Each housewife does everything possible so that the house was warm and cozy, and the kitchen smelled pleasantly of aromatic dishes, regardless of whether they cook a daily lunch or a festive dinner. Salmon from pink salmon will help to pamper your family and friends, its incredible taste will not leave anyone indifferent. You can always experiment with the ingredients, and the dish will gain completely new taste. Read about how to make pink salmon salad.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
The first step in the preparation of any dish is the selection and preparation of the ingredients. The main component of salmon salad is fish. You can use both its fillet (including fresh-frozen), and canned, smoked and even fried product. The main requirement: it must be fresh, and accordingly - suitable for consumption.
Important! A popular ingredient in some cooking recipes is pink salmon or other salmon fish. They can be used boiled or salted.
Vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, cucumbers, beans) can serve as additional ingredients in the recipe, depending on the type of salad (Olivier, Mirage, Mimosa and others). Carrots need to be peeled raw, and then cooked, and the potatoes are cooked in their uniforms. Rinse the tomatoes well, peel the cucumbers and onions. Corn and beans are used in canned form, so pre-purchase them if this component is indicated in the recipe. Also buy crab sticks - in some cases, the salad is prepared with just such an ingredient.
Salmon Recipes
The success of cooking fish salad lies in the successful combination of all ingredients. The result will exceed all expectations: everyone who gathered at the festive or everyday table will like the dish. In addition, such a salad is particularly delicate in taste and nutritious. And thanks to the variety of recipes, you can choose the option for those who are on a harsh diet.
With potato
300 g 10 minutes
vegetable oil
4 tbsp. l
salt, pepper, spices
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Cut the fresh green lettuce into large pieces and spread on one plate. The dish will be flaky.
- Cut the boiled potatoes into large cubes and distribute them in a second layer.
- Put the fish cut into large pieces on the potatoes. Chop the garlic finely.
- Prepare a salad dressing by mixing vinegar, vegetable oil and garlic.
- Pour over cooked salad dressing. Add your favorite spices. If desired, you can mix a tasty and healthy fish dish during use, but its layered structure will be disturbed. To make the salad more attractive, you can decorate it with greens.
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With potatoes Video recipe: With potatoesImportant! Do not overdo it with salt. You may not need it in this recipe, as salted fish is part of the salad.
With beans and fresh cucumber
2 servings of 300 g each 30 minutes
white canned beans
1 tbsp.
granular mustard
1 tsp
canned pink salmon
1 can
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Start making a dish with tomato and cucumber: cut them into small cubes.
- Chop the onion. Open canned pink salmon and beans.
- Combine vegetables, onions, fish, beans in one large container.
- Prepare the sauce: to do this, mix grain mustard, olive oil and apple cider vinegar.
- Pepper and salt the salad, then season it with the prepared sauce and let it brew for about 1 hour. The dish can be consumed. It is distinguished by a special tenderness of taste that will complement any of your holidays.
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With beans and fresh cucumberImportant! Gourmets are not afraid to experiment with this recipe and add ingredients to it at their own discretion, even the most unexpected, for example, an apple. But it must be sour.
With crab sticks
2 servings of 300 g for 20 minutes
sugar
half a teaspoon
salt
half a teaspoon
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Cut the onion rings and marinate it for 30 minutes. To do this, prepare the marinade from water, vinegar, salt, sugar.
- Dice the crab sticks and pink salmon.
- Mix all the ingredients and season the dish with mayonnaise. Such a salad will diversify your holiday table with its special taste, and the method of its preparation is quick and easy.
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With crab sticksDid you know? Pink salmon got this name due to the fact that during the mating season, her body begins to condense and a hump appears on it.
With cabbage, corn and egg
3 servings of 300 g for 20 minutes
red onion
1 PC. (small)
canned pink salmon
250 g
boiled chicken eggs
4 things.
canned corn
140 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Cut the onion into small cubes.
- Chop the cabbage into small pieces.
- Cut the cucumbers into small pieces.
- Chop the eggs into small cubes.
- Mix all the ingredients in one container. Add corn (you can preserve the product yourself in the summer or buy it in a store).
- Open canned pink salmon and pour into a container with the rest of the ingredients.
- Prepare the sauce by mixing yogurt, rice vinegar, salt and mustard.
- Add salad dressing and mix well. The dish will always turn out to be tasty, satisfying and healthy, and to prepare it simply and quickly. Pink salmon can be replaced with salmon if desired.
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With cabbage, corn and eggDid you know? Pink salmon larvae appear 130 days after the female has laid eggs and fertilized the eggs by the male.
Mimosa
2 servings of 300 g each 30 minutes
canned pink salmon
1 can
fresh dill
1 bunch
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Cut the onion into small cubes. Squeeze the juice from one lemon.
- Pour the chopped onion with lemon juice and leave to pickle while you are busy cooking other ingredients.
- Grate carrots, cheese and potatoes on a small grater.
- Cut the eggs in half, separate the whites from the yolks and rub on a fine grater into separate containers. Chop the dill.
- On a large plate lay layers of potatoes, carrots, protein from chicken eggs, fish, pickled onions, dill, cheese. Decorate the top of the salad with shabby egg yolk so that the dish is nicely decorated in the shape of a sun. Mimosa is prepared quite simply and has a light delicate taste and attractive appearance.
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MimosisDid you know? Pink salmon is a representative of the Pacific salmon family, the largest catches of which are recorded in the Far Eastern regions. The red color of this fish fillet can be explained by the peculiarities of its nutrition: it eats small crayfish.
Hot Smoked Salmon Olivier
3 servings of 300 g30 minutes
boiled chicken eggs
3 pcs.
pickles
3 pcs.
canned peas
1 can
hot smoked salmon fillet
1 PC.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Potatoes, eggs, onions, carrots and cucumbers need to be cut into cubes (size - at your discretion).
- Open canned peas and drain the juice. Pour it into the container in which the salad will be prepared.
- Separate the smoked fish fillet from the bones, cut into cubes as much as possible, and add to the peas. Prerequisite: pink salmon should be hot, not cold smoked. This olivier may be suitable for fish, which must first be baked. But still with smoked pink salmon, the dish will be much tastier and more original than the classic version with sausage.
Pink salmon in various cooking variations (smoked, fried, salted, baked, canned) diversifies your holiday table or a simple homemade lunch - not only as an independent dish, but also as a component of the most original salads and appetizers. The opportunity to experiment with components opens up many ways for housewives to pamper their relatives and improve the menu in a quality way.