Salad "Chamomile" - the original decoration of the festive table

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

There are many different recipes for beautiful and tasty snacks, Chamomile is one of those basic salads that you can take note of and experiment with your imagination and the availability of food in the refrigerator.

Salad "Chamomile": the main secrets

The main feature of this salad is its design: it should be decorated in the form of a flower or a clearing. There are no standards. Because everyone sees a chamomile flower differently. One likes small inflorescences with thin petals. And he will decorate his salad in this way, using egg white cut into thin slices as petals. Simple but original. Another prefers large flowers and will make the whole salad in the form of a single flower with large petals, which will act as protein plates. It is also beautiful and extraordinary. Chamomile salad with chips instead of petals remains very popular. Looks interesting.

Another nuance of the Chamomile salad is that it is made in layers. And this can be seen in any of its variations. Below are several recipes for every taste.

Chips for decoration

Many people liked the appetizer with crunchy ingredients: croutons, profiteroles, etc. There is a variant of cooking Chamomile salad with chips. To do this, you will need the following products:

• pickled mushrooms (to your taste) - 0.2 kg;
• onions - one medium size head;
• canned or fresh corn (grains) - 1 can;
• chicken fillet - 0.6 kg;
• chicken egg - 3 pcs;
• medium-sized carrots - 2 pieces;
• mayonnaise (or sour cream) - 0.2 kg;
• parsley for decoration (or inside the salad to taste);
• odorless vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
• chips (round or oval plates) - 1 pack.

Cooking method:

• remove liquid from all canned foods;
• boil chicken meat in water with a little s alt;
• boil eggs and divide into yolk and protein;
• boil carrots and grate;
• peel the onion, chop finely and pour boiling water to remove bitterness;
• if the mushrooms are large, then they should be cut into slices.

After all the products are prepared, you can start assembling the salad in layers in the following order:

• greens;
• chicken fillet;
• proteins (coarsely grated);
• mushroom plates;
• onion (pre-pressed from water);
• carrot;
• yolks (grated)
• corn.

All layers are smeared with a thin layer of mayonnaise or sour cream (except for the top one). After the finished dish is soaked, it is decorated around the circumference with crispy slices of chips and served.

Fried chicken variant

The next Chamomile salad recipe with chicken will be no less tasty and interesting. For him you need to have:

• chicken fillet (or any other chicken meat) - 0.2 kg;
• hard cheese - 0.1 kg;
• mushrooms - 0.5 kg;
• chicken eggs - 6 pieces;
• olives - 80 g;
• mayonnaise (or sour cream) - 0.2 kg;
• chips - 1 pack.

Chicken eggs are boiled until tender. Three of them are rubbed on a coarse grater. The rest is divided into protein and yolk. The latter are softened with a fork or tinder on a fine grater. The remaining proteins can either be rubbed with the rest of the eggs, or left for another dish. Chicken meat is cut into small pieces and fried in a slightly oiled frying pan. Mushrooms are also fried, pre-cut into slices. The cheese is grated.

Products are laid out in layers in a prepared container:

• chicken meat;
• mayonnaise;
• mushrooms;
• grated eggs;
• mayonnaise;
• hard cheese;
• mayonnaise;
• crushed yolks.

Salad must be soaked for at least 6 hours. After that, you can decorate it. Cut the olives into 4 parts and spread over the surface of the salad, put the petals around the circumference -chips. Salad is ready to serve.

Fish salad

How to make Chamomile salad for canned fish lovers? A very simple recipe will help in the implementation of the idea. Of the products you will need the following:

• preserved fish in oil - 1 can;
• rice (precooked) - 1.5 cups;
• onion (medium size onion) - 1;
• medium size carrot - 1;
• chicken eggs - 2;
• fresh cucumber - 1;
• mayonnaise (sour cream or other dressing to taste) - 0.2 kg;
• white radish (daikon) - for decorating the salad with petals.

The principle of food preparation is simple:

• boil eggs;
• fry carrots grated on a coarse grater in a pan;
• cut the onion into half rings and marinate;
• mash the fish with a fork;
• cucumber cut into small cubes;
• divide the yolks and whites and grate separately on a fine grater.

Next, the salad is assembled in the following sequence:

• rice;
• fish;
• mayonnaise;
• bow;
• carrot;
• mayonnaise;
• cucumber;
• mayonnaise;
• egg white;
• mayonnaise;
• yolk.

The final touch of this salad will be the decoration of chamomile petals. To do this, cut the white radish into thin slices and spread around the yellow core.