Due to the colorful design, some puff salads are confused with cakes or other mouth-watering desserts. But in addition to their charming appearance, they also have an amazing taste. After all, well-chosen products perfectly complement each other and give an unforgettable taste experience. An example of this is the Mushroom Basket salad.
Necessary products
To prepare the salad, prepare 300 g of chicken breast, 2-3 small potato tubers, 3 medium-sized pickled cucumbers, a head of onion, 400 g of pickled whole mushrooms. Also take 4 eggs, 150 g of hard cheese, 300 g of mayonnaise, fresh parsley, green onions.
Cooking method
Using a brush, wash the potatoes, put them in a pot of water, set them to cook. Cool the finished potatoes, peel, grate. Rinse the chicken fillet under running water, boil in salted water until tender, cool, cut into thin strips. To add flavor to the meat, toss allspice or a small piece of celery root into the broth during cooking.
Boil eggs, cool under cold water, peel, grate on a coarse grater into a separate plate. Peel the onion and chop finely. Put the mushrooms in a colander so that the excess liquid is glass, cut some of them. Rinse the greens, dry and chop, grate the cheese on a coarse grater, cut the cucumbers too.
Since this salad is a shape-shifter, put plastic wrap on the bottom of a deep salad bowl, and lay the layers on it. If you do not want to do this, put the layers in reverse order immediately on a flat dish. So, first lay out the mushrooms with their caps down, cover them with prepared herbs on top. Put a layer of potatoes, salt, if desired, add garlic passed through a press, brush with mayonnaise. In the next layers, make onions, pickled cucumbers, chicken, chopped mushrooms, cheese and eggs. Coat with mayonnaise through the layer. Layers can be repeated if desired. Wrap the top of the film, put the salad in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes so that it is soaked and infused. Before serving, prepare a large dish by gently flipping the salad bowl onto it.
You can cook this salad in a different way, but in this case you will need to use pickled mushrooms. The ingredients are the same. Put potatoes, onions, cucumbers, chicken, mushrooms, cheese, eggs, herbs on a large flat plate, coat with mayonnaise through a layer. In this case, the salad should look like a cake. When everything is done, take cheese sticks, place them around the salad to make a kind of basket. After that, put whole mushrooms on top. They will look very good on a green "meadow" surrounded by columns of cheese sticks. A delicious and beautiful salad is ready.
