Sometimes tender, and sometimes savory-spicy pickled cucumbers can be not only a separately consumed snack, but also act as one of the main ingredients in more complex dishes. So the history of culinary knows a large number of simple and complex salads with pickled cucumbers, giving the dish a special touch.
Simple salads with pickled cucumbers, potatoes and beef
To prepare one serving of this dish for 3-4 people, you will need the following ingredients - 3 potatoes, 3-4 medium-sized pickled cucumbers, an onion, fresh dill, mayonnaise or another favorite dressing (yogurt or low-fat liquid cottage cheese), salt and pepper.
Just peel and boil the potatoes, then cool and cut into small cubes. Rinse the pickled cucumbers lightly under water and also cut into cubes, and chop the onion very finely. After that, combine all these ingredients in a deep salad bowl, season with salt and pepper and season with sauce.
Dill sprigs are needed to decorate this dish.
The salad with pickled cucumbers and beef is also easy to prepare. It will need the following ingredients - 300-350 g of beef tenderloin, 4-5 pickled cucumbers, 3 chicken eggs, an onion, a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil, mayonnaise or other dressing, salt and pepper.
Beef, and even better veal, since it is softer and more tender, boil, cool and cut into very thin strips. Do not boil the eggs, but break them into a bowl and beat with a little salt, then pour them into a preheated pan with vegetable oil and fry over low heat until golden brown. Then also cool the resulting omelet and cut into strips, and the cucumbers - into circles. Combine all ingredients and season with your favorite sauce.
Recipes with green peas and apples
To prepare a salad with cucumbers and green peas, you will need 3-4 cucumbers, a can of canned peas, an onion, a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil, a clove of garlic, 1 tsp. vinegar, 2 tablespoons tomato juice, green onions and pepper with salt.
Chop the onion and pour over boiling water in a colander, and mash the garlic in a garlic press, just chop the green onion finely. Then cut the pickled cucumbers into cubes, previously dried from excess brine. After that, mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl and add green peas to them, sprinkle with pepper, salt, pour tomato juice and oil into the bowl. After thoroughly mixing, the salad is ready.
The salad with pickled cucumbers and apples is very light and even dietary. The ingredients required for it are 3-4 cucumbers, a couple of sweet apples (it is better to give preference to green varieties), a clove of garlic, low-fat cottage cheese or yogurt, salt and pepper, parsley.
This recipe can be especially interesting by using pickled apples instead of fresh fruit.
Peel the apples and cut into cubes, chop pickled cucumbers in the same way. Place all ingredients in a deep bowl and add crushed garlic and chopped parsley to them. After that, mix the ingredients thoroughly, salt and season.
All of the listed salad recipes are not only simple and easy to cook, but also just as easy for the human stomach, therefore, they are also suitable for people who monitor their weight.
