Salads for the New Year: a master class with a photo

Is coming New Year, and you need to plan in advance how and where you will spend it, what you will cook, how to decorate the house, dishes and the Christmas tree. Standard New Year's Olivier and herring under a fur coat   already a little fed up, and I want something new, but tasty. In this article, you will learn a few new, unusual recipes to New Year's a feast that is very quick to prepare and does not require a large number of ingredients.

Korean carrot salad

The year of the Rooster is coming, and, as you know, the main thing dish it is not advisable to cook poultry, however, eggs and chicken are allowed for salads.

What you need:

• Korean carrots - about 100-150 g;
• chicken breast;
• pieces of 10-15 gherkins, or 1-2 pickles;
• 150 g of mushrooms;
• mayonnaise for dressing.

How to cook:

1. First you need to cut off the skin from the chicken breast, rinse and cook, salt in advance. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry in sunflower oil, before turning off, you need to add some salt.
2. Put the cooled mushrooms and gherkins, cut into thin strips in a deep bowl.
3. Then put the Korean carrots, if they are long, then you can cut them with scissors.
4. Cut the cooled, boiled chicken into small cubes, pour into a cup.
5. Add a couple of spoons of mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.

Puff salad with crackers

Ingredients:

• smoked chicken breast;
• 4 chicken eggs;
• 1 large Apple;
• 100-150 g solid cheese;
• small onion;
• 50-100 g of salted cracker;
• mayonnaise - a few spoons (each layer of salad will be smeared with it).

How to cook:

1. Prepare a deep bowl for the salad. Finely chop the chicken breast and put it on the bottom and sides of the bowl, pressing a little. Brush with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
2. Finely chop a small onion and place on top of the chicken.
3. Then grate the cheese on a fine grater, this will be the third layer of salad.
4. Wash the apple, peel and grate on a fine grater. Lay out in fourth layer.
5. Boil chicken eggs, cool and rub finely on a grater, lay out in the fifth layer.
6. The last layer is a cracker, which must be kneaded with a rolling pin, or crushed in a meat grinder, blender... It is worth remembering that you need to lubricate each layer with mayonnaise, except for the cracker. Put in a cool place for a couple of hours to soak the salad.

The simplest recipe for an unusual salad

In fact, this salad will take you 5 minutes at most. It contains the very minimum of products, and practically nothing has to be cut, fried, or boiled.

Structure:

• a pack of croutons with any taste;
• 150-200 g of Korean beets;
• a can of red beans in their own juice, or in Georgian style (the salad will acquire a slightly spicy taste);
• mayonnaise;
• 200-250 g ham (you can take regular sausage, or boil chicken breast).

How to cook:

1. Take a can of beans, drain the juice from it. Place the beans in a deep cooked bowl.
2. Pour croutons and Korean beets there.
3. Cut the ham (sausage, chicken breast) into small cubes.
4. Season all ingredients with mayonnaise and refrigerate for half an hour.

Decorating New Year's salads

Many housewives love to decorate any food beautifully: first courses, pastries, desserts, snacks. You can also arrange salads. TO New Year's the table only has to strain its imagination and fantasy. Salads can be made in the form of a snowman, Santa Claus, various animals, a Christmas tree, or in the form of an animal whose year comes. In the videos below, you will see interesting design options for salads.