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1. Place the meat in boiling salted water, add bay leaf and spices, and cook until tender. You can put any meat in the Bird's Nest salad - beef, pork, or even the flesh of a chicken or turkey leg. Cool the cooked meat in the broth, then remove it and divide it into small pieces with a fork. You can, of course, cut it with a knife, but if you tear it with a fork, the salad will turn out more tender..
   
2. Take a flat round dish and place the meat pieces on it so that there is free space in the center.
   
3. Cut the onion into half rings as thin as possible, place in a plate and pour boiling water over it for 3-4 minutes to remove excess bitterness. Drain the onion in a colander, then place on a napkin to dry.
4. Grate the cucumbers using a Korean carrot grater into long strips. If you don’t have such a grater, a regular grater will do, but try to make the cucumber slices as long as possible.
   
5. Boil the eggs hard, cool in cold water, then peel and carefully separate the whites and yolks so as not to damage the yolks.
   
6. Cut the whites into thin strips...
   
7. Grate the cheese using a regular grater. For the Bird's Nest salad, try to buy a dry cheese that is grated into beautiful shavings and does not clump together..
   
8. Place the grated cucumbers on the layer of meat...
   
9. Cover the cucumbers with a layer of onions...
   
10. Generously moisten the food ring with mayonnaise.
11. Next, lay out a layer of egg whites, pour mayonnaise over again, including the free middle of the dish.
    
12. Sprinkle grated cheese all over, including the middle.
13. In the middle of the salad, beautifully arrange green sprigs of parsley, on which lay the egg yolks; also decorate the edges of the dish with sprigs of herbs. The Bird's Nest salad is ready, but it won't hurt to soak it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. To prevent the cheese and yolks from scorching, cover the dish with cling film, which you remove immediately before serving.
    

Cooking time 50 minutes Difficulty Easy Servings 8 servings

Ingredients:

0.5 kg Meat 200 g Dutch cheese 5 pcs Eggs 2 pcs Pickled cucumber 2 pcs Red onion 300 g Mayonnaise 1 bunch Parsley, dill

Having tried chicken nests with mushrooms at least once, you will cook them often, including holiday feasts. Juicy baked minced meat, fried “nest” crust and aromatic mushroom filling – you will definitely not be left indifferent. If you have ready-made minced meat, then it will take you very little time to prepare the dish. It is better to take homemade minced chicken. And if you decide to purchase a finished product, then it is desirable that it be fresh and of the best quality.

Ingredients

• 400 g minced chicken
• 100 g champignons
• 1 onion
• 1 chicken egg
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/5 tsp. ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp. l. frying oils
• greens and vegetables for serving

Preparation

1. Prepare minced chicken. It is advisable that it be made from red meat and not white (breast). In the first case, the minced meat will turn out fattier, and the “nests” will be more juicy.

2. Add a chicken egg, half a teaspoon of salt and ground black pepper to the minced meat. Mix everything and let the minced meat stand for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

3. Now you need to make the filling. Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. Wash the champignons and finely chop them.

4. Heat a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan and add onions and mushrooms. Season with a pinch of salt and a little ground black pepper. Fry over low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring.

5. Cover a baking sheet with foil and grease it with vegetable oil. With wet hands, form the minced meat into balls and place them on foil at a distance of 3-4 cm from each other. Then take a glass with a small diameter bottom, moisten it with water and make a depression in each ball. The nest blanks are ready.

If you are tired of regular cutlets, no matter what type of meat they are made from, I bring to your attention an excellent alternative - chicken nests with onions, cheese and eggs. I think both adults and children will definitely like them, because in this version the cutlet turns out softer, juicier, more tender, especially since it is topped with an unusual egg-cheese sauce. Try making chicken nests using this recipe, thereby adding variety to your family dinner at home. Required:
Chicken fillet (I used breast fillet) – 2 pcs. (approximately 800 gr.)
Onions – 1+1+1 pcs. (for rolling the minced meat + into the finished minced meat + for the nest itself)
Garlic – 1-2 cloves (for minced meat)
Wheat bread - a piece (for minced meat)
Eggs – 2 + 2 pcs. (for minced meat + for filling)
Mayonnaise – 2+2 tbsp. (for adding to minced meat + for filling)
Hard cheese – 100 gr. (for filling nests)
Vegetable oil - for greasing the baking sheet.
Salt - to taste.
Ground black pepper - to taste.

How to cook chicken nests with onions, cheese and eggs:

First of all, if we are using chicken breast, we need to cut the fillet off the bone. Grind the meat with onions, garlic and a slice of bread through a meat grinder.

Add eggs, finely chopped onion, and mayonnaise to the resulting minced chicken.
Salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly.
In a separate bowl for filling the nests, combine: eggs, grated hard cheese and mayonnaise.
Using a fork, thoroughly shake the resulting sauce until smooth.
In a frying pan with a little vegetable oil, fry the finely chopped onion until tender. Let's add a little salt. Let's start forming chicken nests:
Place the formed cutlets on a baking sheet (I got 5 large cutlets) and, pressing the middle with your fingers, make a depression for filling.
Place the first layer of onions fried in vegetable oil in the recesses.
Then fill our chicken nests to the brim with the prepared egg and cheese sauce. Place the baking sheet with nests in the oven, preheated to 190-200 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Cooking time depends on the size of the cooked chicken nest.
When the meat nests are ready, they have browned a little, take out the baking sheet and arrange the dish in portions.
As a side dish for the nests, you can serve mashed potatoes, any cereal, pasta, as well as fresh vegetables or salad. I prepared boiled pasta and buckwheat porridge as a side dish for my family. The result was very unusual, tender, tasty chicken nests. This dish can also be offered to children (if your child is still very small, but loves minced meat dishes, you can prepare such chicken nests without adding mayonnaise and steam them - it will turn out no less tasty). They will explore it with great pleasure and eat it without reserve.
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Hello dear readers. No holiday is complete without a luxurious table and treats, among which there are always salads. Considering their huge variety, cooking methods and serving variations, it is worth paying attention to the legendary dish from the times of Tsarist Russia. The name of this salad is “Gill Grouse’s Nest,” which is extremely popular and successful among modern housewives. It is often customary to serve it at the holiday table. As for the interesting name, it appeared due to its resemblance to the nest of such a bird. Previously, the ingredients included game meat, but modern recipes use chicken fillet mixed with additional ingredients.

Features of preparing the legendary salad

Any housewife simply must learn how to prepare a quick, tasty and incredibly original salad.

A sensation among guests and family will be ensured, as the combination of delicate and subtle taste with amazing design makes it unrivaled.

Its appearance is quite unusual and bright, so it cannot be called simple, since it contains a fairly large number of different ingredients.

If you want to please your guests, then you should be patient and familiarize yourself with the most popular variations of the proposed dish.

Using step-by-step preparation, you can easily prepare a newfangled salad consisting of different layers.

Given the combination of products, it is possible to prepare different forms of this culinary creation.

The interesting thing is that the nest can be cooked with chicken and ham, cabbage, quail eggs and even chips.

It is important to note that the two main and basic ingredients cannot be replaced, namely eggs and fried potatoes, which serve as the basis for the formation of the nest.

Potatoes are an incredibly important ingredient, so they should be thinly sliced ​​and dried before frying.

Considering the fact that appearance is the main trump card of the proposed dish, you can familiarize yourself with numerous photos to know exactly how to properly arrange and serve the salad.

The most popular and delicious salad that can be prepared must consist of crispy French fries, cut into very thin strips, quail eggs, and a generous bed of cheese and dill.

The design turns out to be unusually bright and effective; few people will remain indifferent to this dish. As variations, many people add cabbage, sprats and mushrooms, carrots, and chips.

1. Classic Capercaillie's Nest salad - with chicken fillet

The classic recipe for the proposed wood grouse's nest salad is prepared with chicken, since dishes with chicken have a more refined and noble taste.

With the help of such a dish you can easily decorate and enliven any table, and your guests will be absolutely delighted.

Regarding the balls, preparing them is quite simple. For this you will need quail eggs, be sure to be whole and boiled.

You can even make cheese balls or prepare a mixture of 150 grams of pate and three yolks.

Required ingredients:

• onion – about 100 grams;
• potato – 500 grams;
• chicken fillet – 500 grams;
• fresh cucumbers - 300 grams;
• eggs – at least 5 pieces;
• processed cheese - 100g;
• garlic – 3 cloves;
• dill, parsley - bunch.

The preparation method is quite simple:

• First you need to boil the fillet, cool, and then finely chop.

• Peel the onions, chop them fairly thinly, and leave in boiling water for ten minutes. After this, you can drain the existing liquid and rinse with running water.

• Peel and chop the potatoes into fairly thin strips, deep-fry until an attractive golden crust appears.

• The cucumbers are cut into very thin strips, and the chicken yolks are separated from the whites, then grated, and the greens are thoroughly chopped.

• Half the fried potatoes must be combined with chicken fillet, onions and egg whites, as well as cucumbers. At this stage, you need to salt the salad; you can add a little ground black pepper, which will help enhance and emphasize the taste and aroma of the ingredients.

• Add mayonnaise or sour cream and mix thoroughly.

• Yolks and cheese should be grated on a coarse grater, after which you need to add garlic and herbs, mayonnaise, after which you can form balls.

• The next stage is to decorate the dish. The second part of the potatoes is laid out in a circle around the plate, and chopped greens should be placed in the center and decorated with balls on top.

As you can see, the process of preparing this salad is incredibly simple and straightforward, and the step-by-step recipe with photos will help even a novice housewife to easily prepare it.

2. Salad with mushrooms

To give the dish some piquancy and mystery, you can add pickled mushrooms.

Thanks to this component, you can emphasize the pungency of taste, richness and spiciness of an unusually tasty aroma.

Regarding the balls, for their preparation you can use hard cheese rather than processed cheese, which will make the taste more original.

For preparation you need to use the following ingredients:

• potato - 3 pieces;
• ham – 60 grams;
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• garlic – about 2 cloves;
• chicken fillet - 200 grams;
• lettuce leaves – 3-4 pieces;
• mayonnaise sauce – 110 grams;
• cheese – at least 100 grams.

Step-by-step preparation of the dish:

• Peel the potatoes and cut into thin strips, place in a hot frying pan with oil, and fry over the fire until golden brown.

• Boil the chicken fillet, then chop into cubes or divide into fibers.

• The ham is chopped into strips, and the mushrooms into small slices.

• Boil the eggs, divide into whites and yolks. As for the yolks, they need to be grated on a coarse grater, then add grated cheese, chopped garlic and chopped herbs. The resulting mass is held together with mayonnaise sauce to create a viscous mass. Then the balls are molded.

• Cover the bottom of the plate with lettuce leaves.

• Mix ham and mushrooms, fillet, grated whites, everything is seasoned with mayonnaise sauce or sour cream.

• The main nuance is the design, so you will need crispy French fries, you need to make an imitation of a nest. The finished dish is decorated with herbs and cheese balls.

Thus, the technology for preparing this recipe is extremely simple, but at the same time original and interesting. All guests will beg for the secret of cooking.

3. Capercaillie nest - with cabbage

The legendary salad has many cooking methods, one of which is adding cabbage.

The secret and piquancy lies in the fact that it is used not fresh, but in fermented form. Thanks to the slight spiciness, the taste and aroma of the dish becomes very original.

Colorful ingredients help make the snack look fresher and more attractive. Preparation is very simple and affordable, as there is a step-by-step recipe and photos.

List of required ingredients:

• pickled cabbage - 200 grams;
• potato - 300 grams;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• carrot – about 100 grams;
• processed cheese - 1 PC.;
• vegetable oil – 110 milliliters;
• salt – 2 pinches;
• mayonnaise - one sachet.

Cooking technology:

• Potatoes must be cut into strips and fried in hot oil for six minutes.

• Cut the carrots into strips, boil the eggs for ten minutes.

• Finely chop the protein, then combine with potatoes, cabbage and carrots, season with half the mayonnaise and salt.

• The resulting mass is used to form a nest.

• Then you will need one yolk, grate it, add grated cheese and the rest of the mayonnaise. Form small and neat balls. They need to be dipped in mayonnaise, sprinkled with yolk, and placed on top of the mixture.

Using this recipe, you can prepare a very tasty and light salad that you will enjoy from the very first spoon.

4. Bird's Nest salad - with chips

If for some reason there are no potatoes, then the salad can be easily prepared with chips, which is much easier and faster.

In this case, you won’t have to spend time peeling, slicing and frying potatoes, but the bird’s nest salad is worth it.

The finished appetizer will look unusually original and fresh, and thanks to the smoked chicken and pickled mushrooms, the taste becomes more piquant and vibrant.

You will need the following ingredients for preparation:

• marinated champignons – one jar;
• smoked chicken – 250 grams;
• onion – 3 heads;
• chicken eggs - 3 pieces;
• pickles - 2 pcs.;
• chips – not less than 220 grams;
• vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons;
• garlic – 1 clove;
• hard cheese - 200 grams;
• mayonnaise – 1 sachet;
• lettuce leaves – 2-3 pcs.;
• salt and pepper - taste.

Specifics of step-by-step preparation of the dish:

• The meat is cut into strips, and mushrooms and cucumbers into small cubes.

• Peel the onion, chop and fry in hot oil.

• As for the garlic, it should be finely chopped along with the herbs.

• The whites are separated from the yolks and grated on a coarse grater.

• One part of the cheese is grated on a grater with large cells, and the second with small ones. Combine the chopped yolk with cheese, add a little mayonnaise and garlic. The finished mass should be viscous; three medium-sized balls can be formed from it.

• The bottom of the dish is lined with lettuce leaves, then layers are placed, namely meat, then a mayonnaise mesh, mushrooms and onions, and again a mayonnaise mesh. After this, add proteins, mayonnaise and cucumbers, cheese and mayonnaise again.

• The salad is covered with chips, and balls are placed in the middle.

As you can see, the specifics of preparation are incredibly simple and fast, and the result will delight you with its delicate taste and juicy structure.

5. Wood grouse’s nest salad - with meat

So that the holiday dish is not only tasty, but also beautiful. That is why you can use a unique recipe for a classic dish.

It is important to note that thanks to the presence of beef in the proposed appetizer, it becomes more filling, so it is perfect for a holiday table.

If the salad is being prepared for a children’s party, then an original presentation will help to interest the child, which will cause a lot of delight and surprise.

List of necessary products for preparing meat salad:

• beef – 350 grams;
• potato - 5 items;
• onion - 2 pcs.;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• quail eggs – 6 pcs.;
• mayonnaise – ½ package;
• greenery - optional.

Cooking technology:

• Peel the potatoes, grate them on a coarse grater, and then fry them using a deep fryer. Place on paper towels to drain the oil.

• The beef is boiled, cooled, and then chopped.

• The onions are chopped into half rings, the eggs are boiled, and then finely chopped.

• The prepared ingredients must be combined with mayonnaise and then placed on plates.

• The highlight of the design is that boiled quail eggs are laid out.

The preparation method is very simple, and the list of ingredients is accessible, so you can easily prepare a salad for any celebration.

Features of design and serving of salad to the table

Wood grouse's nest is a legendary, incredibly tasty and aromatic salad that is incredibly popular. It is also often called bird's nest salad. But it doesn't change the taste.

Despite the fact that the design and presentation of the dish seems complex and supernatural, in reality everything is much simpler and faster than it seems.

For a salad to make a splash, it needs to be decorated correctly.

There are many ideas that will help give the snack a more attractive and appetizing appearance.

The first thing you can do is decorate the finished salad with cherry tomatoes, cut in half, and sprinkle with garlic.

Boiled quail eggs, chopped in half, look great. The finished salad can be served on a plate as a whole portion, topped with mayonnaise and sauce combined with cayenne pepper.

As you can see, the cooking technology is incredibly simple, and the finished result is quite tender, tasty and beautiful.

And here is one salad as an example.