Chicken salad with prunes and walnuts

6 servings
2 hours

How to make a cooking ring yourself? Take a regular 1-5 litre plastic bottle (size depends on which diameter you need). Cut off the height you need and start assembling the salad. Also, the ring can be made of dense cardboard by wrapping it in foil. Or use a detachable cake tin, removing the bottom.

How to make Chicken Salad with prunes and walnuts? Prepare the ingredients. Take the fillet fresh, medium size, better from the breast. An apple is suitable for sweet and sour, for example, Simirenko or Granny Smith.

How to boil chicken fillet? Pour approximately 1. 5 litres of water into the pan. When boiling, salt (about 0. 5 tbsp) and send chicken there. For taste, you can add black peppercorns (3-4 pcs) and bay leaves. Cook over low heat under a lid until tender (approximately 20 minutes after boiling). If the fillet is easily pierced with a knife, then it is ready. Chill without taking it out of the stock to keep the meat dry. Cut into small pieces.

Boil hard-boiled eggs (after boiling for 8-10 minutes). Fill with cold water, cool. Peel from the shell and chop finely.

Rinse prunes and cut into small pieces. If dry and stiff, pre-fill with boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Then drain, dry the dried fruits with paper towels and finely chop. Also finely chop peeled walnuts with a knife. The kernels can be crushed (not very finely) in a blender or poured into a bag, crushed using a rolling pin.

Wash, dry and peel a medium-sized apple. Rub it on a coarse grater. Grate hard cheese on a medium grater. Fold all the ingredients into separate containers.

How to shape a salad? Place a cooking ring (about 18cm in diameter) on a flat plate. Put the fillets in the first layer, brush them with mayonnaise. Distribute prunes evenly with the second layer. Mayonnaise again. Then eggs and mayonnaise. Apple - mayonnaise. Cheese - mayonnaise. Top the salad with chopped nuts. Mayonnaise can be transferred to a cooking bag and applied to each layer of mayonnaise mesh.

Place the salad for 1 hour in the fridge for soaking before serving. Then carefully remove the cooking ring to avoid destroying the structure. You can decorate with fresh herbs (dill, parsley), dried fruits. Serve on the table. Enjoy your meal!

Mayonnaise is better to cook on its own. It will be tastier and healthier. See here interesting recipes for homemade mayonnaise. Also, not only mayonnaise, but also sour cream or natural yogurt can be used as a dressing. They can be taken separately or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion to your taste - this will reduce the calorie content of the dish.

Make salads only from fully chilled foods. Made with warm ones, the salad can quickly deteriorate.

Any hard or semi-hard cheese is suitable for this dish, the main thing is that it is tasty, high-quality, without milk fat substitutes.