A great holiday salad that cooks very quickly - a salad with chicken, cucumbers, eggs and cheese. Find out how to cook it by reading the step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Delicious meals can be prepared with a minimum of food. One of these is a salad with chicken, cucumbers, eggs and cheese. In this recipe, two products play the main roles - chicken and cheese, while a variety of tastes is guaranteed. Considering that all types of cheese are high in calories, the appetizer turns out to be very nutritious. Depending on the type of cheese used, the taste of the final dish will depend. It is not unimportant to know with which products the cheese goes best. Then you can choose the right products and truly reveal the taste of the cheese.
In this recipe, additional components of the cheese will be chicken, cucumbers and eggs. The salad is prepared quickly enough, especially if you boil meat and eggs in advance. Chicken meat for salad can not only be boiled, but also baked in the oven or fried in a pan. Depending on the serving, the salad can be used as a festive or everyday meal. In addition, it can be made by mixing all the products, or lay them out in layers. The first option is the simplest, and the second is aesthetically beautiful and will look festive. You should also take into account the only caveat - the salad should be served immediately after cooking, otherwise the cucumbers will give water and spoil the appearance.
See also How to Make Chicken Salad with Cheese, Cabbage, and Poached Egg.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 285 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 20 minutes for slicing, plus time for boiling and cooling chicken and eggs
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet (boiled) - 1 breast
- Mayonnaise - for dressing
- Eggs (boiled hard) - 2 pcs.
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
- Green onions - a few feathers
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Cheese - 100 g
Step by step cooking salad with chicken, cucumbers, eggs and cheese, recipe with photo:
1. Pre-boil the eggs hard-boiled. To do this, dip them in cold water, put them on the stove and boil, then turn the heat to the minimum setting and cook for 8 minutes. Then place them in ice water, cool, peel and cut into cubes.
2. Cut the cheese into cubes. The method of cutting products can be different: cubes, straws, bars … The main thing is to observe the proportion of cutting for all products.
3. Wash, dry and cut the cucumbers into cubes or any other shape you have chosen.
4. Wash green onions, dry and chop finely.
5. Boil the chicken fillet in salted water until tender. Cool well and cut into slices or tear along the fibers. Do not pour out the broth from cooking meat. Use it for soup, stew, or freeze it in a plastic bottle or dish in the freezer.
6. Place all food in a deep bowl.
7. Season them with salt and mayonnaise.
8. Stir well the salad with chicken, cucumbers, eggs and cheese. Chill it in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes and serve.
See also the video recipe on how to make chicken salad with eggs, cucumbers and green peas.
