Seafood salad is a great option for a festive table, a romantic dinner. For every day, a seafood appetizer is also quite suitable, the main thing is to know a simple and delicious recipe.
If you want to surprise your guests or family with a delicious dish, prepare a seafood salad. If you don't know how to make a voiced appetizer correctly, then the recipes below will help you create a delicious culinary masterpiece.
Seafood salad, recipe number 1
The seafood salad, the recipe for which will now be considered, pleases with its simplicity. To create a dish, you need a minimum of products, but at the same time the salad will turn out to be simply amazing: tasty and juicy. For cooking, take:
- 500 g of seafood. It is best to choose a seafood cocktail, although you can get those sea creatures that you prefer;
- 1 red or yellow bell pepper. You can add ½ each of different colored peppers, so the seafood salad will look brighter and more festive;
- 500 g of champignons;
- A bunch of green onions;
- Mayonnaise to taste;
- Salt and spices optional.
A delicious seafood salad is prepared according to the following scheme:
- Boil a seafood cocktail in salted water. The cooking time of the product is 3-5 minutes. Additionally, read the cooking information on the package, sometimes manufacturers recommend longer cooking times for seafood.
- If you have purchased fresh mushrooms, then wash them and boil them. Cool the finished mushrooms, cut into 2-4 pieces, depending on the size. If you have purchased canned mushrooms, then it is enough to drain the water from them and, if necessary, cut.
- Wash the pepper, remove the stalk, clean the seeds. Cut the vegetable into small cubes.
- Wash the green onions, chop as small as possible.
- Combine prepared foods in a deep bowl, add mayonnaise, stir.
- Taste the seafood salad before serving and add salt to the dish if necessary.
It is worth noting that some housewives add not boiled, but fried mushrooms to the salad. You can also do this, but keep in mind that fried mushrooms will drown out the taste of seafood.
Seafood salad, recipe number 2
If you want to cook not just a delicious, but also a hearty seafood salad, pay attention to the recipe that will be presented below. This dish is perfect for a festive table and does not take much time to prepare.
For seafood salad you need:
- 1 can of canned seafood (approximately 250 g);
- Long grain rice - ¾ glass;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- Pitted olives - 12 pcs.;
- 1 bunch of greens (parsley, dill, etc.);
- Wine Vinegar (White) - 1 tsp
- 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil (it is recommended to take olive oil);
- Salt optional.
Steps for preparing seafood salad:
- Boil rice in boiling salted water. See the cooking time for the cereal on the package, this indicator may differ from manufacturer to manufacturer.
- Boil the eggs hard-boiled, cool, remove the shell, grate the eggs on a coarse grater.
- Slice olives into rings.
- Wash the cucumber, remove the inedible parts, cut into small cubes.
- Wash the greens, let them dry a little, chop as small as possible.
- Drain the marinade from the seafood, let the excess liquid drain.
- Combine the prepared ingredients, season the seafood salad with vegetable oil and vinegar, stir the dish.
- Serve the salad and decorate as you wish.
Seafood salad, the recipe for which is described above, can be seasoned not with vegetable oil and vinegar, but with mayonnaise. It's a matter of taste. You can try both versions of the dish and decide which dressing you like best.
Prepare your guests and homemade delicious seafood salad, and decide for yourself what recipe to use. Bon Appetit!
