Summer chicken salad
Description
A simple dish to prepare. If you can't find yogurt, an excellent substitute in this salad would be sour cream or a dressing made from cream, eggs, and butter. Instead of frying, you can boil the chicken in slightly salted water. Serve chilled.
Instructions
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Step 1
Take fresh chicken fillet, thoroughly rinse it under cold running water, dry with paper kitchen towels, place on a cutting board, and remove the film and cartilage. Then cut the meat into small pieces 1.5–2 centimeters in size and transfer them into a plastic bag. Next, season with dried onion, paprika, sunflower oil, mustard, 9% table vinegar, salt, black ground pepper, and dried rosemary to taste. Mix everything thoroughly with a clean hand until well combined, seal the bag, place the chicken in the refrigerator, and marinate for 4–6 hours, or ideally 12 hours.
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Step 2
After the required time has passed, place a clean, dry skillet over medium heat. Once the skillet is hot, add the marinated meat and fry it, stirring constantly with a spatula, until golden brown and fully cooked—about 20–22 minutes. As soon as the chicken is nicely browned, transfer it to a paper kitchen towel to absorb excess fat, and leave it there until ready to use.
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Step 3
Meanwhile, rinse all the vegetables except garlic under cold running water. Then dry them with paper kitchen towels, place them one by one on a cutting board, and continue preparing. Cut the Chinese cabbage leaves into thin strips, divide each leaf into 2–3 pieces or leave them whole. Remove the stem end from the tomato and slice it into 1–1.5 centimeter thick wedges. Peel the cucumber and chop it into half-moons, quarters, or cubes up to 6–7 millimeters thick. Set aside the cut vegetables on the table and proceed to the next step.
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Step 4
Peel the garlic cloves and press them through a garlic press into a small bowl. Add wine vinegar, dried parsley, plain yogurt without flavor additives, and salt. Mix everything with a tablespoon until smooth – the dressing is ready!
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Step 5
Next, place an even layer of Chinese cabbage onto a large flat plate. On top of it, artistically arrange the tomatoes first and then the cucumbers in a seemingly random order. Then add the fried chicken. Drizzle the appetizing ingredients with the dressing and serve the finished salad.