Quick salads

Quick salads are dishes that have helped housewives more than once. Having several simple and quick recipes in your arsenal, you can solve the problem of a spontaneous snack or quickly put food on the table when guests suddenly arrive. There are a huge variety of such salads for different tastes and budgets. From this article you can choose a recipe for your immediate desires.

A simple and delicious quick chicken salad

A simple and delicious quick chicken salad that can be prepared and served any time of the day. Or you can cook it and serve it as an appetizer on the holiday table. The salad turns out very tasty, juicy and nutritious, and most importantly, easy on the digestive system.

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   How to make a simple and tasty salad in a hurry? Cut the chicken fillet into cubes.Cook the meat in salted water with spices and, to prevent the meat from becoming dry, cool it in the broth.
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   Peel the boiled chicken eggs and grate them using a fine grater.
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   Dry the canned pineapple rings on paper napkins. Then cut them into cubes, about the same size as the chicken.
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   Grate the hard cheese using a fine-hole grater. To assemble the salad we will need a ring of small diameter. Place the chicken breast in the first layer, brush it with mayonnaise and compact it a little.
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   Next, add a layer of grated chicken eggs, salt it a little and brush with mayonnaise.
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   Place chopped canned pineapple on the egg layer and cover it with mayonnaise.
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   Finish the salad with grated cheese.
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   Carefully remove the ring, garnish the salad with olives and serve. A simple and delicious salad is ready in a hurry! Bon appetit!

Quick and easy salad with crab sticks

A quick and easy salad with crab sticks hits the mark on all counts. Firstly, the budget composition of the products. Secondly, the speed of preparation. Thirdly, nutritional value. With this salad you will very tasty and quickly cope with a sudden feeling of hunger between main meals.

Cooking time – 25 min.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Chicken eggs – 5 pcs.
• Table salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Crab sticks – 250 gr.
• Mayonnaise – 100 gr.
• Canned corn – 250 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1: The ingredient list is very short. Chicken eggs require boiling. So put them in a saucepan, add water and let them cook. From the moment of boiling, measure 8-10 minutes. Then cool the eggs and peel them.

Step 2.Cut the boiled chicken eggs and crab sticks into cubes with a side of about 1 centimeter.

Step 3. Place the canned corn in a strainer to drain the liquid.

Step 4. In a salad bowl, combine boiled eggs, crab sticks and corn.

Step 5. Season the salad with mayonnaise and salt to taste.

Step 6. Mix the salad and you can immediately serve it on the table for a snack. Bon appetit!

Salad with ham, cheese, egg and cucumber

Salad with ham, cheese, egg and cucumber is too easy to prepare, which is why we are sharing this recipe with you. Even a teenager can easily prepare such a snack. But most importantly, the salad turns out very juicy and tasty, you won’t be able to put it down.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Ham – 200 gr.
• Canned corn – 170 gr.
• Cucumbers – 200 gr.
• Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp.
• Boiled egg – 2 pcs.
• Dill – 3 branches.
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.
• Hard cheese – 150 gr.
• Table salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the cucumbers and herbs and dry them. Cut the ham and cucumbers into thin strips. This cutting method looks more original in a salad.

Step 2. Cut a piece of hard cheese into the same strips. Chop the greens very finely with a knife. Peel the eggs and cut into cubes.

Step 3. Then place these chopped products in a deep salad bowl. Drain liquid from canned corn first.

Step 4. Season the salad with mayonnaise and mix. If necessary, adjust the taste by adding salt and pepper to taste. A tasty and quick salad with ham, cheese, egg and cucumber is ready. Bon appetit!

Simple salad with canned beans

A simple salad with canned beans is a win-win option for quickly and efficiently feeding a small company. Firstly, beans are a very filling product. And secondly, it goes harmoniously with both vegetables and meat, so don’t hesitate to use your imagination.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Mayonnaise – 60 gr.
• Tomatoes – 240 gr.
• Beans, canned without liquid – 200 gr.
• Parsley – 5 gr.
• Dill – 5 gr.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Hard cheese – 70 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the greens and tomatoes. Drain the liquid from the canned beans first. Peel the garlic clove.

Step 2. To get rid of excess liquid, the beans can be placed on thick paper towels.

Step 3. Cut the tomatoes in half, remove the stems and juice with seeds. Then cut the pulp into strips.

Step 4. Grate the hard cheese using a fine-hole grater.

Step 5. Finely chop the fresh herbs with a knife.

Step 6. In a salad bowl, mix all the prepared products: beans, tomatoes, cheese and herbs.

Step 7. Season the salad with mayonnaise, squeeze the garlic through a press and add salt to taste.

Step 8. Mix the salad and serve immediately. This express salad with canned beans should definitely be in your cookbook. Bon appetit!

Light and tasty salad with canned tuna

A light and tasty salad with canned tuna, like any fish dish, is an appetizer for everyone. But, once you prepare such a salad out of curiosity, you will definitely want to repeat the recipe more than once. Tuna itself is a valuable type of fish, rich in protein and phosphorus.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Boiled chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
• Fresh cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• Canned tuna – 100 gr.
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
• Lemon juice - to taste.
• Dijon mustard – 1 tsp.
• A mixture of herbs - to taste.
• Table salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Hard-boil chicken eggs in advance so that they are cold by the time you prepare the salad. Wash the cucumbers and drain the liquid from the canned tuna.

Step 2. Cut the cucumbers into small cubes.

Step 3. Peel the eggs and cut them into cubes, just like cucumbers.

Step 4. Mash the canned tuna pieces with a fork. Keep all ingredients on separate plates.

Step 5. To dress the salad, use a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice and Dijon mustard. Salt and season it with a mixture of herbs to taste.

Step 6. Now you can proceed to assembling the salad. Place a cooking ring on a flat plate. Place the chopped cucumbers in the first layer and pour the dressing over them.

Step 7. Next, add the tuna fillet, smooth the layer and pour the dressing over it.

Step 8. Place chopped chicken eggs in the last layer and lightly compact the layer.

Step 9. Carefully remove the ring and decorate the salad with fresh vegetables and herbs. Serve the canned tuna salad immediately after cooking. Bon appetit!

Salad with smoked sausage and corn

Salad with smoked sausage and corn is an easy appetizer recipe with an interesting taste. Smoked sausage and cheese make the dish filling, corn gives it juiciness, and carrots complement and balance the taste of the dish. It turns out perfectly delicious.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Carrots – 150 gr.
• Greens - to taste.
• Garlic – 1-2 teeth.
• Smoked sausage – 150 gr.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp.
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.
• Canned corn – 100 gr.
• Hard cheese – 50 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1: Drain the canned corn. Peel the top layer of carrots and wash. Remove the natural casing from the sausage.

Step 2. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the sausage into strips.

Step 3. Grate a small piece of hard cheese on a large-mesh grater, add the shavings to the other products in the bowl.

Step 4: Place the corn in a salad bowl.

Step 5. Squeeze one clove of garlic into the salad through a press, add chopped herbs, mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. Stir and the snack is ready. Bon appetit!

Salad with chicken and Korean carrots

Chicken and Korean carrot salad is one of the easiest and fastest ways to have a delicious snack. Such a successful combination of products makes the salad nourishing, juicy and at the same time tender. Cooking, by the way, takes very little time.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 300 gr.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Canned corn – 150 gr.
• Mayonnaise/sour cream/yogurt – 3 tbsp.
• Korean carrots – 150 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. All products are collected. The chicken fillet needs to be cooked. There are two options. Cut it into small pieces, add salt and fry in vegetable oil for 5 minutes, or boil in salted water and then cut. Drain the juice from canned corn.

Step 2: Place chicken fillet in a salad bowl.

Step 3. Add corn and Korean carrots to the chicken.The carrots can be pre-cut into shorter pieces.

Step 4. Season the salad with mayonnaise. If you like lower-calorie options, then mayonnaise can be replaced with a mixture of sour cream and natural yogurt.

Step 5. Salad with chicken and Korean carrots is ready, serve it to the table. Bon appetit!

A quick and easy vegetable salad

A simple quick vegetable salad - what could be simpler? This recipe is especially relevant in the summer, when vegetables begin to actively ripen in the beds, and not a single meal is complete without a tasty and juicy addition in the form of salad or slices.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Sweet bell pepper – 240 gr.
• Red onion – 120 gr.
• Cucumbers – 170 gr.
• Cherry tomatoes – 200 gr.
• Lemon juice – 1-1.5 tbsp.
• Olive oil – 5 tbsp.
• Mustard – 1 tsp.
• Dill - to taste.
• Parsley - to taste.
• Sesame – 10 gr.

For the marinade:

• Table salt – 1 tsp.
• Water – 125 ml.
• Sugar – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1: Mix the onion marinade in a small bowl. Dissolve salt and sugar in boiled water.

Step 2. Peel the red onion and cut it into half rings. Transfer the onion to the hot marinade and leave for 10-12 minutes. Then place the onion in a sieve to drain the water.

Step 3. To dress the salad, mix olive oil, lemon juice and mustard. Salt the resulting mixture to taste.

Step 4: Next, chop the vegetables. Cucumbers - in half circles, sweet peppers - in cubes, tomatoes - in slices. Finely chop the greens in random order with a knife.

Step 5. Place the chopped vegetables in a salad bowl. Squeeze the onion further with your hands and add it to other products; pour in the dressing prepared for the salad.

Step 6. Stir the salad with a spoon.To beautifully serve a vegetable salad, take a wide plate, lay out lettuce leaves on it and lay out the salad. Sprinkle the snack with sesame seeds. Bon appetit!

Inexpensive and tasty fresh cabbage salad

An inexpensive and tasty fresh cabbage salad will be an excellent accompaniment to fried potatoes, navy pasta, baked fish or other hot dishes. This is a wonderful crispy snack that can be prepared all year round, since there is no shortage of cabbage and carrots in stores.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• White cabbage – 100 gr.
• Carrot – 50 gr.
• Lemon juice/citric acid – 1 tbsp/1 pinch.
• Salt - to taste.
• Parsley – 3 branches.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the cabbage, remove the top wilted leaves. Peel the carrots with a vegetable peeler and also wash with running water. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon.

Step 2. Using a sharp knife, chop the cabbage into thin strips. Lightly crush the shavings with your hands.

Step 3. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

Step 4: Combine cabbage sticks and carrot shavings in a bowl.

Step 5. Add lemon juice, vegetable oil and salt to taste to the vegetables.

Step 6. An inexpensive and very quick fresh cabbage salad is ready, garnish it with fresh parsley leaves and serve. Bon appetit!

Quick salad with canned saury

A quick salad with canned saury is a hearty dish that can easily form the basis of a light dinner. But the salad is prepared very quickly from the most affordable products that are usually found in every refrigerator: eggs, cucumbers, onions and mayonnaise.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 4

Ingredients:

• Onions – 1 pc.
• Canned saury – 1 can.
• Chicken eggs – 3 pcs.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Cucumber – 1 pc.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Mayonnaise - for dressing.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Boil chicken eggs hard. Wash the cucumber. Remove the saury pieces from the jar.

Step 2. Break the canned fish into small pieces.

Step 3. Remove the shell from boiled eggs and cut them into cubes.

Step 4. Also cut the fresh cucumber into small cubes.

Step 5. You can use regular white or red salad onions. Peel the onion head and finely chop. Salt the chopped vegetables and season to taste.

Step 6. Season the salad with mayonnaise, mix and eat. Bon appetit!