Chicago smoked chicken salad

4 servings
1 hour

How do you make a delicious layered Chicago salad with smoked chicken? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Smoked chicken meat can be used not only from legs, but also from the breast or lower legs. Which is better - choose to taste. Smoked chicken can be replaced with boiled, roasted or oven-baked chicken. Any cheese for this dish is suitable - solid, semi-solid. The main thing is that it is tasty, high-quality, without milk fat substitutes and melts well.

Separate the smoked meat from the bones and cut into small pieces.

Wash the champignons, dry and cut into plates. If you use frozen mushrooms, then take them with a margin of one and a half times more, because when thawing and roasting they will literally remain a handful.

Peel the onion from the husks and cut into small cubes.

Grate the cheese on a coarse or medium grater.

Boil the eggs hard-boiled, chill, peel and grate over a coarse grater. If desired, you can divide the eggs into proteins and yolks and grate them separately. And then arrange them in separate layers.

Wash the tomatoes and cut into semicircles. Take tomatoes ripe, but strong. Soft fruits do not hold their shape well, during the cutting process they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

In a frying pan over medium heat, heat the vegetable oil. Lay out the onions and fry until transparent.

Add the mushrooms to the pan and fry, stirring, for about 15 minutes until golden and evaporation of excess moisture. At the end, salt everything. Chill the mushrooms with onions.

You can just mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl, but I prefer to make a salad in a cooking ring so that all the layers are visible. A ring with a diameter of 14-16 cm is suitable. Put the smoked chicken in the first layer and pour mayonnaise over it. I put the mayonnaise in a pastry bag and cut off the tip. This is more convenient than a spoon. Mayonnaise can be partially or completely replaced with sour cream or natural yogurt. This will reduce the calorie content of the dish.

The next layer is grated cheese. Pour mayonnaise over it, too.

Next, distribute half the grated eggs and mayonnaise.

Put the mushrooms fried with onions on the eggs. Add mayonnaise as desired, because mushrooms were already fried in oil.

Spread the remaining grated eggs in the last layer.

Top with the chopped tomatoes. Put the salad in the fridge for 30 minutes to soak.

Remove the cooking ring before serving. Garnish the salad with fresh greens and serve. Enjoy your meal!