Capital salad - general principles and methods of cooking
Salad "Stolichny" can be safely called the pride of Soviet hostesses, it was prepared for all festive events, even today, with a large number of exotic salads, you can often hear that the table is poor and incomplete if there is no traditional Stolichny salad on it
Capital salad - food preparation
The main preparation of products for the salad “Stolichny” consists in boiling vegetables. Carrots and potatoes are thoroughly washed and put in a pan with salted water, after the vegetables are cooked, they are cooled and cut into cubes.
Preparation of the rest of the ingredients for the salad depends on the composition of the dish, because today there are quite a number of cooking options for everyone’s favorite hearty and nutritious salad with mayonnaise.
Recipe 1: Classic salad “Stolichny”
Chicken and vegetables, seasoned with mayonnaise, get a great taste, something reminiscent of the taste of everyone's favorite "pea salad."
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of chicken fillet;
- 2 potatoes;
- 1 egg;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 pickled cucumber;
- 50 grams of canned peas;
- 100 grams of crab sticks or crab meat;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise (can be mixed with sour cream 50x50);
- salt.
Method of preparation
The main ingredients of the salad - chicken, potatoes and eggs, you need to boil, cool and cut into small cubes. Cucumber cut into pieces of the same size as the other components of the components of the salad, the same thing we do with crab sticks or crab meat. Add the peas and mix all the ingredients. Salad should be salted and season with mayonnaise. This recipe is designed for 4 servings.
Recipe 2: Stolichny Salad with Fish
Salad “Stolichny” with fish is a traditional recipe of the Soviet times, when it was difficult to find something other than fish in stores. Prepare such a dish and remember the times of shortage, by the way, the dish turns out very tasty.
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of boiled fish;
- 4 potatoes;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 apple;
- 2-3 tomatoes;
- 100 grams of gherkins (you can use regular canned cucumbers);
- 100 grams of green lettuce;
- 150 grams of mayonnaise;
- a little ketchup;
- 50 grams of olives (for decoration);
- shrimp (for decoration);
- 50 grams of red caviar (for decoration);
- salt.
Method of preparation
Boiled fish should be cleared of bones and cut into small pieces. Boil potatoes and cut into small cubes. Gherkins should be cut into slices (if instead of gherkins pickled cucumbers, cut them into cubes, equal in size to the pieces of potato). Eggs need to boil and crumble very finely.
All ingredients should be filled with mayonnaise, add a little ketchup and salt.
For decoration, lettuce leaves, boiled eggs, red caviar, shrimps and olives are used, each housewife decides for herself how to use them, the main thing is not to let fantasy down.
Recipe 3: Stolichny salad with cabbage and smoked sausage
Salad "Capital" can be very simple and, at the same time, original, we offer an interesting recipe.
Ingredients:
- 150 grams of fresh white cabbage (you can use Peking or blue cabbage);
- 100 grams of canned peas;
- 1 onion;
- 100 grams of smoked sausage;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Chop the cabbage finely, cut the smoked sausage into straws, cut the onion into half rings. The ingredients of the salad mix, add salt, black pepper and mayonnaise. In the event that the dish is made of white cabbage, before serving, let the salad stand a little at room temperature so that the vegetable is soaked with mayonnaise.
Recipe 4: Stolichny Salad with Apple and Boiled Sausage
Do you think apple and boiled sausage are not compatible foods? You are mistaken! Try to make a salad "Stolichny" with such ingredients and make sure that you were wrong before.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of boiled sausage;
- 1/2 large apple;
- 1 onion;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- salt.
Method of preparation
It is difficult to find a dish that is simpler to prepare than this salad. Grate the apple on a coarse grater, cut the sausage into strips, and cut the onion into half rings. Mix the ingredients, season the salad with mayonnaise and salt.
Recipe 5: Stolichny Salad with Turkey and Tomatoes
If you have meat like turkey, you can cook a “Capital” salad with tomatoes. This dish has an excellent taste.
Ingredients
- 200 grams of turkey meat;
- 2 potatoes;
- 1 egg;
- 1 tomato;
- green salad (for decoration);
- olives (for decoration);
- 50 grams of mayonnaise;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Cut the boiled poultry into small pieces, do the same with boiled potatoes, eggs and fresh tomatoes. Season the salad with mayonnaise (50x50 with sour cream). Decorate the dish with additional products.
Capital salad - useful tips from experienced chefs
Boil vegetables in salted water, they must be of high quality.
For the preparation of this salad, you can use special grinders or cuts, but only the hands of the hostess will be able to repeat the masterpieces of Soviet cooking.
