One of the traditional New Year's table treats is everyone's favorite salad "Olivier". Some prefer to see the classic look of this dish as part of their New Year's menu, while others do not accept the annual monotony. Prepare an original salad "Olivier", treat yourself and your loved ones with a new pleasant taste of the traditional New Year's treat. Choose from the two suggested variations of New Year's salad, or try both salads.
Olivier salad with chicken
For this variation of New Year's salad, you will need the following ingredients: 340 g of semi-smoked chicken fillet; 3 boiled potatoes; 4 boiled chicken eggs; 2 boiled carrots; 1 medium onion; 180 g canned green peas; 200 g sour cream fifteen percent fat; 2 pickled cucumbers; dill greens; salt (to taste).
Finely chop eggs, potatoes, cucumbers, semi-smoked meat in an enamel or glass dish, put peas. Chop the onion finely. Cut thirty-seven sticks from the carrots half a centimeter thick, thirty-six sticks should be about two centimeters long, make one stick one centimeter longer. Cut the rest of the carrots into small pieces and add to the rest of the ingredients. Salt the salad, season with sour cream and stir well.
Gently transfer the salad to a nice dish or salad bowl. Sprinkle finely chopped dill over the salad. On the green surface of the lettuce, use the carrot stripes to depict the dial of the clock. Place the Roman numerals in a circle, and place the clock hands in the center, one of them should be longer - use a longer carrot strip. Olivier salad with chicken is ready to eat!
Olivier salad with salmon
In a saucepan, cut four boiled potatoes and two boiled carrots into small cubes. Add four finely chopped eggs and a jar of canned peas. Chop two fresh cucumbers finely and add to the other ingredients. Add an unusual taste to New Year's salad No. 1 by adding three hundred grams of lightly salted smoked salmon, cut into cubes. Season with salt and pepper, add mayonnaise and mix well.
Place the salad in a herringbone dish. Garnish the surface of the salad with green onions or dill. At your request, Christmas tree decorations may appear on the green beauty. You can make Christmas decorations on the salad from boiled carrots or from pieces of salmon. Olivier salad with salmon is ready.
