Home parties, children's birthdays and other celebrations require a compulsory feast. Today, snacks in tartlets, tartins, volovans are popular - they look spectacular on the table, small portions are convenient to eat without forks and knives. The original version is snacks on chips, ready-made or cooked with your own hands.
Chips with salads: features and benefits
Corn chips or potato chips are not only an easy snack, but also a great option for serving snacks. Their shape is ideal for placing small amounts of salad, finely chopped vegetables, meat, seafood or other tasty ingredients. The dish is prepared very quickly; both multi-component salads and ordinary products slightly flavored with sauce are suitable for the filling. Thanks to the curved petal shape, the chips are easy to place on any dish and look spectacular in photos and videos.
An important condition is for the chips to remain crispy, the filling is placed on them just before serving. It should be well chilled, ready-made products can be garnished with fresh herbs, coarsely ground pepper, olives, black or red caviar.
Seafood Chips: Step-by-Step Preparation
Seafood with a light creamy sauce and fresh cucumbers is a simple and uncomplicated snack. To make it especially tasty, the components are pre-cooled.
Ingredients:
- 400 g seafood cocktail of shrimp, mussels, squid;
- 2 fresh cucumbers;
- 3-5 leaves of fresh green salad;
- potato chips;
- freshly ground black pepper;
- salt;
- mayonnaise.
Put the seafood in salted boiling water. Cook for 2 minutes, put in a colander, finely chop. Peel the cucumbers, chop into cubes. Mix them with seafood and mayonnaise, add ground black pepper.
Rinse lettuce leaves, dry, put on a dish. Place potato chips on top, put a spoonful of filling on each.
Salmon and avocado: a noble duet
The combination of smoked red fish and ripe avocado is perfect for any buffet table. This combination does not need a complex sauce, a mixture of freshly squeezed lemon juice and cold-pressed olive oil is enough. Instead of salmon, you can use chum salmon, pink salmon or sockeye salmon.
Ingredients:
- 100 g smoked or lightly salted salmon;
- 1 avocado
- 1 large sweet tomato;
- olive oil;
- freshly squeezed lemon juice;
- ground black pepper.
Cut the tomato crosswise and put in boiling water for 1 minute. Carefully remove the skin, cut the pulp into cubes. Peel the avocado, free the salmon from the bones. Chop with a sharp knife, the pieces should not be too coarse.
In a bowl, combine the chopped food, add a little olive oil and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Mix everything, season with coarsely ground black pepper. Fold the chips in pairs, place a portion of the filling on top. Spread the appetizer on a platter, serve immediately.
Chicken and Tomato Chips: A Hearty Option
Boiled chicken is a great base for a simple salad. There are few calories in such a dish, an appetizer can be prepared for a children's party.
Ingredients:
- 150 g chicken fillet;
- 50 g of hard cheese;
- 2 ripe meaty tomatoes;
- garlic (optional);
- mayonnaise;
- pitted black olives;
- potato chips.
Boil chicken fillet or bake in the microwave. Cool, cut into small cubes. Grate cheese on a coarse grater. Remove the skin from the tomatoes, chop the pulp. Mix all the ingredients, add 1-2 cloves of minced garlic if desired. Season the salad with mayonnaise.
Put the filling into the chips, forming a beautiful slide. Garnish each portion with olives, cut into rings.
Spicy Chips with Korean Carrots
Those who prefer savory snacks will surely enjoy the Korean carrot and smoked sausage option.
Ingredients:
- 120 g Korean carrot salad;
- 140 g not too hard smoked sausage;
- 50 g of hard spicy cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- potato chips;
- fresh herbs for decoration.
Mix Korean carrots with grated cheese and sausage, cut into strips. Season salad with mayonnaise, put on potato chips. Garnish each portion with fresh spicy herbs: dill, parsley, celery.
Mexican style appetizer
The original version is corn chips stuffed with cheese, tomatoes and sweet corn. The appetizer turns out to be not only tasty, but also beautiful.
Ingredients:
- 2 sweet ripe tomatoes;
- 100 g semi-hard cheese;
- 4 tbsp. l. canned corn;
- olive oil;
- balsamic vinegar;
- corn chips;
- salt and pepper.
Cut the cheese and tomatoes into cubes, mix with canned corn, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Salt to taste, sprinkle with freshly ground pepper. Fill the chips with the filling and place on a dish.
A very popular snack suitable for children and adults alike. The proportions of garlic and mayonnaise are adjusted to taste. Replacing classic mayonnaise with light mayonnaise and using low-fat brine cheese will help reduce calorie content.
Chips with cheese salad: a step by step recipe
Ingredients:
- 100 g of cheese;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 1 egg;
- mayonnaise;
- parsley;
- black olives for decoration.
Grate the cheese with a hard-boiled egg. Pass the garlic through a press, add to the cheese and egg mass, season with mayonnaise. Arrange the filling over the chips, garnish with pitted olives and parsley sprigs.
Fish chips: a delicious classic
An excellent festive snack is a duet of red and white fish. It can be served on potato or corn chips, garnished with a curl of butter. The nutritional value of the dish is high, moreover, it is very satisfying and healthy.
Ingredients:
- 50 g lightly salted salmon or trout;
- 50 g of white fish (for example, butterfish);
- crisps;
- lemon;
- frozen butter;
- lingonberry or red currant for decoration.
Cut the fish into very thin slices, sprinkle with lemon juice. Fold the pieces in pairs, roll into a nice roll, place on chips. Garnish each serving with a curl of butter and sour berries.
It is better to serve chips with a filling in the form of an assortment, placing several options in different colors on one dish. If a buffet is planned, clean plates and napkins should be placed nearby so that the invitees can independently take the food they like. At classic banquets, guests pass the dish to each other and use tongs to place the snack on the plate. You can eat stuffed chips with your hands, without cutting with a knife.
