To diversify the menu in the cold season, a salad with beans and chicken will help - hearty, nutritious, useful for the work of internal organs. There are many variations in the preparation of this wonderful dish, with the addition of various vegetables and spices. Together, the products will become a real vitamin cocktail for the body and a gourmet celebration.
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Canned Bean and Chicken Salad
If there is not a lot of time, but you need to quickly set the table for the arrival of guests or household members, a salad with canned beans and chicken will help out.
It is being prepared on the basis of:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- red beans in tomato - 1 can;
- small onions;
- pairs of small pickled cucumbers;
- vegetable oil.
Chicken meat can be boiled in salted water or baked using the grill. Cut the onion in half rings and pour over boiling water to eliminate bitterness. Grind the finished fillet with a knife, forming the same size cubes. Cucumbers are cut into strips or circles. All products must be mixed, salted (to taste, if necessary) and seasoned with vegetable oil.
With the addition of pickled mushrooms
Salad with tender chicken, beans and pickled mushrooms has not only excellent taste, but also is famous for its beautiful serving. Such a dish can be prepared for the holidays or on an everyday table, serving with various side dishes.
Preparing food from:
- chicken breast - 350 g;
- canned white beans - 250 g;
- canned champignons - 250 g;
- crackers - 40 g;
- potatoes - a couple of pieces;
- chicken eggs - a few pieces;
- pickled cucumbers - 1-3 pcs. (depending on size);
- mayonnaise - 120 g;
- lettuce leaves (as a decoration of the dish);
- salt.
Chicken breast is boiled in salted water until tender.Potato tubers need to be boiled in a peel, hard-boiled eggs (cook for at least 10 minutes). Cooked foods should be cooled, peeled and chopped into small cubes.
Pickled mushrooms are cut into small sticks and added to the rest of the cut. There should be sent chopped cucumbers.
Canned beans, always white and without tomato, need to be thrown into a colander and washed under running water. When the water drains, the product can be added to a bowl of vegetables, mushrooms and meat. At the end, all the ingredients are seasoned with mayonnaise - either store-bought or home-made, mixed and salted to taste.
Serving the finished dish is recommended on a flat plate, in which you need to put fresh lettuce leaves and the dish itself, using the culinary ring. Rusks are laid out on top of the salad, and the dish is served at the table.
Salad with Chicken, Beans and Rusks
A salad with chicken, beans and crackers includes a small set of products, but it turns out to be tasty, hearty and healthy, which is important.
To prepare the dish, you should take:
- canned beans (home or factory) - 380 g;
- chicken meat - 550 g;
- carrots and onions;
- several dried slices of bread;
- mayonnaise sauce;
- spices, salt.
Chicken fillet is recommended to be fried in oil on both sides, cut into small pieces. To get a diet dish, meat should be boiled or steamed. Carrots and onions are peeled, minced and roasted in oil until golden brown. Beans are washed and added to the meat.
Bread, preferably not fresh, should be cut into beautiful small-sized whetstones, pour over vegetable oil and sprinkle with spices. While it is soaked with your favorite herbs, you need to heat the oil in a pan and fry the bread slices on it.
Finished products are mixed in a suitable container, salted and seasoned with sauce to taste. Salad is served to the table decorated with dill or parsley.
Korean style carrots
You can treat your household with a delicious and satisfying dinner by preparing an interesting dish on the table - a salad with beans, meat and Korean carrots.
To prepare the dish, you should stock up:
- boiled beans - 180 g;
- chicken fillet - 300 g;
- Korean carrots - 130 g;
- hard cheese - 70 g;
- salt, black pepper;
- sour cream or mayonnaise.
Tender chicken flesh should be boiled in salted water, and then cut into beautiful, neat cubes. Next, send the boiled beans and carrots in Korean to the meat. Top with grated cheese, salt, spices and selected sauce (mayonnaise or sour cream can be used). Mix everything thoroughly and serve.
Light white bean and chicken salad
Easy, but satisfying salad in haste can be prepared from just 5 products:
- chicken breast - 300 g;
- canned white beans - 420 g;
- red onions - 4 pcs.;
- olive oil - 60 ml;
- green cilantro.
The calorie content of such a dish is about 97 kcal. Cooking time will take no more than 45 minutes.
Chicken breast, boiled in water, cools and cut into small pieces (you can break into fibers). Beans without brine are added to the meat, along with chopped red onions, cilantro and spices. Everything is poured with olive oil, mixed and served.
With pickles
This salad is suitable for lovers of spicy snacks. It prepares quickly, in just a few tens of minutes.
To prepare the dish, you should take:
- boiled chicken - 200 g;
- salted cucumbers - 120 g;
- cheese (you can use mozzarella, hard, suluguni or any other) - 120 g;
- sour cream - 120 ml;
- canned red beans - 1 can;
- a couple of garlic cloves.
Chicken traditionally needs to be boiled in salted water and disassembled into fibers (can be cut). Cucumbers, depending on their size, are cut into cubes or rings. Garlic and cheese are grated and sent to a container for other products.Beans follow, everything is kneaded and seasoned with sour cream.
Smoked chicken
You can surprise and delight the whole family by preparing a salad with beans and smoked chicken. Thanks to the multi-colored ingredients included in the composition, the dish is not only tasty, but also beautiful.
To prepare the dish, you should stock up:
- smoked chicken - 550 g;
- canned red beans - 1 can;
- boiled chicken eggs - a couple of pieces;
- boiled carrots - 250 g;
- hard cheese - 180 g;
- mayonnaise - 130 ml;
- fresh herbs;
- salt and pepper.
There are 2 cooking options. In the first, it is recommended to grind, mix and season all finished products with sauce. In the second embodiment, you can cut the declared components and then lay on the dish in layers, smearing each with mayonnaise. Both the one and the other version of the dish will turn out delicious and beautiful.
With string beans
Such a dish and its variations are often prepared by the inhabitants of sunny Turkey, where they like and appreciate green beans and lean meat.
To prepare a tasty and healthy dish, you should stock up:
- hard cheese - 120 g;
- boiled boiled eggs - 2-4 pcs.;
- green beans - 250 g;
- boiled chicken - 250 g;
- garlic - several cloves;
- mayonnaise or sour cream (you can use olive oil);
- salt, pepper, herbs.
Tender boiled meat needs to be chopped and put into a container. Separately, on the stove, in salted water, the beans are boiled for 7 minutes, after which they are cut 1-2 cm long. Boiled eggs are rubbed on a fine grater.
On the dish in which the salad will be served, first a layer of meat is laid out, sprinkled with garlic and spices. Top with a little mayonnaise and lay the asparagus. After again the sauce and then eggs, salt, mayonnaise. The top of the dish is sprinkled with grated cheese, decorated with greens. It is recommended to leave the salad for soaking for 30-40 minutes, and then serve.
Salad with green beans can be prepared on the basis of smoked chicken and pickled mushrooms. Products can be mixed or greased, stacked in layers.
Munich Salad
Munich salad is one of the most expensive and popular snacks in many restaurants. This original appetizer is prepared quickly enough and will delight in taste even the most capricious gourmets.
Preparing food based on:
- chicken meat - 240 g;
- smoked hunting sausages - 150 g;
- canned beans - 250 g;
- pickled cucumbers, apples and salad onions - 1 product each;
- lemon - 0.5;
- olive oil - 60 ml;
- mustard - 0.5 tsp;
- lettuce leaves - 7 pcs.;
- salt, pepper, herbs.
Boiled chicken, cucumbers, peeled apple should be cut into cubes, sausage - circles. Mix everything, add beans and salad, previously chopped. Separately, prepare a dressing based on lemon juice, mustard, oil, salt and pepper, add to the cut, mix.
Cooking with Corn
You can cook such a dish using boiled or smoked meat. As for the sauce, the recipe goes for mayonnaise, but it can easily be replaced with more healthy sour cream.
To prepare a salad you need to stock up:
- chicken fillet - 280 g;
- beans - 125 g;
- canned corn - 1 can;
- pickled cucumbers - 2-5 pcs. (depending on size);
- garlic - a couple of cloves;
- greens;
- sour cream - 50 ml;
- salt, black pepper;
- rye crackers - 1 tbsp.
Pre-soaked overnight beans should be boiled and then remove excess moisture using a colander. The fillet is boiled, cooled and cut into small cubes. Rusks are rubbed with garlic, sprinkled with oil and dried a little in the oven. Cucumbers are cut, and all products are mixed, including corn, seasoned with sauce. The only thing that is not added to the salad at this stage is crackers.
After the dish has stood and soaked, you can add crackers to it, knead everything and serve.In summer, instead of pickled cucumbers, you can take fresh tomatoes, add mustard to sour cream, and use boiled corn.
