "Sunflower" can be divided into the following stages:
In this recipe, you can use fried mushrooms, but this will happen a little longer in time.
This salad is a bit like “Olivier” in taste, as it also contains potatoes and cucumbers. But the remaining components add variety, the dish turns out to be both classic and original.
To make a salad, you need to take such products:
More information about the cooking process is described in the video.
Usually, champignons are used to make salads, but for this recipe other mushrooms are needed - honey mushrooms. Cheese also needs a special variety. These minor, it would seem, little things, significantly affect the taste of the salad.
Products for cooking:
This kind of “Sunflower” is being prepared as follows:
Salad turns out tasty and beautiful. Enjoy your meal!
Simple and nourishing salad, which guests will immediately fill up. But still they will ask for a supplement.
Components are:
This salad is notable for the fact that there is not a single vegetable in it, only legumes. But still the taste is very varied and rich. For spiciness, you can add a clove of garlic.
This salad is made like this:
Salad ready. For additional serving, you can use mushrooms and cherry tomatoes.
In this recipe, instead of chicken is used crab meat. The taste is more interesting and non-trivial.
Salad Ingredients:
This recipe does not use chicken fillets, but chicken liver. The finished salad has a more extravagant taste.
For cooking you need such a grocery set:
Salad "Sunflower" with chicken liver is prepared in this order:
To let the salad soak well, it needs to be covered with plastic wrap, and let it brew for about an hour in the refrigerator.
Salad is light and pleasant to the taste.
Components:
The process of cooking this salad is described in detail in the video.
Very rich salad, consisting of many components.
Composition:
Salad preparation algorithm:
Salad should brew a little in the fridge. Before serving it is decorated with chips.
A simple recipe that requires a minimum of time and effort. Salad turns out very satisfying, because it contains a lot of mayonnaise.
To prepare the necessary components:
The last two components should be used in very small quantities, literally at the tip of a teaspoon. They serve only as flavors, and can spoil the whole dish if you overdo it.
Sprat salad "Sunflower" is prepared as follows:
It now remains to make a real sunflower out of the dish. We make petals of chips, olives seeds. Salad is ready, bon appetit!
The composition of this dish is rich in many ingredients, but cooking it is easy and pleasant.
Composition:
To prepare a salad with black caviar, you need to do the following:
The beauty of this salad is that it has a double flavor. The lower part of the salad consists solely of vegetables, the upper one of more nutritious products. Contrast gives amazing taste.