Mimosa salad is an integral part of almost every holiday, as it is not only a tasty and satisfying dish, but also a beautiful decoration of any table. This salad has received such a name because of its similarity with the flower of the same name, and since it is one of the most popular dishes among housewives, it has a variety of cooking options.
The classic version is fish salad "Mimosa", which is prepared with the use of canned fish, the rest of the ingredients of "Mimosa" salad in different cooking options may vary.
Recipe for salad "Mimosa" with pink salmon
We offer you a recipe how to prepare a salad "Mimosa" with pink salmon, but instead you can take any other canned fish.
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 1 piece;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- pink salmon (canned) - 1 b.
- onion - 1 piece;
- carrots - 2 pieces;
- mayonnaise - to taste;
- vinegar.
Preparation
Carrots, potatoes and eggs boil. Onion cut into half rings and marinate in vinegar (about 15 minutes). Then flip it over the sieve and rinse with water. Remove the fish from the jar, remove large bones from it, and then mash with the fork with the brine.
Eggs finely chop, leaving separately two yolks for the top layer of salad (they can either be grated on a small grater, or simply kneaded with a fork). Potatoes and carrots also need to be rubbed. Now start spreading the dish layers: potatoes (grease this layer with mayonnaise), fish, onions, eggs (grease with mayonnaise), carrots (grease with mayonnaise) and yolks.
Mimosa salad with crab sticks
If you want something original, and are ready to depart from the classic salad recipe, then we will tell you how the salad "Mimosa" with crab sticks is made.
Ingredients:
- eggs - 4-6 pieces;
- apple - 1-2 pieces;
- crab sticks - 200 g;
- cheese hard - 100-200 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- butter - 100-200 g;
- mayonnaise.
Preparation
Cut finely the onions and soak in cold water for about 30 minutes. Crab sticks, too, cut into small pieces. Cheese, butter and apple, which must be cleaned before use, grate on a large grater. Separate yolk and protein and grate separately on a fine grater.
When all the ingredients are ready, you can start laying the salad layers in such a sequence: egg whites, cheese, butter, onions (grease this layer with mayonnaise), crab sticks, apple (this layer also lubricate with mayonnaise), yolks. An interesting salad "Mimosa" is ready to decorate any table.
Mimosa salad with chicken
For those who are ready to try something very unusual and prefer not fish, but meat, we offer a recipe for salad "Mimosa" with chicken.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 300-400 g;
- potatoes - 2-3 pcs .;
- apple (better sour) - 1-2 pcs .;
- carrots - 1-2 pieces;
- onion - 1 piece;
- eggs - 4-5 pieces;
- butter - 100-150 g;
- mayonnaise.
Preparation
First you need to boil potatoes, carrots, fillets and eggs. Cut the onions into small pieces and scald with boiling water. Apple, potatoes and carrots to grind on a small grater, and chicken fillet to disassemble by hand on small pieces. Separate the proteins and yolks and grate them.
The first layer is half a potato, the second is apples, then half the butter, chicken, carrots, the second half of the butter, squirrels, the second half of the potato and grated yolks. Each layer should be well lubricated with mayonnaise, but be careful - do not overdo it.
There are a lot of options for creating a salad "Mimosa": you can lay a salad in a flat dish, you can in a deep, but transparent salad bowl, so that all layers can be seen. From above you can decorate with greenery or corn. In any case, you will get an appetizing dish.