Why do we now so often prepare salads from the Soviet times?
Many of the dishes of the USSR have migrated to the modern capitalist life of a person. Although there is not much reason to prepare such salads.
Now a person does not experience the shortage that reigned in the Soviet Union 50-60 years ago.
What then is the zest of Soviet salads?
Probably, such salads are simple to prepare. Their elementary nature pays off when you need to quickly prepare any salad. In addition, budget products also have weight when choosing these salads among all the others.
It is worth preparing one of the forgotten salads of the USSR – “Prague”.
Ingredients for salad “Prague”:
- boiled chicken fillet – 100 g;
- boiled carrots – 2 pcs;
- pickled cucumber – pcs;
- prunes – 10 pcs;
- walnuts – 3 pcs;
- mayonnaise.
Preparation of salad “Prague”:
Cut boiled chicken meat into small pieces. Cut boiled carrots into small cubes. Similarly cut pickled cucumber.
Chop prunes into small pieces. In advance for softness you can pour prunes in boiling water, and then dry. Chop
walnuts to the state of crumbs
.
In a salad bowl lay the chicken meat on the bottom, salt and pepper to taste. On the meat put pickled cucumber, smear with mayonnaise.
On the cucumber layer put carrots
.
Sprinkle the carrot layer with prunes, smear it with mayonnaise.
Spread walnut crumbs on the prune layer.
You get an excellent simple Soviet salad from a minimum of products. We recommend using homemade mayonnaise instead of store-bought mayonnaise for the recipe.
