Beets are a tasty and healthy vegetable, however, not all housewives know what can be cooked with root vegetables. You can diversify the usual menu with a salad with beets. Due to its taste, the vegetable goes well with various products, giving the dish an unusual flavor.
If you have never cooked a salad with beets, then the recipes below will help fill this culinary gap. The recipes will be tasty and simple, even an inexperienced housewife can repeat them in her kitchen.
Beetroot salad recipe number 1
This simple beetroot salad won't require you to buy a lot of groceries. But even with a minimum of ingredients, the dish will delight you with excellent taste. To prepare the dish you will need:
- 250 g of boiled beets;
- 150 g of canned (fresh) pineapple;
- 30 g walnuts;
- Ground black pepper and salt to taste;
- 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise;
- Greenery for decoration.
Beetroot salad is prepared like this:
- Take the boiled beetroot, remove the peel from it. Cut the peeled root vegetable into medium-sized cubes.
- Open a jar of pineapples, drain the syrup, cut the fruit into cubes similar in size to the beets. If fresh pineapple is used to make beetroot salad, peel the fruit and then cut into cubes.
- Remove the walnuts from the shell, chop the kernels with a knife.
- Combine prepared ingredients: beets, pineapples and nuts in a convenient plate. Stir in salad, season with mayonnaise, add pepper and salt if necessary.
- Before serving salad with beets, it is recommended to decorate with finely chopped herbs.
Salad with beets, the recipe for which is described above, turns out to be very tasty, it will look bright and festive. Therefore, it is suitable not only for a family dinner, but also, for example, for the New Year.
Beetroot salad recipe number 2
A salad with beets, the recipe for which will be presented below, is unlikely to be suitable for a festive table. But as an easy dinner or an addition to lunch - quite. The salad turns out to be quite satisfying and tasty. To prepare a dish, take:
- 200 g of boiled beets;
- 100 g of long grain rice (it is recommended to take a mixture of wild and parboiled);
- 100 g red onions;
- 50 g raisins;
- 2 tbsp. l. table vinegar;
- 1 tbsp. l. honey;
- 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
- 30 ml of vegetable oil (olive oil is recommended in the original recipe, but this is a matter of taste);
- Lettuce leaves, herbs;
- Spices to taste.
Steps for preparing beetroot salad:
- Cook the rice until cooked, following the instructions on the package with the product. It is convenient to take rice in bags for preparing salad, but the usual one will do.
- Peel the red onion, cut into thin rings and place in a deep bowl.
- Prepare the marinade in a separate bowl: combine honey, vinegar, oil and lemon juice. Stir the ingredients, pour the red onion with the resulting marinade. Leave the vegetable to marinate for 5-7 minutes.
- Peel the boiled beets. The vegetable can be diced or grated on a coarse shredder. Decide for yourself.
- Send the prepared beets to the pickled onions.
- Wash the raisins under running water, then pour boiling water over for 5-10 minutes. Drain the liquid from the raisins, send the product to the beets and onions.
- Put boiled rice in a salad bowl, stir the dish. Try the appetizer, add salt and pepper if needed.
You can serve salad with beets on a flat dish, which is recommended to be covered with lettuce leaves. Sprinkle the appetizer with chopped herbs on top.
As you can see, a salad with beets can be prepared according to a simple recipe, adding just a couple of ingredients to the dish, or you can make a complex appetizer. Try both recipes in your kitchen and decide which one you prefer.
