Fur coat salad - an original interpretation of the well-known fish in a fur coat. In addition to the usual combination of fish, potatoes, carrots and mayonnaise, an aromatic ingredient, mushrooms, is added here. The combination of mushrooms with herring was appreciated by all lovers of hearty, unusual salads. Introducing a selection of the best recipes for the popular fox fur coat.
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Classic salad Fox coat with herring and mushrooms
Salad was called a fox coat because the top layer - from grated stewed (or boiled carrots) - resembles the skin of a famous forest resident. The main feature of the salad is to make the layers of mushrooms, fish, vegetables thick, but moderately dense, so that every gourmet can taste the individual ingredient.
It’s also important not to overdo it with mayonnaise so that the components do not “float” in fatty sauce. If everything is done correctly, the salad impresses with tenderness, taste and is swept away instantly from any holiday table.
We need (3-4 servings):
- 2 eggs;
- herring fillet - 300 g;
- champignons - 200 g;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- some vegetable oil for frying mushrooms;
- mayonnaise - a pack of 250 g;
- onion - 1 small;
- salt, pepper, to taste.
First, boil the eggs and potatoes until cooked. Peel the vegetables. We cut the fish into fillets, separating all the small bones, cut into small cubes. Peel the carrots, rub on a coarse grater, and then stew in a frying pan in a small amount of vegetable oil. It is important to fry the mushrooms with onions so that all the excess liquid evaporates, and they become not stewed, namely fried.
Fatty, slightly salted Pacific herring or the Iwashi variety is ideal for the salad.
It remains to collect the layers and wrap them with a signature fox coat. At the bottom of the salad bowl, spread the herring, grease it with a net of mayonnaise.Following three potatoes, trying not to tamp, but leave the layer fluffy and light. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise. Three eggs on the potatoes, and coat them well with mayonnaise. Next comes a layer of mushrooms, onions, which also cover with a layer of sauce. And finally, the last layer is carrot. We spread it and leave it as is, without sauce.
A fox coat should be soaked for 2-3 hours, but it is better to leave it overnight in the refrigerator and serve it for lunch.
Chicken Recipe
Often, a salad of a fox coat with chicken is prepared from a boiled, fried or even smoked component, which is replaced by a layer of herring.
If you decide to cook a meat version, prepare such products in advance:
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- sausage cheese (or simple, if you have smoked chicken);
- potatoes - 3 pcs.;
- carrot - 1 pc. (large) or 2 medium;
- mayonnaise - 500 mg;
- onions - 2 pcs. small;
- mushrooms - 500 g.
Boil the vegetables, fry the mushrooms with onions until the liquid evaporates. Fry the chicken, or boil it, and then finely chop it into cubes. Stew the carrots in vegetable oil until transparent. We spread the layers in this sequence - potato-chicken-mushrooms-eggs-sausage cheese-carrots. We grease all layers abundantly with mayonnaise, but do not tamper - so our coat is much better impregnated. The dish should be infused for 4 hours, after which it is served at the festive table.
You can put the salad in the form of a muzzle of a chanterelle, forming eyes from olives, and the tip of the tail - from egg white.
How to cook with meat?
Any meat - whether it is lean pork or beef, only ennoble the recipe. It is clear that you do not need to put fish in such an appetizer. Of course, if you are not a fan of extreme culinary combinations.
To prepare, we will do this:
- Boil a piece of meat, let it cool.
- Finely cut into cubes, mix with mayonnaise (so the meat layer will be juicier).
- Vegetables - potatoes, carrots, boil.
- Hard boiled eggs.
- Fried mushrooms with onions.
Lay out the salad in layers. The first layer will be potato, the second - mushroom, the third - meat. We lay eggs, three cheese and carrots on meat. We cover everything with a thin mesh and let it brew.
In this option, you can add a little garlic to the sauce: the fox coat will be much more piquant.
With olives
Black olives are a real decoration of the table. They are piquant, peculiar and very tasty. Many housewives are sure to add olives to the fox coat. They can be laid out either in a separate layer inside the salad (it is better to make this layer immediately after the eggs), but it will still be very beautiful to decorate the top of the coat with rings of olives.
Of course, the intention of the salad is somewhat disrupted - to achieve similarity with the skin of a fox, but the taste will win. It is not necessary to cover the olives with mayonnaise.
A fox-coat salad can be cooked with pickled mushrooms: it becomes very interesting.
Korean style carrots
The top layer can be made not ordinary stewed carrots, but spicy and spicy - Korean: so the fur coat will sparkle with other flavoring colors.
To prepare, prepare:
- jacket-boiled potatoes;
- three eggs;
- mushrooms, onions;
- mayonnaise;
- cheese;
- herring of weak salt.
We chop the herring into cubes, we clean the vegetables. We begin to lay out the layers in the following sequence: potatoes, herring, mushrooms, onions, eggs, Korean carrots. In one of the layers you can add cheese, and sausage with smoked smack. Those who monitor weight, count calories, can make a mixed sauce based on yogurt, mayonnaise, sour cream and one or two cloves of garlic (it is added for piquancy).
Like any other puff salad, you can make a fox coat in portioned cooking rings; the hassle will be more, but serving will overshadow all other snacks.
How can I replace herring?
Salad fox coat is not always prepared only with herring. Very often it is replaced by canned or salted (smoked) pink salmon, chum salmon or even trout. There are mistresses who prefer to make a salad only with slightly salted mackerel, and there are those who cook with smoked sprats.
Perfectly fit:
- tuna (canned, smoked, salted);
- salmon;
- saury;
- smoked capelin.
Each time, the taste of the salad will change, and you have every right to find your own version of the "fox coat" to indulge their relatives on holidays.
