Beautiful and delicious salads Santa Claus hat

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  salads

• Cooking time:

  30 minutes

Ingredients

• hen
• potato
• egg
• cucumber
• carrot
• peas
• mayonnaise
• salt

We offer to decorate the festive table with a delicious salad with chicken breast "Santa Claus's Hat". Cooking will not take long. Following the tips of the step-by-step recipe with a photo, it will be easier to cope with the task. A bright appetizing appetizer in an original design will cheer up the whole family.

Santa Claus Hat salad

Ever since Soviet times, most of us have associated New Year with the comedy "Enjoy Your Bath" and, of course, the Olivier salad. It would seem that the simplicity of the ingredients allows you to cook it at any time, it is not a delicacy.

But, nevertheless, on the main winter night, this snack is a must. The only thing we will do is radically change it.

Ingredients:

• smoked chicken breast - 250 g;
• potatoes - 2 pcs.;
• egg - 3 pcs.;
• fresh cucumber - 1 pc. (can be replaced with pickled or salted);
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• canned peas - 100 g;
• mayonnaise or sour cream - 80 g;
• salt to taste.

How to cook:

1. We prepare vegetables, wash carrots and potatoes, boil.
2. Cook hard-boiled eggs in a separate saucepan.
3. Let cool, then clean.
4. We take a bowl into which we will put all the chopped components. Cut smoked poultry into small pieces.
5. Chop the potato tubers into cubes.
6. We cut the cucumber, if desired, you can first remove the skin from it.
7. We take the eggs, separate the whites from the yolks, chop the yolks, set the whites aside for now, they will be needed a little later.
8. Season the salad with mayonnaise, salt a little if necessary.
9. Mix all components well.
10. We take a flat dish or plate, lay out the salad in the form of a cap.
11. On the middle part of the edible composition, spread the boiled grated carrots.
12. Now the protein comes in handy, chop it, decorate the rest of the salad.
13. Put green peas or chopped protein along the edge of the entire "cap".

Creativity and a little imagination will turn an ordinary snack into a real work of art. It's even a pity to have such beauty. Guests and family members will surely appreciate your efforts.

With walnuts

To make this treat right, without missing out on the most important, see the step-by-step recipe with a photo. Salad with chicken breast, decorated in the form of a Santa Claus hat, will become a decoration of the New Year's table.

Ingredients:

• smoked breast - 180 g;
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• walnuts;
• pear - 1 pc.;
• bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
• cheese - 150 g;
• French mustard - 10 g;
• mayonnaise - 50 g;
• a bunch of green onions;
• salt to taste.

How to cook:

1. Cut the chicken into small cubes.
2. Boil, grind eggs in any convenient way.
3. Rinse the onion and pear, chop.
4. Season all products with mayonnaise and mustard, mix.
5. We spread the salad on a beautiful plate.
6. We wash the bell peppers, take out the core, cut into small strips.
7. Grind the cheese into a grater, preferably fine.
8. Place the pepper slices beautifully on the surface of the salad.
9. In the middle, from a small amount of salad, rolled in cheese, we form a pompom hat.
10. Sprinkle cheese around the edges of the entire plate.

The appearance of the dish cheers up, a snack in this design will definitely not go unnoticed.

With pomegranate

Another recipe for an incredibly tasty treat for the New Year's table.

Ingredients:

• smoked chicken breast (boiled turkey fillet is also suitable) - 250 g;
• large onion - 1 pc.;
• eggs - 6 pcs.;
• champignons - 250 g;
• seeds of one pomegranate;
• mayonnaise - 80 g;
• salt to taste.

How to cook:

• Thoroughly wash the mushrooms, chop finely, fry in a pan in a small amount of sunflower oil.
• We send chopped onions to them.

• Boil the eggs, clean, cool, separate the yolks from the proteins.
• Cut the chicken meat and yolks, put them in a bowl.

• Add cooled fried mushrooms with onions to them, salt.
• Season with mayonnaise, stir.
• Put the salad on a plate.
• Sprinkle it with pomegranate seeds on top.

• Mix the chopped proteins with mayonnaise, form a ball from the resulting mass.
• We put it on top of the salad.

• Decorate the sides of the appetizer with egg whites.
• Another Santa Claus hat is ready.

With pineapples

The ingredients of this themed salad go well together. Thanks to this, the dish turns out to be very tender and tasty.

Ingredients:

• chicken breast - 300 g;
• canned pineapple - 150 g;
• red bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• cheese - 100 g;
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.

How to cook:

1. Boil the chicken and eggs in slightly salted water in different saucepans.
2. Cut the poultry meat into small pieces, put it on a plate, immediately give the shape of a hat.
3. Drain the liquid from the pineapple, chop it finely, put it on top of the chicken.
4. Sprinkle with grated cheese, cover with mayonnaise.
5. Color the cap red with diced bell pepper.
6. We rub the egg into a fine grater, make it the edging of the headdress.
7. We put it in the refrigerator so that the salad is properly soaked before serving.

With seafood (with tuna)

Everyone cooks the Santa Claus hat salad in different ways. In the classic version, the main ingredient is chicken breast. In fact, it can be replaced with other foods, such as fish. At the same time, the taste will not deteriorate at all. A recipe with step-by-step photos so that nothing is confused and everything is done right.

Ingredients:

• potatoes - 2 pcs.;
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• canned tuna - 1 can;
• pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• ground black pepper and salt to taste;
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.

How to cook:

1. We wash the vegetables, boil in a uniform, cool, clean.
2. Grind the potatoes into a coarse grater and immediately put them on a beautiful large dish, forming a hat.
3. Lightly grease with mayonnaise.
4. Cover with a layer of tuna, mashed with a fork, draining the liquid in advance.
5. Add mayonnaise, then sprinkle with grated cheese.
6. Cut the cucumbers into cubes, spread them in the next layer.
7. Sprinkle with chopped eggs and finely chopped onions on top.
8. Lubricate with mayonnaise.
9. Put the boiled grated carrots in the very last layer.
10. We form the edge and pompom from hard-boiled and chopped eggs in advance.
11. The appetizer is completely ready to serve. Seafood lovers will appreciate the delicate taste of a wonderful and beautiful dish.

With sardines

Cooking time will not take more than an hour.

Ingredients:

• canned food in oil - 1 can;
• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• beets - 2 pcs.;
• pomegranate seeds;
• mayonnaise;
• salt to taste.

How to cook:

1. Boil beets and eggs in different pans, cool, clean.
2. Chop the onion, put it in a bowl. To leave the bitterness, marinate it: pour boiling water, add a dessert spoon of granulated sugar, a little salt, three tablespoons of vinegar. We leave to insist.
3. Rub the eggs on a coarse grater. We do the same with boiled beets and processed cheese.
4. Knead canned food with a fork. To prevent the salad from turning out dry, do not drain the liquid.
5. We spread the sardine in the form of a Santa Claus hat.
6. Put pickled onions on top.
7. Using a pastry bag, we make a net of mayonnaise. It turns out quickly and accurately.
8. The third layer is chopped eggs, and again mayonnaise mesh.
9. Beets will give a bright color to the cap, we carefully distribute it over the salad, a little short of the edge.
10. We make the edging and pompom from grated processed cheese.
11. The final touch remains, to decorate the appetizer beautifully to decorate her festive table. To do this, use the pastry bag again to make the patterns. It remains to complement the decor with pomegranate seeds. Bon Appetit.

With chicken and pear

Preparations for the New Year are in full swing. It's time to decide on a festive menu. I would like everything to be unusual on the most magical night, including the decoration of dishes. Santa Claus hat salad with chicken breast, a suitable option for this occasion. We will cook based on a step-by-step recipe with a photo.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 570 g;
• pear - 1 pc.;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• walnuts - 100 g;
• French mustard - 1 tsp;
• green onions;
• bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
• hard cheese - 170 g;
• salt and mayonnaise to taste.

How to cook:

1. Boil chicken meat with onions in slightly salted water. Cut into small cubes, put in a bowl.
2. Chop pear, green onion and eggs, mix with breast.
3. We cut the pepper into squares, after removing the seeds from it.
4. Add nuts and mustard chopped in a blender to a bowl with the ingredients. Stir, salt.
5. Season with mayonnaise to taste.
6. Put the salad in a hill in another plate (we leave one teaspoon for the pom-pom).
7. Sprinkle with red bell pepper on top.
8. Spread grated cheese around the edges.
9. Form a ball from a spoonful of the remaining salad, roll it in the cheese, put it in the middle.

It turns out very tasty. Pear combined with mustard gives the dish a special charm. Everyone can decorate at their own discretion using different components.