Recently, the Wood Grouse Nest salad has become quite popular, and you can often find it sitting at a party, at a set table. And this is not at all accidental. After all, it turns out to be truly festive - it is very beautiful, original in execution, and extremely tasty!

Since our favorite holiday, New Year, is just around the corner, everyone will be looking for interesting recipes to surprise and delight your guests. So, with such a beautifully decorated dish, you will definitely surprise and delight everyone present.

IN classic version The salad is made from chicken fillet with the addition of ham. But now the Year is coming Fire Rooster, and it’s somehow inappropriate to serve chicken meat on the table. There is no way the Rooster will be offended, but this cannot be allowed! Therefore, we will make it with meat.

Capercaillie Nest salad - recipe with meat

We will need:

• boiled beef or veal - 350-400 g
• raw potatoes - 2-3 pcs
• eggs - 7 pcs
• pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.
• champignon mushrooms, or any other, marinated - 200 gr
• green peas - 100 gr
• cheese - 70 gr
• mayonnaise -6-7 tbsp. spoons
• garlic - 1 clove
• salt - to taste
• black ground pepper- according to desire and taste
• cherry tomatoes -3-4 pieces for decoration

The recipe also uses pancakes. You will need to bake 2-3 of them.

For pancakes:

• flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
• milk - 100 ml
• egg - 1 pc.
• sugar - 0.5 tbsp. spoons
• vegetable oil- 1 teaspoon
• soda - on the tip of a knife
• salt - a pinch

Preparation:

1. Make dough for pancakes. Let it sit for 30 minutes to allow all the ingredients to combine.

2. Fry 2-3 pancakes. If you don’t know how to do this, then you can read a special article on the topic -. Namely thin pancakes we will need it to prepare the dish as a whole.

I have a frying pan with a very large diameter. Since everyone in our family just loves pancakes, we had to buy such a huge frying pan. That's why I bake only two pancakes. On regular frying pan You will need to bake three pancakes.

3. Cool the hot pancakes a little, fold them in half and roll them into a tube. Then cool completely. Once cooled, cut into thin slices as we cut the roll. Then the pancake will roll out and you will get long narrow strips.

4. If you have pickled cucumbers, that’s good, we’ll use them in the recipe. I also have them, and in large quantities, preserved different ways. You can look at the recipes in my articles in the “Preparations” section. But because of two cucumbers, I felt sorry to open a three-liter jar.

And I decided that I would pickle fresh cucumbers in a fast way. To do this, I cut the cucumbers into barrels. I added chopped dill and garlic to them, added a little more salt than usual and a little pepper.

I placed all this in a container with a tightly closed lid and shook vigorously. These cucumbers will be salted within an hour. During this time, they must be actively shaken every 15 minutes.

An hour later we open the container, and the cucumber-garlic smell, and even with the aroma of dill, simply knocks you off your feet. These cucumbers will come in handy! Tasty, fragrant - this note will not be superfluous. And they will be even tastier than pickled or fresh ones.

5. Cut the cucumbers into thin strips.

6. You will also need to boil the meat in advance. Cook it over low heat. There is no need to add salt throughout cooking, so that the salt does not draw out all the delicious juice from meat. Add salt 10 minutes before the end of cooking. Cool the finished meat and cut into thin strips.

We try to cut all ingredients approximately the same thickness and length. Since we will build a nest from them, it is better to cut them in the form of twigs, that is, into strips.

7. Eggs should be boiled and also cooled. Then separate the whites from the yolks. Cut the whites into thin strips.

8. We will also need mushrooms. We use marinated mushrooms, just as they are. We also pickled mushrooms - and recipes for how to do this are also in the preparations section. And we pickled boletus mushrooms. I rolled some of them into jars. And I store some in the refrigerator. They are really delicious, and I want to enjoy them every day.

So, we also cut the mushrooms into strips, to match other products.

Mushrooms, as I already indicated, what you can use, what you have. Usually everyone uses champignons, and they are no worse than the rest.

9. Another one important stage in preparation is to prepare a blank for the nest itself. And we will build a nest from French fries.

For this raw potatoes cut into very thin strips. Sometimes it is recommended to grate potatoes for Korean carrots.

I’ll say right away that I don’t practice this, since the grated potatoes stick together a lot when fried. And if you grate it on a larger grate, it will turn out to be large. Therefore, I cut the potatoes into strips of the size I need.

We will have a nest that looks like a real one.

10. Once the potatoes are cut, they need to be fried. To do this, heat the oil in a cauldron or frying pan, and place the potatoes there in small portions, fry, stirring constantly.

Since the potatoes are cut very thin, they will cook very quickly. And therefore, do not leave it while frying, stir, and as soon as it becomes beautiful golden color, immediately take it out and place it on paper towels so that all the oil drains off.

11. In a large bowl, combine cucumbers, meat, mushrooms, egg whites and pancakes, cut into strips. Add canned green peas, from which the brine has been carefully drained.

12. Add mayonnaise. If you don’t really like mayonnaise, then add sour cream, or sour cream and mayonnaise 50 to 50%.

13. Mix everything carefully. Test to see if there is enough salt. We have pickles, mushrooms, meat, green peas and mayonnaise. That's why I don't salt anything anymore. You can add one or two pinches of ground black pepper for added spice.

14. Now we need to make eggs for the nest. My brother, who especially likes the eggs in this salad, refuses to call it "Groecaillie's Nest" and calls it exclusively "Gercaillie Eggs." Therefore, we will make them beautiful and appetizing.

15. Grate hard cheese on a fine grater, I use Russian cheese. Chop the garlic and mix with mayonnaise. Place some mayonnaise in a small cup. Dip the yolk in mayonnaise and roll in the cheese-garlic mixture.

Place on a separate plate and place in the refrigerator for the time being.

Now that we have prepared everything, we can begin to create our culinary masterpiece.

How to beautifully decorate and arrange a dish

To make the dish look most impressive, it is better to place it on a large flat dish. Then it will look exactly like a nest. Only more beautiful and bright. If the real nest is discreet, disguised as tree branches. Our “nest” is bright, flashy, just right for any holiday!

1. Place lettuce leaves on a large flat dish or plate.

2. Place the ingredients mixed with mayonnaise on the leaves in the form of a small mound. We make a small depression in the center where we will place the eggs.

3. Cover the entire surface of the laid out ingredients with French fries. Don’t forget the edges; when placing them on them, lightly press down the potatoes so that they don’t fall.

This is what a beautiful and cozy “nest” we have created.

4. Carefully place the eggs in the center where we formed the bowl. Place sprigs of dill or parsley around them. Or both together. We also decorate the spaces between the leaves at the base of the dish with twigs.

5. Now you need to let the salad brew so that all the ingredients are saturated with the juice and aroma of each other and mayonnaise. To do this, you need to put it in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

6. Remove the finished dish from the refrigerator, decorate with cherry tomato halves and place on the festive table. Be sure to let us enjoy the view of our beautiful culinary masterpiece. And eat healthy!

Such beauty will certainly surprise everyone with its appearance, and most importantly, its taste! Once you prepare it, you definitely won’t go wrong!

And now I’ll tell you how to cook the classic version with chicken fillet. After all, not every year is the Year of the Rooster! You can cook it with chicken, either boiled or smoked!

Capercaillie's Nest salad - a classic recipe with chicken

We will need:

• boiled chicken fillet – 250 g
• ham - 100 gr
• raw potatoes - 2-3 pcs
• eggs - 7 pcs
• fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs.
• processed cheese - 1 piece
• hard cheese - 100 gr
• mayonnaise -6-7 tbsp. spoons
• garlic - 1 clove
• salt - to taste
• sunflower oil- for frying potatoes
• lettuce, dill, parsley - for decoration
• ground black pepper - optional

Preparation:

The salad can be prepared in the same sequence as the previous one. You can make some changes to the cooking process. Thanks to this, you can change its taste. I suggest you focus on this.

1. Boil the chicken fillet, cool it and cut it into strips.

2. Also cut the eggs into strips, fresh cucumbers(in winter you can use pickled ones) and ham. Grate the cheese onto coarse grater.

IN classic version mushrooms are not added during preparation, but you can use them if you really want to! There are also options where onions and carrots are fried. And these components are also added.

3. Combine the ingredients and mix with mayonnaise.

There are recipes where the ingredients are not mixed, but laid out in layers. In this case, first lay out the chicken fillet, then cucumbers, egg, ham and grated cheese.

If you prepare the salad in layers, then layer each of them with mayonnaise.

4. Grate the processed cheese on a fine grater. To make it easier to grate the cheese, put it in the freezer for a while.

5. Add chopped garlic and dill to the grated mass. Mix the contents and form small eggs. Place them on a plate and put them in the refrigerator.

6. Cut the potatoes into strips and fry in vegetable oil, stirring constantly. Place potatoes on a paper towel to drain excess oil.

7. Place in a dish decorated lettuce leaves, all ingredients mixed with mayonnaise. Or lay out the layers as indicated above. Form an egg bowl in the center.

8. Cover the base with french fries in a thick and even layer.

9. Remove the eggs from the refrigerator and place them in the central part.

10. Decorate as your imagination dictates.

11. Place the dish in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours. Serve chilled.

Here are two different options. You can choose any one to your liking. I usually always choose the first one on big holidays. There are more ingredients, and the salad turns out richer and richer in taste. I cook the second option when I just want to eat it without any reason. Or when my family asks me to cook it because they miss it.

The second option is easier and more dietary. Especially if you don’t add mushrooms to it. But both options are delicious.

Replacing meat in the first recipe with chicken fillet and leaving everything else unchanged is also great option. You can cook it this way too. In general, try, cook, and I’m sure that you will succeed.

And in conclusion, I bring to your attention a video recipe for this delicious dish in an interesting design.

If you use this design idea, you can also prepare small portioned salads. It will look just great! Each guest will receive a small piece culinary arts! And everything will be eaten, I’m just sure, quickly and without a trace.

In general, there are a lot of ideas and options. Even with the appearance, you can even dream up. But only one thing will remain unchanged - unique taste! You don't have to worry about him!

Bon appetit!

The Capercaillie Nest salad has many recipes. Distinctive feature This dish is its presentation. It always looks like a bird's nest.

The dish belongs to Russian cuisine. It received its name in past centuries due to the use of wood grouse meat. Today, the cooking recipe has changed, and wood grouse meat has been replaced by boiled chicken.

There are many recipes for the Capercaillie Nest salad, both in layers and with a ready-made total mass. The dish can be prepared with the addition of quail eggs, mushrooms, smoked chicken and other ingredients. However, they are not included in the classic recipe.

Recipe No. 1: classic salad

To prepare the salad you will need:

• Half a kilogram of chicken meat;
• 260 grams of fresh cucumbers;
• 8 chicken eggs;
• 110 grams of onions;
• Processed cheese;
• Garlic;
• Greenery;
• Mayonnaise.

Stages of preparing capercaillie nest salad according to the classic recipe:

• Peel the potatoes, wash, dry, cut into cubes;
• Rinse the chicken under running water. Place in a saucepan, add a little salt and boil;
• Hard boil the eggs;
• Purified onion cut into half rings, marinate. To do this, add half a teaspoon of salt and sugar to it, sprinkle a little with table vinegar, mix everything;
• Wash the cucumber. Cut into strips;
• Deep fry the potatoes. If you don't have a deep fryer, you can use a deep frying pan or a saucepan with a thick bottom. After frying, place it on paper towels or napkins to remove excess fat;
• Processed cheese and 5 boiled eggs grate on a coarse grater into separate plates;
• Cut the boiled chicken into strips.

Forming the salad:

• For a big one round dish Place the prepared pickled onion in the first layer;
• The next layer is boiled chicken meat, greased with mayonnaise;
• Lay out the chopped cucumbers, make a mayonnaise mesh;
• Next, make a layer of grated eggs;
• Make a small depression in which the egg balls will be placed;
• Cover the entire surface of the salad with a thin layer of mayonnaise and cover it with brushwood from fried potatoes. It is important to leave room for the eggs;
• Sprinkle the cavity with half the chopped herbs;
• Place eggs in the nest.

Preparing capercaillie eggs:

• Separate the yolk and combine it with processed cheese, the remaining herbs, add a little salt, add a small amount of mayonnaise and squeeze out the garlic. Mix all ingredients until smooth;
• Fill ready-made minced meat halves the whites and place them in the nest.

Recipe No. 2: with mushrooms

The recipe for wood grouse's nest salad was improved with the addition of mushrooms. The dish may include different kinds marinated or fried mushrooms.

To prepare you need:

• 350-400 grams chicken meat;
• 220 grams of mushrooms;
• 3-4 potatoes;
• 1 onion;
• 3 chicken, 4 quail eggs;
• 55 grams of Korean carrots;
• 1 large pickled cucumber;
• Mayonnaise.

Cooking steps:

• Cut the mushrooms into slices, the onions into cubes. Fry;
• Peel the potatoes, cut into thin cubes. Deep fry, remove excess fat;
• Cut the cucumber into strips;
• In a large container, combine onions and mushrooms. boiled chicken, chopped eggs, cucumbers. Season with mayonnaise;
• Place the resulting mass on a round dish, giving it the shape of a nest. Make a small depression on top, placing carrots in it;
• Use fried potatoes to decorate the edges of the dish;
• Place peeled quail eggs on a bed of carrots.

Recipe No. 3: with fresh cabbage

By preparing the Wood Grouse Nest salad according to the recipe with fresh cabbage, you can enjoy incredible combination tastes. This dish is different from classic recipe not only the set of ingredients, but also the method of presentation.

To prepare you will need:

• Place crackers on the dish as the first layer, then place fried mushrooms and lubricate with mayonnaise;
• The next layer consists of chicken meat. Rubbed on top egg whites and lightly greased with mayonnaise;
• Grind the nuts with garlic, passing them through a press, mix with finely chopped prunes and shredded fresh cabbage;
• Sprinkle the mixture fresh juice lemon and season with mayonnaise;
• Place chicken meat, lemon wedges;
• Carefully remove the container from the center of the dish;
• Place chopped herbs and green onions in the center;
• Sprinkle the remaining yolks with lemon zest and garnish with peppercorns. Place them on a bed of greenery.

Recipe No. 4: with lettuce leaves

With the help of a step-by-step recipe for the Wood Grouse Nest salad, any novice housewife can prepare it. Many people use lettuce leaves to decorate and serve dishes.

• 1 chicken breast;
• 3 potato tubers;
• 2 chicken, 6 boiled quail eggs;
• 2 pickled cucumbers;
• 120 grams hard cheese;
• 2 onions;
• 1 carrot;
• Mayonnaise;
• Salt;
• Vegetable oil;
• Lettuce leaves;
• Greenery.

In order to form and beautifully serve a dish, you need to decorate it correctly. Some housewives use deep-fried potatoes for the outer layer of the nest. It can be replaced with grated cheese.

Algorithm of actions:

• Grate 90 grams of hard cheese on a coarse grater, 30 grams on a fine grater;
• Peel the potatoes, cut into strips, deep-fry;
• Grate carrots like Korean carrots and fry;
• Cut the cucumbers in a convenient way, drain the resulting marinade;
• Cut the boiled meat into cubes;
• Cut the onion into strips and fry;
• Cut chicken eggs into small cubes;
• Place all prepared ingredients in a bowl, except cheese;
• Season the mixture with salt, add mayonnaise, mix well. Place on a flat dish previously covered with lettuce leaves. The mixture should be laid out so that the edges of the lettuce leaves remain free;
• Make a small indentation on top of the mayonnaise mixture. The edges ready-made dish garnish generously with grated hard cheese;
• Place the quail product in the formed nest.

The step-by-step recipe gives a complete description of each stage. This makes the cooking process easier not only for novice cooks, but also for experienced chefs.

Good afternoon everyone!! The other day the whole family went to a department store and my attention was drawn to beautiful craft, similar to a nest with chicks. What was surprising was that this thing was standing in the salad department... And suddenly, I see, most of this beautiful thing is being cut off and sold!! It turned out that this is a salad, and not a craft at all, and it is called Capercaillie's Nest.

I think you will agree with me that it is not surprising to confuse such a culinary product with an inedible thing. The name of the dish speaks for itself: we arrange the salad in the shape of a nest and decorate it with birds or just eggs on top. After what I saw, I wanted to figure out how to prepare such a snack, especially since everyone’s favorite New Year, and this option will look like a real masterpiece on the festive table.

This amazing dish attracts the attention of not only adults, but also children, because its design is very bright. The salad also tastes great, it is very filling and nutritious. It may seem to you that it is difficult to prepare... But no, everything is simple as always, the main thing is to follow the instructions and everything will work out.

Ingredients:

• Boiled chicken breast - 350 gr.;
• Marinated champignons - 300 gr.;
• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.;
• Onions - 2 pcs.;
• Fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.;
• Chicken egg (boiled) - 3 pcs.;
• Mayonnaise - 3-4 tbsp. l.;
• Salt, pepper, to taste;
• Vegetable oil - for frying;
• Boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
• Raw carrots - 1 pc. (for registration);
• Carnation buds - 12 pcs.;
• Lettuce leaves - for decoration.

Cooking method:

1. First of all, we need to prepare twigs for the nest; we will make them from potatoes. To do this, peel, wash and dry the potatoes with a paper towel. Cut into thin strips.

2. Now deep fry, but in small portions.

3. When all the potatoes are cooked, place them on a paper napkin to drain excess fat.

4. The onion must be cut into half rings, the carrots into thin strips.

5. Fry vegetables in vegetable oil.

6. Chicken breast also cut into cubes.

7. Cut the mushrooms into strips.

8. Grind the cucumbers into thin cubes.

9. Two boiled eggs separate the yolk from the white. Cut the white into strips.

10. When all the ingredients are ready, place the marinated mushrooms on the bottom of the plate.

11. Then a layer of chicken breast.

12. Cover everything with a mesh of mayonnaise.

13. Now add onions and carrots and grease with mayonnaise.

14. Lay out the cucumbers.

15. Then egg whites and again make a mesh of mayonnaise.

16. Cover the entire dish on top fried potatoes. We make a depression in the center, and decorate the nest with lettuce leaves along the edge.

17. Mash the yolks with a fork with salt, mayonnaise and chopped dill. Make eggs with wet hands.

18. Place them in the middle on the potatoes. Peel the quail eggs, make eyes from clove buds, and beaks from carrots. From the remaining chicken egg You can register an adult bird.

Capercaillie's Nest - step-by-step recipe with quail eggs

Friends, I want to say right away that although the appetizer is simple, it takes a lot of time to prepare it, around two hours. But if you are not scared and do not want to leave your guests hungry, then do everything with pleasure and then you won’t notice how time flies.

Ingredients:

Chicken fillet/breast - 400 gr.;

Potatoes - 300 gr.;

Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;

Quail eggs - 4 pcs.;

Fresh cucumbers - 200 gr.;

Onions - 120 gr.;

Hard cheese - 120 gr.;

Processed cheese - 100 gr.;

Garlic - 2 cloves;

Mayonnaise - 200 gr.;

Granulated sugar - 5 gr.;

Vinegar - 30 ml;

Dill - 1 bunch;

Vegetable oil for frying;

Salt to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Peel and wash the potatoes, grate them for Korean carrots.

2. Fry the potato wedges in vegetable oil in small portions. Then place on a paper towel to drain off unnecessary fat.

3. Wash the chicken fillet and cook in salted water. Cool, cut into cubes.

This is interesting!! In the past, game meat was always used instead of chicken. If you have such an opportunity, then prepare the Capercaillie's Nest with game.

4. Eggs, chicken and quail need to be hard-boiled and cooled.

5. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Add to it 1/2 sugar, 1/2 salt and a couple of tablespoons of vinegar. Mix everything well and leave to marinate.

6. Cut the washed cucumbers into thin strips.

7. Wash the dill and finely chop it with a knife.

8. Grate cheese, processed cheese and boiled eggs separately from each other.

9. First place the pickled onions on a flat dish.

10. Top with chicken fillet, grease with mayonnaise.

11. Place cucumbers on top and make a mayonnaise grid.

12. Now level the grated eggs and grease them again with mayonnaise.

13. Lay out the cheese layer and make a depression in the center.

14. The entire surface of the dish must be coated with a mayonnaise mesh, and half of the prepared dill should be placed in the middle.

15. We decorate the edges of the salad with fried potato strips.

16. Peel the quail eggs and cut them into halves. Remove the yolks. Mash the yolk with a fork and add a mixture of processed cheese, a little dill, mayonnaise and garlic, passed through a press. Mix everything and fill the whites of quail eggs with this mixture.

17. Put ours stuffed eggs for dill All is ready!! Bon appetit!!

Preparing chicken salad in the form of a nest (photo inside)

Capercaillie's nest is old dish and has been known since Ancient Rus'. It was at that time that hunting for this bird was popular and it was the main ingredient of the dish. Nowadays capercaillie meat is rare, so chicken is most often used in salads; you can even cook it from smoked chicken.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 6-8 pcs.;
• Smoked chicken – 400 gr.;
• Pickled cucumbers – 4-5 pcs.;
• Quail eggs – 10-15 pcs.;
• Mayonnaise – 3 tbsp. l.;
• Dill – 3-4 sprigs;
• Vegetable oil – 200 ml;
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. First, prepare the fried potatoes. To do this, peel 3-4 potatoes and grate them on a long grater.

2. Then put it on a cloth napkin, thus removing excess liquid.

3. In a heated frying pan in vegetable oil, alternately fry the root vegetable in portions until golden brown. Then put it on a napkin and get rid of excess fat.

4. Boil the potatoes that we still have left in their skins until tender.

5. Let cool and cut into strips.

6. Hard-boil quail eggs.

7. Peel them and also cut them into strips.

8. Wash the pickles and cut into strips.

9. Now take the chicken, remove the skin and cut into pieces.

10. Mix all ingredients in one bowl, add salt and season with mayonnaise.

11. Place our mixture on a flat dish, form a nest, making a depression in the middle. Place fried potatoes on the top and sides.

12. Finely chop the dill and place in the recess.

13. Place the remaining quail eggs in the center.

14. Our light, tender and smoky salad is ready!! Bon appetit!!

Advice!! Serve this dish immediately to ensure the potatoes remain crispy.

Video selection on how to cook Capercaillie's Nest with mushrooms

As always, for you, my dear readers, I have prepared an excellent video recipe for our hearty and crazy delicious snack. Watch it, and if you suddenly have any questions, I think after watching you won’t have any. Or write comments, I will definitely answer.

Chips salad recipe

We will prepare the next type with chips, interesting variation instead of potatoes. Quick and easy, try it, I think you'll like it.

Ingredients:

• Bacon flavored chips – 1 large pack;
• Boiled eggs – 4-6 pcs.;
• Boiled sausage – 200-300 gr.;
• Onion – 1-2 pcs.;
• Garlic - 2 cloves;
• Mayonnaise - to taste;
• Hard cheese – 100-150 gr..

Cooking method:

1. Mash the chips well, it is better to do this without opening the package.
2. The crushed chips must be poured into a deep plate. There we cut the onion into half rings, egg whites into strips and sausage. Season all this with mayonnaise and mix.
3. Place a glass in the middle of a flat dish and place our salad around the edges of the glass. This will be a nest.
4. Now grind the yolks, grate the cheese and add the garlic passed through a press. Add mayonnaise and mix.
5. Remove the glass from the center and form the mixture into balls. These will be capercaillie eggs. We put them in the middle.
6. You can decorate the appetizer with lettuce leaves and herbs, and also sprinkle with prepared fries.

Capercaillie's nest with pork, made in layers

The products of our salad are very harmoniously combined with pork meat, so if you suddenly don’t have chicken, but have meat, then make a dish from it. It turns out no worse.

Ingredients:

• Boiled meat - 350-400 gr.;
• Raw potatoes - 2-3 pcs.;
• Eggs - 7 pcs.;
• Pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
• Marinated mushrooms - 200 gr.;
• Green peas - 100 gr.;
• Cheese - 70 gr.;
• Mayonnaise -6-7 tbsp. spoon;
• Garlic - 1 clove;
• Salt - to taste;
• Sunflower oil - for frying potatoes;
• Lettuce, dill, parsley - for decoration;
• Ground black pepper - optional and to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Boil the meat in salted water. Cool and cut into cubes.

2. Cut the mushrooms into strips.

3. Wash the potatoes, peel them and cut them into long strips. Fry in portions in heated vegetable oil. Afterwards we remove it on a napkin and let the excess fat drain off.

4. In a flat plate, lay out in layers: cucumbers cut into strips, meat, mushrooms and egg whites (also cut into strips) with green peas. Lubricate each layer with mayonnaise. You can add salt and pepper to taste.

5. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and mix it with chopped garlic and mayonnaise, adding the mashed yolk. Make the testicles of a capercaillie.

6. Now we decorate our salad. We make a nest out of fried potatoes, lettuce leaves are grass, you can also sprinkle the middle with herbs and put our eggs. You can also use it to imitate a nest raw carrots, grated on a long grater.

At the end of this collection there is one more cooking variation. original dish with ham. I don’t know about you, but I have fallen in love with this salad, so I will be trying all the recipes. Video for you, watch and do:

I think you have come across such a delicious composition that will decorate any table. Save the recipes to your bookmarks and pamper your family and friends. See you soon!!

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There are many cooking options of this dish: Inventive cooks and resourceful housewives are constantly experimenting with ingredients. We invite you to consider the classic recipes for the Wood Grouse Nest salad, which will become a real decoration for the holiday table thanks to its interesting and unusual design.

The dish is served as bird's nest with eggs (quail, chicken) or edible decor in the shape of eggs (chicks).

A very easy-to-prepare salad will allow every housewife to quickly prepare, for example, for the arrival of a loved one and feed him deliciously. The ingredients combine perfectly with each other, which is remarkable; seasonal products, that is, you can prepare such a treat at any time of the year.

Cooking time: 40 minutes
Number of servings: 4-5

Ingredients:

• boiled/baked/fried chicken breast (300 g);
• potatoes (2-3 pcs.);
• hard/processed cheese (100 g);
• fresh cucumber (2 pcs.);
• red onion, large (1 pc.);
• sunflower oil (100 ml, for frying);
• salt (to taste);
• pepper (to taste).

Preparation:

1. Wash the potatoes, peel them, cut into thin strips, place in a frying pan with hot oil and fry over medium heat until golden brown. Remove the finished potatoes to a paper towel to remove excess oil.
2. Peel the onion, finely chop and marinate - pour boiling water over it, add 1.5 tbsp. l. table vinegar, sugar and salt, mix and cover. After 10-15 minutes, drain the water.
3. Finely chop the chicken meat and place it on the dish as the first layer.
4. Place the pickled onions on the meat and make a mayonnaise mesh.
5. Wash the cucumbers, peel them (optional), cut into small strips, add salt and pepper to taste. Make the next layer out of them and cover with mayonnaise mesh.
6. Peel the chicken eggs, grate them on a coarse grater and place them on the cucumbers.
7. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and lay it out in a layer so that the middle remains empty (a small depression is formed). Make a mayonnaise mesh over the cheese.
8. Wash the greens, dry them on a paper towel, chop them finely and fill the hole left in the center with them.
9. Place an even layer on the cheese around the greens and on the sides of the formed dish. potato straws.
10. Peel the quail eggs and decorate the salad with them.

Bon appetit!

Fried potatoes will turn out crispier and tastier if the cut potato strips are thoroughly washed or soaked briefly in cold water, in order to get rid of excess starch and then dry thoroughly on a paper towel.

This salad is usually prepared for festive events, where it immediately attracts the attention of guests. To decorate the dish, they use an unusual decor in the shape of eggs made from a cheese-egg mixture with herbs.

Cooking time: 35 minutes
Number of servings: 6-7

Ingredients:

• boiled chicken fillet (400 g);
• potatoes (3-4 pcs.);
• ham (150-200 g);
• boiled quail egg (10 pcs.);
• processed cheese (100 g);
• fresh cucumber (2 pcs.);
• red onion (1 pc.);
• garlic (2-3 cloves);
• fresh dill (1 bunch, for decoration);
• apple cider vinegar (1.5 tbsp);
• vegetable oil (100 ml);
• mayonnaise (to taste, for dressing);
• salt (to taste);
• pepper (to taste).

Preparation:

1. First you need to prepare the French fries - wash, peel, cut into thin strips (you can use a Korean carrot grater) and fry in a frying pan with hot oil over medium heat until cooked. Then place the potato strips on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
2. Peel the onion, chop finely, pour boiling water and add vinegar. After 10 minutes, drain the marinade.
3. Peel the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks.
4. Grate the processed cheese.
5. Peel the garlic, chop or squeeze through a press.
6. Wash the dill, dry on a paper towel and finely chop.
7. Mash the yolks with a fork, add cheese, garlic, a pinch of chopped dill and 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise, salt, pepper and mix thoroughly. Form balls from the resulting mass small size which will serve as a decoration for the salad.
8. Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces.
9. Cut the ham into medium-sized cubes.
10. Wash the cucumbers and cut into medium-sized cubes.
11. Chop the egg whites with a knife.
12. Place the prepared ingredients (meat, ham, cucumbers, onions and egg whites) in a deep bowl, add salt and pepper, season with mayonnaise and mix well.
13. Place the finished salad in a heap on a wide dish, cover it on all sides with french fries, and make a depression on top, pressing down with a spoon. Fill the resulting “nest” with chopped herbs and decorate with the previously prepared cheese “eggs”.

Watch the video recipe for preparing the dish (the set of ingredients and sequence of actions differ slightly from the proposed option):

Interesting snack option festive table– salad with smoked chicken fillet and pickled champignons. The dish turns out tender, but at the same time satisfying, it is also shaped like a nest and decorated quail eggs.

Cooking time: 30 minutes
Number of servings: 4-5

Ingredients:

• smoked chicken fillet (300 g);
• marinated champignons (200-250 g);
• potatoes (3-4 pcs.);
• boiled chicken egg (4 pcs.);
• hard cheese (150 g);
• onion (1 pc.);
• vegetable oil (100 ml);
• sugar (1 tsp);
• boiled quail egg (3-5 pcs., for decoration);
• lettuce (for decoration);
• mayonnaise (to taste, for dressing);
• salt (to taste);
• pepper (to taste).

Preparation:

1. Wash the potatoes, peel them, cut them into strips and fry them in a frying pan or in a deep fryer. Place on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
2. Peel the onion, finely chop and marinate - pour boiling water, add vinegar, salt and sugar, stir and drain the marinade after 10-15 minutes.
3. Cut the chicken fillet into cubes.
4. Drain the marinade from the mushrooms and cut them into medium-sized pieces.
5. Peel chicken eggs and cut into large cubes.
6. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
7. Mix the prepared ingredients in a deep bowl, add pickled onions, salt and pepper, season with mayonnaise and mix again.
8. Wash the lettuce leaves, dry them on a paper towel and place them on a plate on which the salad will be formed.
9. Place the prepared salad on top of the green leaves and make a small indentation in the top center.
10. Wash the greens, dry them on a paper towel, finely chop them and place them in a hole.
11. Place potato strips around the greens and on the sides.
12. Peel the quail eggs and decorate the salad with them.

The dish is ready!

The main ingredients of this salad are lean pork meat, crispy pickled cucumbers and, of course, French fries, thanks to which the dish acquires appearance, corresponding to the name. Hearty and nutritious salad You can prepare it for a holiday for guests, and also please family members with a delicious dinner on a weekday evening.

Cooking time: 35 minutes
Number of servings: 5-6

Ingredients:

• boiled lean pork (300 g);
• potatoes (4-5 pcs.);
• boiled chicken egg (5 pcs.);
• boiled carrots (2 pcs.);
• pickled cucumber (3-4 pcs.);
• onion (1 pc.);
• processed cheese (150 g);
• garlic (2-3 cloves);
• fresh dill (1 bunch);
• table vinegar, 9% (1.5 tbsp);
• sugar (1 tsp);
• vegetable oil (for frying, 100 ml);
• mayonnaise (for dressing, to taste);
• salt (to taste);
• pepper (to taste).

Preparation:

1. Prepare the potatoes - wash, peel, grate on a Korean carrot grater, rinse in cold water and dry on a paper towel. Fry in a frying pan with heated oil until golden brown. Post ready potatoes on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
2. Peel the onion, chop finely, pour boiling water, add vinegar, salt and sugar. Leave for 10-15 minutes, then drain the marinade.
3. Peel the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks. Cut the whites into medium-sized cubes.
4. Cut carrots and pickled cucumbers into small cubes.
5. Cut the meat into medium-sized pieces.
6. Mix meat, cucumbers, carrots, onions and egg whites in a deep bowl, add some potatoes, salt, pepper and season with mayonnaise. Mix thoroughly and place on a plate in a mound with a small indentation.
7. Place potatoes on top and sides of salad, leaving room for greens in the center.
8. Wash the dill, dry on a paper towel, chop finely and place in the center of the salad.
9. Grate the processed cheese on a fine grater.
10. Peel and chop the garlic.
11. Mash the yolks with a fork, add cheese, garlic, a little chopped dill and 1.5 tbsp. l. mayonnaise, salt, pepper and mix. Form small “eggs” from the resulting mass and decorate the salad with them.

We offer you a video recipe for viewing, in which the set of ingredients and sequence of actions are slightly different from the described option:

This recipe allows you to approach the preparation of the usual Capercaillie Nest salad in a new way. It contains non-standard ingredients that give the dish a fresh, light and unusual taste.

Cooking time: 30 minutes
Number of servings/volume: 4-5 servings

Ingredients:

• boiled chicken fillet (300 g);
• ham (150-200 g);
• sweet and sour apple (2 pcs.);
• Chinese cabbage (1 head);
• boiled chicken egg (4 pcs.);
• boiled quail egg (for decoration, 5 pcs.);
• hard cheese (150 g);
• mayonnaise (for dressing, 100 g);
• sour cream (for dressing, 2.5 tbsp.);
• lemon juice (for dressing, 2 tbsp.);
• salt (to taste);
• pepper (to taste).

Preparation:

1. Cut the chicken fillet into medium-sized pieces.
2. Finely chop the Beijing cabbage.
3. Peel the eggs and cut into large cubes.
4. Wash the apples and cut into thin strips.
5. Prepare the dressing - mix mayonnaise and sour cream, add lemon juice and mix thoroughly until a homogeneous sauce is obtained.
6. Place the meat, cabbage, eggs and apples in a bowl, add the prepared sauce and stir. To serve, place the salad in a heap on a platter.
7. Cut the ham into thin strips, chop the cheese or grate it on a coarse grater (you can use it for carrots in Korean).
8. Place the cheese and ham on the salad, leaving some space in the middle.
9. Peel the quail eggs and decorate the salad on top.

Bon appetit!

Text: Marina Dushkova

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The Wood Grouse Nest salad belongs to Russian cuisine of the last century. During the times of Ancient Rus', hunting this feathered bird was very popular, and it was the main component in preparing the dish. The recipes for creating this salad are very diverse - there are simply a great many of them. The main characteristic of this dish is its decoration and shape, which resembles a bird's nest, with eggs laid on top. Nowadays, the cooking recipe has changed, and they began to put boiled chicken meat in the salad. Very unusual in taste, bright food will be a wonderful addition to your holiday.

Let's look at how to prepare the Wood Grouse Nest salad with photos step by step in the four most famous variations.

Classic recipe

This is the most popular salad option and is prepared most often. Wood grouse meat is nowhere to be found now, so the dish is prepared with chicken.

The dish includes the following components:

• Chicken fillet – 300 g;
• Potatoes – 3 tubers;
• Garlic – 3 cloves;
• Quail eggs – 10 pcs;
• Processed cheese – 3 pcs;
• Lettuce leaves – 4 pcs;
• Fresh cucumbers – 2 pcs;
• Vegetable oil – 200 ml;
• Mayonnaise – 250 ml;
• Add salt to taste.

Cooking plan:

1. Boil the eggs. The classic recipe involves preparing a salad with quail eggs. But you can replace them with chicken. You will need 5-6 pieces depending on the size;
2. Peel the potatoes, chop them into long strips, rinse several times, and dry. This is done in order to get rid of excess starch;
3. Marinate the peeled and cut into half rings. To do this, you need to put it in a cup and add half a small spoon of sugar and salt to it, add a little table vinegar and mix everything thoroughly;
4. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, heat it and put the potatoes in it, then lightly deep-fry them until crispy brown;
5. Remove our fries using a slotted spoon and place on a napkin to soak up excess oil;
6. Separate the yolk from the white. Grate the cheese, yolk and garlic on a small grater, add herbs and mayonnaise. From the resulting mixture, form neat small balls, similar to quail eggs;
7. Wash the chicken meat and cook, chop the cucumber into cubes;
8. Mix half of the French fries with onion, coarsely grated protein, cucumber, and diced chicken. Salt everything, add mayonnaise and place in a heap on a dish. Place the remaining potatoes in the center in the shape of a nest, place eggs on top in the middle, and decorate the edges with green lettuce leaves.

Recipe with mushrooms and ham

It is not much different from the classic one, only the list of ingredients uses ham and different types fried and pickled mushrooms.

The following products are needed:

• Chicken breast – 200 g;
• 4 potatoes;
• Canned champignons – 200 g;
• Ham – 350 g;
• Processed cheese – 2 pcs;
• 5 chicken eggs;
• Mayonnaise with a small percentage of fat content – ​​200 g;
• Vegetable oil – 100 ml;
• Greenery;
• Garlic – 3 cloves;
• Salt - to taste.

The step-by-step recipe is:

1. Boil the chicken meat until done;
2. Peel the potatoes, cut into strips;
3. Place in deep fat and fry. There is no need to stir;
4. Cut the mushrooms and ham into small cubes;
5. Take a deep glass bowl and put it in it;
6. Boil the eggs in salted water;
7. Cut the chicken meat into strips;
8. On a fine grater, grate the yolks, garlic, cheese, add herbs, add mayonnaise, salt, stir and begin to sculpt small eggs;
9. Grate the egg whites and add them to the main ingredients, season with mayonnaise and mix;
10. Place the salad in the shape of a slide on a flat round plate with green lettuce leaves previously laid on it. We decorate the edges of the dish and place our beauty in the center - the original eggs;
11. Our salad with mushrooms and ham is ready. These two ingredients will add a new flavor note to the dish.

Beef option

The dish turns out more juicy and tasty than chicken salad. Chicken meat is a bit dry, so not all people like it.

Product composition:

• 4 potatoes;
• One cucumber;
• Young beef – 300 g;
• Mayonnaise – 210 g;
• Hard cheese – 100 g;
• 1 onion;
• A bunch of greenery;
• Champignon mushrooms (fresh) – 150 g;
• Vegetable oil – 150 ml;
• 5 eggs;
• Salt to taste.

The instructions are as follows:

1. Wash the meat thoroughly and boil it for 40 minutes;
2. Peel the vegetables, cut the onion into half rings;
3. To save our precious time, you can take a Korean carrot grater and grate the potatoes on it. Place in sunflower oil to fry and do not stir;
4. Boil the eggs;
5. After cooking the potatoes, lightly fry the onions and mushrooms, previously thinly sliced. Finely chop the greens. Shred the cucumber into long strips;
6. We take out the boiled meat, let it cool, cut it into cubes;
7. Take a deep glass container and mix all the products that you have prepared (except for cheese and fries). Add salt, season with mayonnaise, knead well and make something like a slide;
8. Sprinkle grated cheese on top, place potatoes and garnish with herbs;
9. Don't forget about main ingredient- eggs. They just need to be placed on top lettuce mass to give the appearance of a bird's nest. You can experiment: cut the eggs in half, take out the yolks, mix them, for example, with cheese, garlic and herbs, season with mayonnaise and fill the white halves with the resulting mixture, then place on top. With this our beef salad is ready.

Recipe with fresh cabbage

In him - unusual combination taste that can be enjoyed endlessly. Hot and spicy ingredients are used for it.

It differs from the classic recipe both in the composition of the products and in its presentation: it is placed in a transparent and deep container in layers. Easy to prepare at home.

Products for the dish:

• Fresh cabbage – 320 g;
• Boiled eggs – 4 pcs;
• Hard cheese – 230 g;
• A small lemon;
• Mayonnaise - to taste;
• Smoked prunes – 180 g;
• Smoked chicken breast – 400 g;
• Olive oil;
• Crackers – 2 bags;
• Walnut in kernels – 170 – 200 g;
• Garlic – 3-4 cloves;
• Mushrooms – 300 g;
• Parsley, green onion, dill - one bunch each;
• Peppercorns - optional for decoration.

Cooking process:

1. We take a deep, wide dish and place a mold with a diameter of 10–14 cm in its center. This is necessary so that our salad looks beautiful, and the layers in this version are laid out extremely conveniently;
2. The bottom layer is crackers, then mushrooms fried in oil. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise;
3. The second layer is half the chicken meat. The whites are separated from the yolks and rubbed on top of the chicken. Everything is lightly seasoned with mayonnaise;
4. Pass the garlic through a garlic press and chop with nuts, finely chop the prunes, finely chop the cabbage and mix everything. Sprinkle this mixture with freshly squeezed lemon juice and pour over mayonnaise;
5. Arrange the remaining half of the chicken meat, decorate with prunes and lemon slices;
6. Very carefully remove the mold from the center of our dish;
7. Fill the void that has formed with green onion feathers and finely chopped herbs;
8. Grate the lemon zest. Gently roll the yolks in it, garnish them with black peppercorns;
9. Place our resulting eggs in the middle on the “green” pillow;
10. If you want your cabbage salad to be “spicy,” add a little cayenne pepper to it. Or add 1-2 large spoons of Chili ketchup to the mayonnaise that is seasoned with it.

As you can see, the recipe for the Wood Grouse Nest salad is very simple, and you can easily prepare it yourself. It will decorate any celebration or event and will delight your guests with excellent taste.

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