Hello dear readers. Not a single holiday is complete without a gorgeous table and treats, among which there are necessarily salads. Given their huge variety, cooking methods and serving variations, it is worth paying attention to the legendary dish from the time of tsarist Russia. The name of such a salad is "Capercaillie's Nest", which is extremely popular and successful among modern housewives. It is often customary to serve it at the festive table. As for the interesting name, it appeared due to the resemblance to the nest of such a bird. Previously, the ingredients included game meat, but modern recipes use chicken fillet mixed with additional ingredients.

Features of the preparation of the legendary salad

Any hostess is simply obliged to learn how to prepare a quick, delicious and incredibly original salad.

A sensation among guests and home will be ensured, since the combination of delicate and delicate taste with an amazing design makes it out of competition.

Its appearance is quite unusual and bright, so it cannot be called simple, since it contains a fairly large number of various ingredients.

If you want to please your guests, then you should be patient and familiarize yourself with the most popular variations of the proposed dish.

Using step by step cooking, you can easily prepare a newfangled salad, consisting of different layers.

Given the combination of products, it is possible to prepare different forms of this culinary creation.

Interestingly, the nest can be cooked with chicken and ham, cabbage, quail eggs and even chips.

It is important to note that the two main and basic ingredients cannot be substituted, namely eggs and fried potatoes, which serve as the basis in the formation of the nest.

Potatoes are an extremely important ingredient, so they should be finely chopped and dried before frying.

Given the fact that appearance is the main trump card of the proposed dish, you can familiarize yourself with numerous photos in order to know exactly how to properly arrange and serve a salad.

The most popular and delicious salad you can make must be crispy fries, cut into very thin strips, quail eggs, and a generous pillow of cheese and dill.

The decoration turns out to be unusually bright and effective, few people will remain indifferent to this dish. As variations, many put cabbage, sprats and mushrooms, carrots, and chips.

1. Salad "Capercaillie's nest" classic - with chicken fillet

The classic recipe for the proposed salad, the wood grouse's nest, is prepared with chicken, since chicken dishes have a more refined and noble taste.

With the help of such a dish, you can easily decorate and revitalize any table, and guests will be completely delighted.

As for the balls, it is quite simple to prepare them. To do this, you need quail eggs, necessarily whole and boiled.

You can even make cheese balls or make a mixture of 150 grams of pate and three yolks.

Required Ingredients:

• onion - about 100 grams;
• potato - 500 grams;
• chicken fillet - 500 grams;
• fresh cucumbers - 300 grams;
• eggs - at least 5 pieces;
• processed cheese - 100g;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• dill, parsley - bunch.

The cooking method is quite simple:

• First you need to boil the fillets, cool, and then chop finely.

• Peel the onions, chop thin enough, leave in boiling water for ten minutes. After that, you can drain the existing liquid and rinse with running water.

• Peel and chop the potatoes into thin enough strips, deep-fry them for an attractive golden crust.

• The cucumbers are cut into very thin strips, and the chicken yolks are separated from the proteins, then grated and the herbs are carefully chopped.

• Half of the fried potatoes must be combined with chicken fillets, onions and egg whites, as well as cucumbers. At this stage, it is necessary to salt the salad, you can add a little ground black pepper, which will help to enhance and emphasize the taste and aroma of the ingredients.

• Add mayonnaise or sour cream, mix thoroughly.

• The yolks and cheese should be grated on a coarse grater, after which you need to add garlic and herbs, mayonnaise, after which you can form balls.

• The next step is to decorate the dish. Put the second part of the potatoes in a circle around the plate, and in the center you need to send chopped greens, and decorate with balls on top.

As you can see, the process of preparing this salad is incredibly simple and straightforward, and a step-by-step recipe with a photo will help even a novice hostess to easily cook it.

2. Salad with mushrooms

For the dish to acquire a certain piquancy and mystery, you can add pickled mushrooms.

Thanks to this component, it is possible to emphasize the sharpness of taste, richness and spiciness of an unusually tasty aroma.

Regarding the balls, for their preparation you can use not processed cheese, but hard cheese, which will make the taste more original.

For cooking, you must use the following ingredients:

• potato - 3 pieces;
• ham - 60 grams;
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• garlic - about 2 teeth;
• chicken fillet - 200 grams;
• lettuce leaves - 3-4 pieces;
• mayonnaise sauce - 110 grams;
• cheese - not less than 100 grams.

Step by step cooking:

• Peel the potatoes and cut into thin strips, send them to a hot frying pan with oil, fry over the fire until golden brown.

• Boil the chicken fillet, then chop into cubes or divide into fibers.

• The ham is chopped into strips, and the mushrooms are cut into small slices.

• Boil eggs, divide into whites and yolks. As for the yolks, grate them on a coarse grater, then add grated cheese, chopped garlic and chopped herbs. The resulting mass is held together with mayonnaise sauce so that there is a viscous mass. Then balls are molded.

• Cover the bottom of the plate with lettuce leaves.

• Mix ham and mushrooms, fillets, grated squirrels, all seasoned with mayonnaise sauce or sour cream.

• The main nuance is the design, so you need crispy fries, you need to make an imitation of the nest. The finished dish is garnished with herbs and cheese balls.

Thus, the technology for preparing this recipe is unusually simple, but at the same time, original and interesting. All guests will beg for the cooking secret.

3. Capercaillie's nest - with cabbage

The legendary salad has many cooking methods, one of which is the addition of cabbage.

The secret and piquancy lies in the fact that it is not used fresh, but fermented. Due to its light pungency, the taste and aroma of the dish becomes very original.

The colorful ingredients help to make the appetizer look fresher and more attractive. Cooking is very simple and affordable, as there is a step-by-step recipe and a photo.

List of required ingredients:

• pickled cabbage - 200 grams;
• potato - 300 grams;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• carrot - about 100 grams;
• processed cheese - 1 PC.;
• vegetable oil - 110 milliliters;
• salt - 2 pinches;
• mayonnaise - one sachet.

Cooking technology:

• Cut the potatoes into strips, fry in hot oil for six minutes.

• Cut the carrots into strips, boil the eggs for ten minutes.

• Finely chop the protein, then combine with potatoes, cabbage and carrots, season with half mayonnaise and salt.

• The resulting mass is used to form the nest.

• Then you need one yolk, grate it, add grated cheese and the rest of the mayonnaise. Form small and neat balls. They need to be dipped in mayonnaise, sprinkled with yolk, laid on top of the mass.

Using this recipe, you can prepare a very tasty and light salad that you may like from the very first spoon.

4. "Bird's Nest" salad - with chips

If for some reason there are no potatoes, then the salad is easily prepared with chips, and this is much easier and faster.

In this case, you do not have to spend time peeling, slicing and frying potatoes, but the bird's nest salad is worth it.

The finished appetizer will look unusually original and fresh, and thanks to smoked chicken, pickled mushrooms, the taste becomes more piquant and bright.

You will need the following ingredients for cooking:

• pickled champignons - one jar;
• smoked chicken - 250 grams;
• onion - 3 heads;
• chicken eggs - 3 pieces;
• pickles - 2 pcs.;
• crisps - not less than 220 grams;
• vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• hard cheese - 200 grams;
• mayonnaise - 1 sachet;
• leaves salad - 2-3 pcs.;
• salt and pepper - taste.

Specificity of step-by-step cooking:

• The meat is cut into strips, and the mushrooms and cucumbers are cut into small cubes.

• Peel the onions, chop and fry in hot oil.

• As for the garlic, it should be finely chopped along with the herbs.

• The whites are separated from the yolks, rubbed on a coarse grater.

• One part of the cheese is rubbed on a grater with large cells, and the other - with small ones. Combine chopped egg yolk with cheese, add some mayonnaise and garlic. The finished mass should be viscous, from it you can mold three medium-sized balls.

• The bottom of the dish is lined with salad leaves, then layers are laid, namely meat, then a net of mayonnaise, mushrooms with onions and again a mayonnaise net. After that, put proteins, mayonnaise and cucumbers, cheese and mayonnaise again.

• The salad is covered with chips, and balls are placed in the middle.

As you can see, the specificity of cooking is incredibly simple and quick, and the result will delight you with its delicate taste and juicy structure.

5. Salad Capercaillie's nest - with meat

So that the festive dish is not only tasty, but also beautiful. That is why you can use a unique recipe for a classic dish.

It is important to note that due to the presence of beef in the proposed appetizer, it becomes more satisfying, therefore it is perfect for a festive table.

If the salad is being prepared for a children's party, then the original presentation will help to interest the child, which will cause a lot of delight and surprise.

The list of necessary products for preparing a meat salad:

• beef - 350 grams;
• potato - 5 items;
• onion - 2 pcs.;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• quail eggs - 6 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - ½ package;
• greens - optional.

Cooking technology:

• Peel the potatoes, grate them on a coarse grater, then fry them using a deep fryer. Put on paper towels to make the glass oil.

• The beef is boiled, cooled, and then crushed.

• Onions are chopped in half rings, the eggs are boiled and then finely chopped.

• Prepared ingredients must be combined with mayonnaise, and then put on plates.

• The highlight of the design is that boiled quail eggs are laid out.

The cooking method is very simple, and the list of ingredients is available, so you can easily prepare a salad for any celebration.

Features of the design and serving of salad to the table

Capercaillie's nest is a legendary, incredibly tasty and aromatic salad that is used by an incredibly popular salad. It is also often called bird's nest salad. But that doesn't change the taste.

Despite the fact that the design and serving of the dish seems complicated, supernatural, in fact, everything is much easier and faster than it seems.

In order for the salad to make a splash, it is necessary to arrange it correctly.

There are many ideas to help you make your snack more appetizing and appetizing.

The first thing to do is to decorate the finished salad with cherry tomatoes, cut in half, and sprinkle with garlic.

Boiled quail eggs, chopped in half, look great. The prepared salad can be served on a plate as a whole portion, sprinkled with mayonnaise and sauce, which is combined with cayenne pepper.

As you can see, the cooking technology is incredibly simple, and the finished result is quite tender, tasty and beautiful.

And here is one salad for example.

Home Kitchen

1. Dip the meat in boiling salted water, add bay leaves and spices, boil until tender. You can put any meat in the Bird's Nest salad - beef, pork, or even the pulp of a chicken or turkey leg. Cool the cooked meat in the broth, then remove and divide into small pieces with a fork. You can, of course, cut it with a knife, but if you tear it with a fork, the salad will turn out to be more tender ..
   
2. Take a flat round dish and place the meat pieces on it so that there is free space in the center ..
   
3. Cut the onion into half rings as thin as possible, put in a plate and pour boiling water over for 3-4 minutes so that excess bitterness leaves it. Throw the onions in a colander, then put them on a napkin to dry ..
4. Grate cucumbers for Korean carrots in long strips. If you don't have such a grater, the usual one will do, but try to keep the cucumber slices as long as possible ..
   
5. Boil the eggs hard-boiled, cool in cold water, then peel and carefully separate into white and yolk so as not to damage the yolks ..
   
6. Cut the proteins into thin strips.
   
7. Grate the cheese on a regular grater. Try to buy dryish cheese for the Bird's Nest salad, which is rubbed with beautiful shavings and does not go into lumps ..
   
8. Spread the grated cucumbers on a layer of meat.
   
9. Cover the cucumbers with a layer of onion.
   
10. Soak the grocery ring generously with mayonnaise.
11. Next, lay out a layer of egg whites, pour mayonnaise again, grabbing the free middle of the dish.
    
12. Sprinkle everything, including the middle, with grated cheese ..
13. In the middle of the salad, beautifully lay out the green parsley sprigs, on which put the egg yolks, decorate the edges of the dish with green sprigs. The Bird's Nest salad is ready, but it doesn't hurt to spend a couple of hours in the refrigerator for soaking. To prevent the cheese and yolks from winding up, cover the dish with cling film, which you will remove just before serving ..
    

Cooking time 50 minutes Difficulty Easy Serves 8 servings

Ingredients:

If you are fed up with ordinary cutlets, no matter what type of meat they are prepared from, I bring to your attention an excellent alternative - chicken nests with onions, cheese and eggs. I think that both adults and children will definitely like them, because in this version the cutlet turns out to be softer, juicy, tender, especially since it is supplemented on top with an unusual egg-cheese sauce. Try this recipe for chicken nests to spice up your family dinner at home. Would need:
Chicken fillet (I used breast fillet) - 2 pcs. (about 800 gr.)
Onions - 1 + 1 + 1 pc. (for scrolling minced meat + into ready-made minced meat + for the nest itself)
Garlic - 1-2 cloves (for minced meat)
Wheat bread - slice (for minced meat)
Eggs - 2 + 2pcs. (for minced meat + for pouring)
Mayonnaise - 2 + 2 tablespoons (for adding to minced meat + for pouring)
Hard cheese - 100 gr. (for filling nests)
Vegetable oil - for greasing the baking sheet.
Salt to taste.
Ground black pepper - to taste.

How to cook chicken nests with onions, cheese and eggs:

First of all, if we are using chicken breast, we need to cut the fillets from the bone. Scroll the meat with onions, garlic and a slice of bread through a meat grinder.

Add eggs, finely chopped onion, mayonnaise to the resulting minced chicken.
Salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly.
In a separate bowl for filling the nests, we combine: eggs, finely grated hard cheese and mayonnaise.
Using a fork, shake the resulting sauce thoroughly until smooth.
In a frying pan with a small addition of vegetable oil, fry the finely chopped onion until tender. Salt a little. Let's start forming chicken nests:
Put the formed cutlets on a baking sheet (I got 5 large cutlets) and pressing the middle with your fingers, we make a depression for pouring.
Put the onions fried in vegetable oil in the first layer.
Then fill our chicken nests to the brim with prepared egg and cheese sauce. We send the baking sheet with the nests to the oven, preheated to 190-200 degrees for 30-40 minutes. The cooking time depends on the size of the chicken nest cooked.
When the meat nests are ready, they are slightly browned, take out the baking sheet and arrange the dish in portions.
As a side dish for the nests, you can serve mashed potatoes, any cereals, pasta, as well as fresh vegetables or salad. I cooked boiled pasta and buckwheat porridge with my homemade ones. The result is very unusual, tender, delicious chicken nests. Such a dish can also be offered to children (if your child is still very young, but loves minced meat dishes, you can cook such chicken nests without adding mayonnaise and steaming - it will turn out to be no less tasty). They will explore it with great pleasure and eat it without a trace.
Bon appetit, Svetlana and her - site!

Having tried chicken nests with mushrooms at least once, you will cook them often, including holiday feasts. Juicy baked minced meat, fried "nest" crust and fragrant mushroom filling - will definitely not remain indifferent. If you have ready-made minced meat, then it will take you very little time to prepare the dish. It is better to take homemade chicken mince. And if you decide to purchase a finished product, then it is desirable that it is fresh and of the best quality.

Ingredients

• 400 g minced chicken
• 100 g champignons
• 1 onion
• 1 chicken egg
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/5 tsp ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp. l. frying oils
• herbs and vegetables for serving

Preparation

1. Prepare the minced chicken. It is advisable that it is made from red meat, not white (from the breast). In the first case, the minced meat will turn out to be fatter, and the "nests" - more juicy.

2. Add chicken egg, half a teaspoon of salt and black pepper to the minced meat. Mix everything and let the minced meat stand for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

3. Now you need to make the filling. Peel the onions and cut them into small cubes. Wash the champignons and chop finely.

4. Heat a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan and add the onion and mushrooms. Salt with a pinch of salt and sprinkle with a little black pepper. Fry over low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

5. Cover the baking sheet with foil, grease it with vegetable oil. Form balls of minced meat with wet hands and place them on foil at a distance of 3-4 cm from each other. Then take a glass with a small diameter bottom, moisten it with water and make a depression in each ball. Nest blanks are ready.