Salad with porcini mushrooms and chicken

4 servings
1 hour 30 min

Carrots for salad can be fried in oil, but I did not, so that it was not very fat.

How to make a salad with porcini mushrooms and chicken? Prepare the products. Pre-boil and cool the chicken meat. It is better to use breast fillet, it is less fatty. How to cook chicken breast? Bring the water to the boil in a saucepan, lower the meat into it. Add the salt. Cook the chicken for 30 minutes with a low simmer over a low heat. Mushrooms are suitable for both fresh and frozen. Pre-thaw the frozen ones.

Wash the carrots, peel and grate over a coarse grater, cut the pickles into small cubes.

Put the grated carrots in a frying pan, pour in 2 tablespoons of water and simmer until soft.

Clean fresh mushrooms from dirt and debris, cut into small pieces and boil for 30 minutes. Then tip them into a colander and cool. Fry the mushrooms in vegetable oil until tender. I have mushrooms frozen and pre-boiled, I fried them immediately.

Boil the eggs hard-boiled, peel and finely chop. How to boil hard-boiled eggs? To prevent the eggs from cracking when cooking, put them in cold water and set them to cook on a small heat. Cook the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. It is better to clean the shell from a sharp temperature difference. Chill the cooled chicken fillet into small cubes.

Grind the peanuts in a blender. Before that, you can dry it a little in a dry pan.

In a salad bowl, combine chicken, mushrooms, eggs, cucumbers and carrots.

Season the salad with mayonnaise and stir. If time permits, refrigerate it for soaking for 2 hours.

Place the salad on the dish using a cooking ring, compress it well. Sprinkle over the top of the salad with crushed peanuts.

Remove the ring and serve the salad to 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.

The salad will look beautiful and neat if you cut all the ingredients into the same size and shape in pieces (for example, cubes).

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