Salad
Description
Minimum effort — excellent result. If you're tired of hearty salads with mayonnaise, try this bright and delicious salad instead. It's suitable both for weekday meals and festive occasions. The salad can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator before serving. I made individual portions, but you can scale up the ingredients as needed and assemble the salad in a large bowl or layer it on a big serving plate using a removable ring mold. You can substitute the ham with smoked or boiled chicken, and use bell pepper of any color. If you prefer mayonnaise, feel free to replace the sour cream sauce with it. Ready to serve immediately.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for the salad - ham, bell pepper, cucumber, and herbs of your choice.
- 2
Step 2
First, prepare a sauce from sour cream, soy sauce, lemon juice, and garlic pressed through a garlic press. Add lemon juice and garlic to taste.
- 3
Step 3
Dice the cucumber and ham finely.
- 4
Step 4
Slice the bell pepper - I have two colors.
- 5
Step 5
Chop the herbs - I have dill and parsley.
- 6
Step 6
Assemble the salad. Line the salad bowl with plastic wrap and place the bell pepper as the first layer, then spread with sour cream sauce.
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Step 7
Next, add the cucumbers and sauce.
- 8
Step 8
Sprinkle with herbs.
- 9
Step 9
And the final layer is ham with sauce. If you've already run out of sauce, then there's no need to spread anything on the last layer—it will serve as the bottom layer anyway. Wrap the edges of the plastic wrap over the salad and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2–3 hours for thorough chilling.
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Step 10
Flip the salad onto a plate and decorate to your liking.