In summer, of course, it is preferable to eat lighter foods than in the cold season, but the body needs proteins, so it is better to use lighter meat, for example chicken, in the summer. With boiled chicken meat (especially white from the breast, well, or more fat - from the hips), you can prepare interesting summer salads .
How to prepare a festive summer salad with chicken?
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet cooked - about 400-500 g;
- kidney beans, red or chickpeas (canned) - 1 pot;
- red sweet pepper - 2 pcs .;
- yellow pears - 2 pcs. (succulent, but not too soft);
- olives (young or dark) pitted - 10-16 pcs .;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- fresh fresh herbs (onion, parsley, basil, coriander, leaf salad);
- vegetable oil of the first cold pressing;
- lemon juice or natural fruit vinegar.
Preparation
Chicken fillets shall be cut into small pieces (but not too finely), olives - circles, sweet peppers - short straws, and pears - slices (quickly sprinkle them with lemon juice so as not to darken). Leaf lettuce ripped hands, the rest of the greenery chop, as well as garlic.
Combine these ingredients in a salad bowl, add beans or chickpeas (if preserved, of course, without syrup). Pour salad dressing from butter with vinegar or lemon juice (approximate ratio 3: 1). You can use as a dressing for a salad natural milk yogurt or mayonnaise, better, of course, home cooking. If you want a salad to be more light, you can use instead of beans or chickpeas young green peas or cooked string beans.
Recipe for summer salad with chicken and cucumber
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet boiled - about 400 g;
- cucumber - 2-4 pieces. medium size;
- potatoes young not large - 4-5 pieces;
- sweet pepper - 1 pc .;
- Fresh fresh herbs (including onions, parsley, dill, coriander);
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- vegetable oil of the first cold pressing;
- natural vinegar or lemon juice.
Preparation
Chicken fillet cut into small pieces, as well as cucumbers, and sweet peppers. Boil the potatoes "in a uniform", clean and cut each tuber into 4 parts. Garlic and greens chopped finely. We combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl and drink with a dressing from a mixture of oil and vinegar (3: 1). You can use natural unsweetened yogurt or mayonnaise (preferably home) as a dressing. It is not superfluous in this salad will also be radish or daikon. Salad can be made sharper, seasoning with fresh hot red pepper. Mix and serve to the table with light light table wine.