Salad "Turtle" with chicken and apple - 2 recipes for the original and delicious salad

Many interesting dishes are prepared from improvised products, one of them is the Turtle salad with chicken and apple. This hearty, but light snack will be a great addition to the menu at a children's celebration or family dinner.

Secrets of cooking:

• Dip the onion for the salad in boiling water for 3-5 minutes and pour cold water over it to leave bitterness.
• The apple is peeled and rubbed only before placement in the salad. If done in advance, the ingredient will drain the juice and darken.
• It is advisable to cook mayonnaise yourself or replace it with low-fat sour cream, which will reduce the calorie content of the food, make it more useful.

With chicken and apple

• Cooking time: 35 minutes.
• Servings Per Container: 6-8.
• Calorie content per 100 g of the finished dish: 215 kcal.
• Purpose: everyday menu, holiday table.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 1 pc.;
• green apple - 1 pc.;
• hard-boiled eggs - 3-4 pcs.;
• onion - ½ head;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• mayonnaise - 50 g;
• salt to taste.

The boiled chicken fillet turns out to be dry and crumbly, but a ripe and juicy fruit will easily correct the situation, giving the treat a piquant sourness.

Stages of preparation:

1. Boil the chicken.
2. I cut the meat and onion into small cubes.
3. I clean the eggshells, divide the contents into components. I leave 1 protein, finely rub the rest, spread in different containers.
4. I process cheese in the same form.
5. I spread the ingredients in layers in the form of a round slide, which will imitate the "shell" of the turtle. I arrange the layers in the following order: the bottom is squirrels, on it are fillets, onions, apples, cheese, yolks. Each row, except for onions, is decorated with a mayonnaise net.
6. I cut the remaining protein in the middle with a "rose", which will replace the "head" and "jaw" of the turtle. In the openings, you can insert leaves of parsley or dill.I often attract children to decorate dishes - their imagination creates real culinary wonders!

Did you know that walnuts contain 50 times more vitamin C than citrus fruits, so Turtle salad is not only a hearty, but also a healthy treat.

Cooking with Walnuts

• Cooking time: 35 minutes.
• Servings Per Container: 6–8.
• Calories per 100 g: 200 kcal.
• Purpose: lunch, dinner.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 1 pc.;
• onion - 1 medium head;
• nuts - 2 tbsp .;
• eggs - 4 pcs.;
• cheese - 100 g;
• mayonnaise, salt to taste.

Making sweets:

1. Boil the fillet in slightly salted drinking water (20-25 minutes). Cooling down. I cut into cubes.
2. I cook hard-boiled eggs. Proteins and yolks are crushed separately from each other.
3. Finely chop the onion and cheese.
   

   Elegantly decorate the salad, originalize the elements of a delicious turtle, walnut kernels will help. A great way to deliciously decorate dishes!

4. I spread the products in layers: proteins, fillets, onions, cheese, yolks, nut crumbs. I sprinkle the vegetable row with cheese chips, without greasing it with mayonnaise.

How to make a dish beautifully

The components of the turtle salad recipe can be supplemented with prunes, olives, olives, mushrooms and fresh herbs. These same simple products will help to effectively arrange the “shell”, paws and head, give the dish a complete look. And in order for the appetizing appetizer to appear more voluminous and brighter, it is better to lay out the layers on the leaves of a fresh salad.