Smoked ham is not only a delicious product, but also a great ingredient for salads.
And since it is already ready for use, snacks are prepared very quickly, which is a big plus.
Smoked chicken salad - general principles of cooking
Chicken leg - quite a tender product, but at the same time and fat. Therefore, for the preparation of salads, the skin is removed along with the bone and is not used. The meat is cut into cubes or straws, mixed with other ingredients, or collected layers.
Ham fits well with boiled and fresh vegetables, mushrooms, various spices, beans, cheese and even fruit. Mayonnaise, butter, sour cream sauces, mustard, soy sauce can be used as dressings.
In any salad, it is important to focus on the freshness and quality of products. When mixing ingredients, the shelf life of each is dramatically reduced. Smoked chicken should be smooth, shiny, without foreign smells and sticky plaque on the skin. When cutting on the bone should not be ichor.
Recipe 1: Smoked chicken salad “Male caprice”
This salad with smoked ham is obliged to its name by its satiety. Therefore, men especially like it. Prepared in layers, can be laid out on a large platter or in portions.
Ingredients Required
• 1 large chicken leg;
• 4 eggs;
• 0.15 kg of cheese;
• 2 bulbs;
• mayonnaise;
• vinegar, pepper.
Method of preparation
1. Onions cut into thin, almost transparent cubes and pour water, acidified with vinegar. Leave to marinate for half an hour, you can more.
2. Boil eggs hard-boiled, cool, cut into small cubes. We set aside for the time being.
3. Free the leg from excess fat and skin, cut it into cubes, place it in the first layer on a flat plate. We grease with mayonnaise.
4. Onion squeezes out from the marinade, spread over the meat, sprinkle with black or red pepper.
5. We spread a layer of eggs, we coat with mayonnaise and from the top we all fall asleep with grated cheese. Give the salad soak for 2-3 hours and can be served on the table.
Recipe 2: Salad with smoked chicken leg and “Crown” mushrooms
For the preparation of this salad with smoked ham, fried champignons are used. But it turns out no less tasty with pickled mushrooms, in this embodiment, you must carefully drain the brine, holding in a colander for some time.
Ingredients Required
• smoked ham;
• 0.3 kg of champignons;
• fresh cucumber;
• green onions;
• mayonnaise;
• 3-4 eggs.
Method of preparation
1. Put the eggs to cook and fry in the oil, cut the diced mushrooms, salt. Then put the pan on one side of the hill to drain the excess oil.
2. Shred the chicken leg, cut into small cubes, put on a plate.
3. The second layer is laid out fried and cooled mushrooms. Lubricate with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
4. On the mushrooms lay out a layer of finely chopped cucumber, chopped green onions on it.
5. Put the crushed eggs. Leave 2 yolks and half a squirrel for decoration. We slightly salt and coat with mayonnaise.
6. Three yolks on top of the salad. We decorate with thin rings of cucumber and protein, cut out in a zigzag in the form of a crown.
Recipe 3: Salad with a smoked ham “Wand spout”
For many, the recipe for this smoked chicken salad can be a real find. Hearty, consists of affordable products and has a wonderful taste. From this amount of products a decent portion is obtained, which can easily be fed to a family of 4 people. By the way, in this salad smoked ham can be used with the skin, in combination with potatoes, it will not seem fat.
Ingredients Required
• 1 leg;
• 5 potatoes;
• 2 bulbs;
• 5 eggs;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 3 pickled cucumbers;
• mayonnaise;
• salt pepper.
Method of preparation
1. Boil the potatoes and eggs, cool, peel and cut into the same cubes.
2. Separate the smoked leg from the bone, also cut into cubes, send to the rest of the ingredients.
3. Peel the bulbs, chop them finely, put them into a colander and pour boiling water over them. Cool and send to salad.
4. Salted cucumbers finely cut, decanting the extra pickle, pour in a bowl of salad. 5. Add mayonnaise, chopped garlic, if cucumbers are not enough salted, then salt. We mix everything together and a large portion of simple, but nourishing and tasty salad is ready!
Recipe 4: Salad with smoked chicken legs and pineapple nuts
Canned pineapples and chicken - this is a classic combination that is known for its taste. No less interesting is the salad with smoked leg and tropical fruit. In addition to taste, he will delight spectacular views. All ingredients are taken in about the same amount.
Ingredients Required
• chicken leg;
• canned pineapple;
• pickled champignons;
• eggs;
• green onions;
• walnuts;
• mayonnaise.
Method of preparation
1. Boil eggs, clean and cut into cubes. Pickle the marinade from the mushrooms and pineapples, remove the skin from the chicken leg and grind it in small pieces.
2. Spread on a flat dish smoked ham in the form of an oval, not cut mushrooms and spread them with mayonnaise.
3. Put the pineapples on the mushrooms, then the eggs, give the salad a rounded shape, imitating the half of the pineapple. We coat with mayonnaise on all sides.
4. Spread whole walnut kernels on the salad or sprinkle with chopped pieces, on the one hand we put the green onion feathers imitating the pineapple's tail.
Recipe 5: Salad with smoked chicken leg and “Prince” apples
Apples to salad with smoked legs give sourness. The taste is interesting, unusual. Preparing a dish in layers, you can make a general or collect a snack in portions. As a dressing, a mixture of mayonnaise with sour cream in a 1: 1 ratio is used.
Ingredients Required
• 2 chicken legs;
• 2 apples, it is better to use sour varieties;
• 4 boiled eggs;
• 0.2 kg of cheese;
• mayonnaise;
• sour cream;
• salt.
Method of preparation
1. Cut chicken thighs into small cubes and spread on a dish.
2. Mix the mayonnaise with sour cream, salt and coat the layer of chicken legs.
3. Peel and core the apples, chop them on a fine grater and spread them in the next layer, lightly grease them with sour cream sauce.
4. Cheese finely three, laid on the apples, grease.
5. We disassemble eggs into yolks and squirrels. On the cheese three yolks layer, the final coating will be proteins. Lubricate the top with sauce and put the salad in a refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Recipe 6: Smoked chicken salad “Freshness”
Wonderful salad with smoked legs, which differs from the others in ease, since it consists almost entirely of fresh vegetables. The recipe uses Chinese cabbage, but if you prefer, you can replace it with iceberg lettuce, white cabbage and red cabbage.
Ingredients Required
• chicken leg;
• 2 cucumbers;
• 0.4 kg of Peking cabbage;
• 1 Bulgarian pepper;
• wine or apple vinegar;
• greenery;
• unrefined oil;
• salt.
Method of preparation
1. First of all, we cut Beijing cabbage into large cubes, add salt, vinegar and mix. Set aside to marinate a little and give juice.
2. In a separate bowl, cut into cubes smoked ham, cucumber, pepper, add chopped herbs, salt, a little oil, stir.
3. From Peking cabbage, pour out the excess juice and spread it on a flat plate with a thick layer. In the middle we place the second chicken salad with vegetables and can be served.
Recipe 7: Salad with a little smoked chicken leg
This salad with smoked chicken leg and Korean carrot. It has a very bright aroma and taste. Also in the recipe are pickled mushrooms, which it is desirable not to replace other mushrooms.
Ingredients Required
• chicken leg;
• 0.3 kg of carrots;
• Bulgarian pepper;
• 0.3 kg of pickled mushrooms;
• 2 bulbs;
• vinegar;
• Spoon of spicy mustard;
• butter, hot pepper.
Method of preparation
1. Korean carrot should be cut with a knife so that it is a little shorter.
2. Peel the leg from the skin, cut into strips and send to the carrot.
3. At the pepper we take out the seeds, cut it into strips and mix with the other products.
4. Cut the onion in half rings, marinate in water acidified with vinegar.
5. Pickled pickle from pickled mushrooms again, rinse well with running water to remove mucus. Fold in a colander, then send to the salad.
6. Squeeze the onions from the marinade, put them in the salad, add the mustard, add a little oil and mix.
Recipe 8: Salad with smoked chicken “Mademoiselle”
Another quick salad with smoked ham, which can be done in 15 minutes. The only thing you need to boil is eggs, but it does not take more than 10 minutes. Ingredients Required
• smoked ham;
• 3 boiled eggs;
• onion;
• 1 fresh cucumber;
• Corn Bank;
• parsley;
• mayonnaise, salt.
Method of preparation
1. Cut the onion finely, if it is sharp, then it is necessary to pour boiling water over it and let the water drain well.
2. Boiled eggs and chicken legs cut into small cubes, also cucumber. Everything should be the size of a corn kernel.
3. Open a can of canned corn, decant the liquid and send it to the salad with a smoked chicken leg.
4. Pour onion, add chopped parsley, salt, mayonnaise and mix. Simple and quick salad ready!
Recipe 9: Salad with smoked ham, beans and croutons
A similar salad with smoked ham is prepared by many, but this one has a special sauce that emphasizes the taste of chicken. The recipe uses homemade croutons from a white loaf, but you can also take ready-made, sold in packs. In this case, it is better to choose neutral flavors or with the flavor of smoked meats.
Ingredients Required
• chicken leg;
• can of beans in their own juice;
• 2 fresh cucumbers;
• a bunch of dill;
• vegetable oil;
• 0.2 kg loaf.
For the sauce:
• 0.1 kg of mayonnaise;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 spoons of soy sauce.
Method of preparation
1. Cut the loaf into cubes, fry in a pan greased with vegetable oil. It is better to use lightly stale bread, then it will be easier to cut.
2. Cut the chicken leg into cubes, also fresh cucumber and send it to a salad bowl. Pour chopped dill there.
3. Open the can of beans, pour out the juice, wash the beans with cool water and send to the salad.
4. Mix the soy sauce with mayonnaise, add chopped garlic, mash together with a spoon and season the salad. Before serving, add fried croutons.
Recipe 10: Salad with smoked chicken “Fairy Tale”
Fresh smoked tomatoes are included in this smoked chicken salad. It is very important to choose fleshy and sweet fruits. If tomatoes are watery, then it is desirable to completely remove the insides with seeds, leaving only the fleshy skin. Also comes hard cheese. But no less tasty will be with sausage cheese, its flavor will echo with the legs. The dish is prepared in layers. Ingredients Required
• 2 chicken legs;
• 4 tomatoes;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 0.2 kg of cheese;
• a bunch of dill;
• 0.25 kg of mayonnaise.
Method of preparation
1. Prepare the sauce from mayonnaise and chopped garlic. Optionally, you can add black pepper to it.
2. Cut the leg into large cubes, spread on the bottom of the plate, grease with sauce. Sprinkle with chopped dill.
3. Tomatoes are cut in half, if necessary, remove excess liquid and also chop into cubes, grease with sauce.
4. Sprinkle with grated cheese, grease a layer of sauce, then top with some more cheese for decoration.
Smoked chicken salad - tips and tricks
• The skin and bones from the smoked chicken legs do not need to be thrown away, it is better to put them in the freezer. They can be added to the broth when cooking the soup, from this the first dish will be tastier, rich and get the aroma of smoke.
• To keep the top layer of cheese on salads not to dry, you can wrap the dish on top with cling film.
• Salad will be neat and beautiful if all ingredients are cut only into cubes, only straws, or only rubbed on a grater. Grinding in different ways in one dish is not welcome.
• To make a festive snack from any dish, you can simply put it on lettuce leaves and garnish with slices of incoming ingredients. This design always looks advantageous and appetizing.
