At the mention of salad with green peas, only Olivier immediately comes to mind. But it turns out that many delicious dishes can be prepared with this canned product.
Almost no New Year is complete without Olivier salad on the festive table. The recipe for this dish is very simple, although every housewife has her own little recipes. To prepare the classic version of Olivier, you need to take: 400 grams of green peas; 300 grams of beef, chicken or sausage; 4 eggs; 300 grams of potatoes; 150 grams of cucumbers: pickled, fresh or pickled; 100-150 grams of onions; salt and mayonnaise to taste. If meat is chosen for the recipe, then it must be boiled until fully cooked. With sausage, the salad will acquire a slightly different taste, but this is the option that many people like. Potatoes are best cooked in their skins and cooled before peeling.
Onions, meat or sausages, potatoes, cucumbers for Olivier salad should be cut into cubes, the eggs should be boiled hard and then finely chopped. Add green peas to all components of the salad, mix everything thoroughly. First, you need to salt the salad, and then season with mayonnaise. You can decorate the dish with fresh herbs, lay it out in the shape of a herringbone or a beautiful slide.
Boiled carrots can be added to the Olivier salad to give bright accents.
If there is no sausage or meat in the refrigerator, and you really want a salad with green peas, you can prepare a light version of Olivier. To do this, take: 1 can of green peas; 300 grams of cucumbers, can be fresh or canned; 3 eggs; lettuce leaves; salt and mayonnaise. Eggs must be boiled and peeled, then finely chopped. Cucumbers should be cut into cubes, lettuce leaves should be torn with hands and mixed with peas, eggs. In this case, salt is added to taste, and the whole salad can be seasoned with mayonnaise. Such a salad is very light and tasty, suitable for a daily menu and will be a pleasant addition to a heavy festive table.
Since summer and autumn are the time for fresh vegetables, it is worth taking advantage of such gifts of nature and preparing a salad with such a favorite green peas based on them. For the summer salad, you need to take: 300 grams of fresh white cabbage; 300 grams of meat, chicken or smoked sausage; 1 can of peas; 3 eggs; 150 grams of carrots; salt and mayonnaise. Before cooking, meat or chicken must be boiled, as for an Olivier salad. Cut the sausage or meat into pieces, chop the cabbage into strips, grate the carrots. Eggs must be boiled, peeled and finely chopped. Mix them with the rest of the products, add green peas to the salad. Season the dish with mayonnaise and salt to taste.
The big advantage of this dish is that it contains fresh vegetables that are rich in vitamins. If you remove the sausage from the salad, it is quite possible to season it with vegetable or olive oil. This makes a fairly light dish.
