Typically, at the mention of a holiday puff salad, most people imagine Herring Under Shuba. This has been the most relevant puff salad for over 50 years. However, over such a long period of time, Herring under Shuba manages to get boring. Especially if there are many holidays in the family and for each of them this salad is prepared.
Some housewives may say that they simply do not know other alternatives. But, the Internet is full of salads of a similar pattern, which can replace Olivier and Herring under Shuba. Moreover, such salads are also prepared from budget products.
Let’s prepare together a layered salad “Monk”.
Ingredients for salad “Monk”:
- chicken fillet – 2 pcs;
- carrots – 2 pcs;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- mayonnaise – 5 tbsp;
- potatoes – 4 pcs;
- eggs – 5 pcs;
- pickles – 4 pcs.;
- green onions – a bunch;
- cheese – 150 g;
- salt – ½ tsp.
Preparation of salad “Monk”:
Boil to readiness chicken fillet and potatoes, boil hard-boiled eggs. Chop the fillet into fibers, grate carrots on a coarse grater, and garlic on a fine grater. Mix in a bowl carrots, garlic and a tablespoon of mayonnaise, mix.
Peeled potatoes rub on a coarse grater, as well as hard-boiled eggs. Cut small cubes of pickles, finely chop green onions.
Grate cheese on a coarse grater. Put the potato layer in the cooking ring, salt and smear with mayonnaise.
Sprinkle the pickles on the potato layer, smear with mayonnaise
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On the cucumber layer put the fillet, tamp it down.
Cover the meat layer with a thin mesh of mayonnaise.
Pour onions and eggs on the meat layer, tamp the layer and cover with mayonnaise.
On the layer of eggs put carrots with garlic. Cover the top with cheese cap.
If desired, the salad can be decorated with greens – cilantro and parsley.
You get a delicious layered salad “Monk”.
