Salad
Description
Perfect for everyday meals. This salad is based on boiled chicken meat with marinated cucumber, egg yolks, and fresh celery for juiciness and freshness. It also contains potatoes, which help retain the juices and prevent the salad from becoming watery. Don't like potatoes? Add boiled rice instead—the effect will be the same. I dress the salad with homemade mayonnaise. See the recipe for "Ladybug Salad." Garnish as desired and serve.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients in advance so that the vegetables, eggs, and meat have time to cool down. Peel the potatoes and carrots. Peel the eggs. Cut the olives in half.
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Step 2
Separate the yolks from the whites. Use the yolks in the salad, and reserve the whites for garnish—grate them finely. Grate the carrot on a fine grater as well and set aside for now.
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Step 3
In a large bowl, combine the diced potatoes, chicken, celery, cucumber, and yolks.
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Step 4
Dress the salad with mayonnaise and mix well. Season the salad with salt and pepper to taste.
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Step 5
To form a nice circle, find a suitable small plate, line it with plastic wrap, and firmly press the salad into it.
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Step 6
Invert onto a serving plate, carefully remove the film.
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Step 7
It remains only to decorate the salad. Use carrots to make wings, the egg white for the center, and arrange halved black olives to form spots and a "face."
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Step 8
Garnish with "ladybug" herbs and serve!