Beijing cabbage is in itself a very useful product, which is distinguished not only by its high content of vitamins, but also by its unique ability to retain its beneficial properties throughout the winter, unlike salad and white cabbage. Therefore, a salad made with Peking cabbage will be useful.
In this article, we will tell you how to cook awesomely delicious and rich “Bride” salad of Chinese cabbage with fried or boiled chicken, show photos of serving options.
What is this dish?
Salad "Bride" - a classic puff salad. Usually it is served shaped in the hemisphere and sprinkled with a white protein, which makes it look like the hem of a bride's dress, hence its name. The beautiful view of this dish from the outside and the bright, colorful layers inside make it a good decoration of the table, so the Bride salad is often served for the holidays. The salad is very quickly prepared, has a mild flavor, but at the same time it is nourishing.
Ingredients
On this salad traditionally go:
- hen;
- eggs;
- potatoes;
- Chinese cabbage;
- cheese.
This is a classic, but often something else is added to the salad, some housewives, for example, put a green apple.Chicken is usually taken boiled, but you can also take fried or smoked, hard cheese can be replaced with melted cheese. You can take any lettuce or cabbage instead of Beijing, for example, iceberg lettuce.
Composition and calorie
One serving (100 g of lettuce) contains:
- 218.7 kcal;
- 4.3 g of proteins;
- 18.5 g of fat;
- 9.4 g of carbohydrates;
- 1.2 g of dietary fiber;
- 64.8 g of water.
An important useful ingredient is Peking cabbage, which contains a huge amount of necessary vitamins, it contains twice as much vitamin C and twice as much protein than white cabbage. On the other hand, Chinese cabbage in a salad is not so much, only 4 leaves, so it’s impossible to say that this salad is extremely useful.
Cooking methods
Classical
Ingredients:
- Beijing cabbage: 4 leaves.
- Chicken fillet: 0.3 kg.
- Potatoes: 2 pieces.
- Eggs: 4 pieces.
- Hard cheese
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking:
Put the potatoes to boil "in uniform", and boiled eggs boiled. If possible, it is better to do this at the same time, on different burners, in order to save time.You can even do it in advance, say, half a day before cooking the salad "bride".- Wash and cook the chicken fillet.
- Peel the potatoes, rub it on a grater, salt it a little and put it on a plate - this will be the first layer. In no case can you put it down like other layers: the salad should be so “airy” in order to fully justify its name.
- Separate the yolks and whites, chop the yolks (for example, with a fork) and put them in a second layer, while removing the whites.
- Apply to the second layer mesh mayonnaise.
- Put the cooked chicken, cut into small cubes, the third layer.
- Wash the Peking cabbage, brush with water drops and remove the leaves. The leaves should be cut hard white part. Cut into small squares, lay the next layer, cover with mayonnaise.
- Coarsely grate the cheese and lay out the next and last layer.
- Take out the proteins and rub them on a large grater, sprinkle the salad with them, cover it with a mesh of mayonnaise and let the salad stand in the refrigerator for two hours. Salad ready!
Put the potatoes to boil "in uniform", and boiled eggs boiled. If possible, it is better to do this at the same time, on different burners, in order to save time.You can even do it in advance, say, half a day before cooking the salad "bride".With melted cheese
Ingredients:
- Beijing cabbage: 4 leaves.
- Chicken fillet: 0.3 kg.
- Potatoes: 2 pieces.
- Eggs: 4 pieces.
- Cream cheese: 2 pieces.
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking:
Almost does not differ from cooking classic salad "Bride" with Peking cabbage, but instead of hard cheese, processed cheese is taken, which are pre-frozen in the refrigerator for 20-25 minutes, after which they are largely rubbed.
With fried breast
Ingredients:
- Beijing cabbage: 4 leaves.
- Chicken fillet: 0.3 kg.
- Potatoes: 2 pieces.
- Eggs: 4 pieces.
- Cream cheese: 2 pieces.
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking:
Almost does not differ from the preparation of classic salad "Bride" with Chinese cabbage, but the chicken is fried. Before roasting chicken can be held in a marinade: Chicken fillet slices are coated with yogurt and chopped garlic or garlic powder, salted and left in this form overnight or half an hour before cooking salad.
How to serve?
It is better to form a hemisphere of layers of lettuce, but you can make it more flattened. You can also put the last mayonnaise mesh not on the eggs, but on the cheese, and only then sprinkle the salad with protein, so the salad will have a more “clean” look. Usually the salad is obtained with a diameter of about 20 cm
The salad is cut evenly so that each layer of paint is clearly visible: so salad "Bride" will be beautiful even in the process of use.
A photo
In the photo you can see how you can arrange the salad "Bride" before serving.
Conclusion
So, we offered you a step-by-step recipe for the classic “Bride” salad and several variations of it: with melted cheese and fried chicken, and also showed photos of various serving options for this dish. With proper preparation and serving, this salad can be not only an excellent treat for guests, but also a good decoration of the table. We wish you good luck in your culinary endeavors!
