Salad "Male whim": hearty, simple, fast

Salad was invented by the mistresses in the days of the USSR. He acquired his interesting name thanks to the composition. It is believed that most men prefer meat dishes. And it is meat that is the main ingredient in the snack.

Preparation of the main ingredients

Having decided to cook the “Male Whim” salad with pickled onions and beef, you should carefully prepare the main products. Onions are selected without damage, rot. Fresh beef when buying should be red in color, not oozing unpleasant or extraneous odors. The surface is almost dry, without mucus and does not stick to your hands. It is better to take fillet or brisket. You can decorate the salad with pomegranate - the husband will appreciate at 100, and making such a dish is a pleasure.

Cook beef

The cooking time of meat largely depends on the freshness of the product and its “age”. For young meat, 30-40 minutes is enough, for old (or frozen) it takes up to one and a half hours. Therefore, it is better to choose the first option. In the process of cooking, foam appears, which must be removed. If the beef is ready, then it can be easily pierced with a fork, it is not “rubber”, but soft.

Depending on how much time you have at your disposal, a frozen product can be thawed in several ways:

• in warm water;
• in the microwave;
• on the shelf of the refrigerator;
• at room temperature.

Pickle the onion

The fastest and easiest option is pickling in vinegar, diluted with water. One onion will need half a glass of water and two tablespoons of 9% vinegar. Salt (a teaspoon) and sugar (a tablespoon) are added to the brine. We chop the onion with rings or half rings, fill it with boiling marinade.

An alternative to vinegar is lemon juice. For one large onion, you need a whole fruit. Its juice is diluted in warm water, salt and sugar are added. After the brine has cooled to room temperature, onions can be added to the salad.

The recipe for a salad "Men's whim" in the classic version

Features. Having chosen the traditional recipe for “Male Whim” salad with beef, you can feed the household a quick, tasty and satisfying dish. The appetizer is served cold or hot. In principle, such a dish is so nutritious that it can replace both the first, second and dessert.

Ingredients:

• beef - 200 g;
• three chicken eggs;
• one onion;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• one package of mayonnaise - 250 g;
• spice;
• greenery.

Cooking

1. From the boiled meat, remove the layers of fat and film. Cut into small pieces.
2. Pickle onion half rings.
3. Three eggs and cheese in different plates.
4. On a wide dish we spread in layers: onion, meat, eggs, cheese. On each new layer, apply a mayonnaise grid, add herbs and spices.

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A distinctive feature of the dish is that you can choose any meat for its creation. This is not just beef. Suitable pork, turkey, veal, chicken. The choice of products depends on the imagination, taste preferences and budget.The only thing that cannot be present in the snack is seafood.

With Chiken

Features. It is better to prefer fillet or breast. These parts require minimal preparation, boil quickly. Salad "Male whim" with chicken is prepared in just half an hour. An ideal option that can help out when you need to meet unexpected guests.

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 200 g;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• one onion;
• three chicken eggs;
• dressing mayonnaise;
• spice.

Cooking

1. Pickle onions in advance.
2. Chicken meat, previously boiled, cut into pieces or separated by hand along the fibers.
3. We rub the eggs and cheese separately.
4. We spread onions, meat, eggs, cheese in order. Each layer, except the last cheese, must be seasoned with mayonnaise, sprinkled with spices to taste.
5. Keep the appetizer in the cold for no more than an hour before serving. We cover it so that the cheese layer does not dry out.

With ham

Features. This appetizer is not made without potatoes. It is the vegetable that provides a lighter taste. The dish is very nutritious and great for a big feast. Ham can be replaced with sausage, smoked breast.

Ingredients:

• ham - 200 g;
• three chicken eggs;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• one onion;
• three potatoes;
• mayonnaise, spices.

Cooking

1. Dice the ham.
2. Pickle the onion.
3. We boil boiled eggs, potatoes and cheese.
4. We lay out the finished products in the following order: potatoes, meat, onions, eggs, cheese. In layers we apply mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. However, the onion layer in the “Male Whim” salad with ham sauce is not soaked.

With beef tongue

Features. Delicious appetizer. To make a delicious salad “Male whim” with the tongue, it is important to clean and properly boil the main product. To make it tender, half an hour pre-soak in normal water is recommended. The offal is cooked in two waters without salt: 15 minutes in the first and up to 2-3.5 hours in the second. You can add spices to taste. The film is removed after cooking, after having doused the tongue with cold water.

Ingredients:

• balyk - 250 g;
• beef tongue - 250 g;
• pickled cucumbers - 100 g;
• red paprika - 150 g;
• one onion;
• packaging of mayonnaise - 220-250 ml;
• six lettuce leaves;
• spice.

Cooking

1. Balyk, boiled tongue, shreds of cucumbers with thin bars or straws.
2. Sauté paprika fried (should be crispy).
3. Pickle the onion.
4. We mix the ingredients, season with mayonnaise, add spices.
5. Following the recipe for a salad “Male whim” with a cucumber and tongue, serve the mass on lettuce leaves.

With mushrooms

Features. The step-by-step recipe for “Male Whim” salad with mushrooms differs from previous variations in that it does not contain any meat and mayonnaise. This option is referred to as dietary. There are also more components here.

Ingredients:

• fresh mushrooms (champignons) - 300 g;
• five apples (any variety, but preferably sweet and sour);
• one bell pepper red and yellow;
• hard cheese - 400 g;
• three tangerines;
• sour cream - 400 g;
• butter;
• one tablespoon of mustard (home or store);
• four teaspoons of honey;
• one lemon.

Cooking

1. Before frying in butter, champignons with crumbs or quarters.
2. We cut the apples without skin and core into small cubes.
3. Bell pepper shred straws.
4. Cheese cut into cubes or three on a large grater.
5. Tangerines peel, veins.
6. Mix the ingredients.
7. Cooking dressing: finely three lemon zest, separately survive the juice. Mix sour cream, honey and mustard, pour juice and zest. Manually or with a mixer, beat until lush.
8. Dress salad, salt and pepper.

With beans

Features. Both white and red canned beans are suitable for the dish. You can decorate the finished salad with greens, walnut kernels, slices of cucumbers, tomatoes or bell peppers. Rich taste will provide red onions.

Ingredients:

• one chicken breast;
• one can of canned beans;
• three pickled or pickled cucumbers;
• four potato tubers;
• four chicken eggs;
• one onion;
• mayonnaise;
• spices and herbs.

Cooking

1. Fry chopped onion until golden, add thin meat sticks to it and fry for five to seven minutes until cooked. Pepper, salt. (Breast can also be boiled and cut into small slices).
2. We cut the boiled potatoes and eggs into cubes or grate.
3. Dice the cucumbers and remove the excess liquid.
4. Mix the products with beans and mayonnaise.
5. Garnish with chopped herbs (sprigs) and slices of vegetables: boiled carrots, bell peppers, fresh cucumber.

The variety of recipes for snacks is striking: with beets, with Korean carrots and beef heart, with pomegranate seeds and pickled onions, with mushrooms and omelettes, with lentils, with green beans and turkey, even with radish. How to change the dish - the fantasy will tell. You can see recipes on the Internet for photos and videos to surprise others. Salad "Male whim" will be a worthy competition to the bored Olivier, Mimosa or Shuba.

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