Any holiday table must certainly be colorful and rich, and an unusual salad with the interesting name “Little Red Riding Hood” will help decorate it. The main difference is the top layer, which resembles a hat. It can be made from tomatoes, pomegranate seeds, red bell pepper.
The bright red color instantly attracts the attention of others, so guests will want to try it. There are many step-by-step recipes for preparing the dish, but I have selected only the most successful and delicious ones for you.
Most often, “Little Red Riding Hood” is prepared with tomatoes. Initially, choose the “right” tomatoes in the store: they should be bright red in color and firm to the touch, then they will be easy to cut. If you buy fruits that are too soft, then when cut they will lose their shape and release too much juice, which is not needed at all. Therefore, after chopping vegetables, carefully drain the resulting liquid into the sink.
Another important point is the choice of gas station. In all recipes I use mayonnaise, but homemade. It’s as easy as pie to make, it will take no more than 10 minutes, but the result will quickly meet your expectations, and you will no longer want to buy refills in the store. To prepare it, mix the egg with vegetable oil in a blender, add a little salt and sugar and beat until a white thick mass. Add mustard to taste. If you don’t want to bother with preparing mayonnaise, then use low-fat sour cream or unflavored yogurt for dressing.
“Little Red Riding Hood” salad with crab sticks and tomatoes
The first option in the selection. The salad looks very appetizing, and its ingredients go well together, so your friends and family will certainly appreciate it.
Ingredients for 2 servings:
- hard-boiled eggs - 2 pcs;
- hard cheese – 80 g;
- canned corn - 3-4 tbsp. l.;
- crab sticks – 200 g;
- tomatoes – 200 g;
- salt to taste;
- mayonnaise – 3-4 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
Cut the crab sticks into small cubes, approximately 3-5 mm. We peel the eggs and cut them into the same cubes as the crab sticks. Grate the cheese onto a coarse grater.
We take the corn out of the jar and place it in a colander. Wash and dry the tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes into 4 parts and remove the liquid part with the seeds. Cut the remaining dense pulp into small cubes, approximately 3-5 mm.
Place crab sticks, corn, eggs and cheese in a bowl. Add mayonnaise and mix.
If necessary, you can add a little salt.
Place a cooking ring in the center of the plate. Lay out the salad, compacting it slightly.
Top with chopped tomatoes.
Carefully remove the cooking ring. Decorate with parsley leaves if desired.
Step-by-step recipe for salad with tomatoes and Chinese cabbage
If you like healthy, mouth-watering snacks, then be sure to make the recipe below for your holiday table.
It contains a lot of vegetables, which means you won’t feel heavy after the feast. I used chicken fillet as the meat component. If you like meat juicier, then take legs and thighs; for those who like lean meat, breast is ideal.
Compound:
- 200 g chicken breast;
- 150 g of Chinese cabbage;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 medium tomatoes;
- 100 g cheese;
- 3-4 tbsp. canned peas;
- several lettuce leaves;
- mayonnaise - 100 g.
How to cook:
Boil chicken fillet and eggs until done. When everything has cooled, chop the eggs with a knife, and cut the chicken fillet into small equal cubes. From a head of Chinese cabbage, remove only the top leaves, since they are the most tender and soft, and cut them into strips.
Cut the cheese into small pieces, place in a large deep bowl, add chopped chicken, eggs, cabbage and add canned peas. Season the salad with mayonnaise, mix all ingredients thoroughly. Add a little salt to taste and add spices (pepper).
Rinse the lettuce leaves and dry with paper towels. Place them overlapping on the bottom of the dish. Then place a serving ring on top of the greens and place the seasoned appetizer in it, lightly pressing down with a spoon. Chop the tomatoes into small cubes, drain the juice from them and place a layer on the salad. Remove the serving ring and serve the dish. Bon appetit!
On a note!
If you don't have a serving ring, replace it with a springform baking dish.
Video
Anyone can make an unsurpassed salad, the main thing is to approach the process with imagination and a good mood. Some chefs use different red foods as decoration - bell peppers, tomatoes or pomegranate seeds. Watch the video recipes with step-by-step cooking instructions, they will help you make the puff pastry exceed all your expectations.
Layered salad with chicken and mushrooms
With pomegranate and chicken
Preparing the “Little Red Riding Hood” salad with ham, mushrooms and tomatoes
It happens that in the kitchen there is almost no time for anything, but this option always helps me out, which is easy to prepare even in a hurry. It will only take you 10-15 minutes, and a bright, unusual appetizer will already be on the table. All guests will definitely like it, because it is tasty and satisfying, so feel free to cook it and don’t even think about it.
Compound:
- 300 g champignons;
- bulb;
- 150 g ham;
- large red tomato;
- 2 eggs;
- 100 g hard cheese;
- oil for frying.
How to cook:
Rinse the mushrooms well under water, drain in a colander and wait until the liquid drains. Then place the champignons on the board and cut into thin slices. Chop the onion with a knife. Place a frying pan with oil on medium heat; when it is hot, add the mushrooms, and after another 5 minutes add the onions. Make sure the champignons are dry, otherwise the oil will scatter all over the kitchen. Fry the contents of the frying pan for 7-8 minutes until the mushrooms are golden brown.
Cut the ham into small cubes. Boil the eggs and grate them; prepare the cheese in the same way. Do not mix the ingredients, since the salad is layered.
Place a serving ring in the center of the plate, brush with mayonnaise, and then place the ham in the first layer. Then lay out the ingredients in the following order: champignons with onions, eggs, cheese. After each new layer, make a mayonnaise mesh and add salt.
Cut the tomato into small cubes last. If it produces a lot of juice, drain it, otherwise the salad will quickly lose its shape. Place the pieces in a final layer and then carefully remove the ring. Place the prepared salad in the refrigerator so that all layers are thoroughly soaked. You can try it 30-40 minutes after finishing cooking.
Here’s another interesting presentation of this salad. Watch and take note.
Delicious recipes for every day and more: “Little Red Riding Hood” salad
What kind of cold appetizer recipes can culinary masters come up with! And the most interesting, perhaps, are salads in this regard. Let's discuss one of them today.
Salad “Little Red Riding Hood” with berries
It is prepared in different ways. Perhaps this can be called any dish consisting of several ingredients and decorated with something red - beets, tomatoes, pomegranate seeds. Prepare, for example, this salad: take boiled chicken meat (1-2 legs, without skin). If you prefer, you can boil it in salted water and cut into small pieces, and then lightly fry with spices and onions. And if you take only boiled meat, then be sure to add salt, pepper, and season it with spices. Place a second layer of onion chopped into half rings (half an onion), lightly sprinkling it with vinegar. Then apply a mesh of mayonnaise. Make the third layer in such an amazingly tasty dish as the “Little Red Riding Hood” salad from pomegranate seeds. Place them thickly - the berries will give the meat a pleasant sweet and sour taste. By the way, this is where the main highlight of the dish lies! The fourth layer is grated potatoes (2 pieces). Pepper it - and again mayonnaise. Then a layer of grated egg (3-4 is enough). Next, add salt and again make a thick mayonnaise grid. Also add grated boiled carrots to the Little Red Riding Hood salad (2 is enough). You can do it this way: grate it raw, add crushed garlic, season with mayonnaise, and then spread this mixture in a thin layer on the salad. This ingredient will give the dish a special piquancy, an unexpected and very tasty note. Then, if there is any meat left, make another layer of it. Don't forget about mayonnaise. Finally, grated beets (grate them (boiled) separately on a plate in advance, let the juice drain a little): place them on a meat or carrot layer. But to prevent the Red Riding Hood salad from leaking, squeeze the beets lightly. Add mayonnaise again, distributing it evenly over the entire surface of the “cap”. And decorate it thickly with pomegranate. Leave the dish to sit for an hour in the refrigerator so that all layers are soaked and become juicy. Then you can serve.
Salad “Little Red Riding Hood” with pomegranate and cheese
The recipe described above is a multi-layer dish. But you can prepare it even simpler if you take as ingredients an onion - 1, potatoes - 3, smoked chicken meat (300-400 g), peeled walnuts (a few handfuls), cheese - 200 g, carrots - 2 pieces, eggs - 3, pomegranate (seeds). Vegetables and eggs are boiled and finely chopped. Do the same with nuts. The onion is cut into half rings, the meat into cubes. The cheese is rubbing. Then all the ingredients are laid out in layers on a plate or dish, salted, and sprinkled with pepper for spiciness. Dressed with mayonnaise. At the end of cooking, first add the cheese, and then the pomegranate. And also let the dish sit, soaked in mayonnaise and juices.
Salad with tomatoes
The “Little Red Riding Hood” salad is made with tomatoes, not just pomegranates. For example, this recipe is tasty and original. Take 300 g of ham, cut into thin strips. Cut 2-3 ripe, firm large tomatoes into cubes or small slices. Finely chop 1 onion. Fry fresh mushrooms, cut into strips, together with it until fully cooked. Place them on a sieve to drain excess oil. Grate 2 hard-boiled eggs. Also, pass 1 fresh cucumber and 200 g of hard cheese through a grater.
And now all the components are laid out in layers, coated with mayonnaise, salted and seasoned with pepper: first ham, then mushrooms, cucumber, eggs, cheese. The tomatoes are added last.
You can make these different, but very colorful and tasty “Little Red Riding Hood” salads if you wish. Bon appetit!
“Little Red Riding Hood” with chicken and tomatoes
If you, like me, are already pretty fed up with Olivier, then surprise your guests with a new holiday salad. It turns out very beautiful, and once you try it, it will be impossible to stop. So do more so that there is enough for everyone. The amount of ingredients is indicated for 2 servings.
Compound:
- boiled chicken meat - 100 g;
- potatoes - 100 g;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- pickled cucumber;
- tomato;
- green onion feathers - 3-4 pcs.;
- mayonnaise for dressing;
- spices, salt.
How to cook:
Boil eggs and jacket potatoes until tender. Once they are ready, peel and grate the ingredients individually using a coarse grater. Cut the pickled cucumber into thin strips. Grind the cheese on a grater. Cut the chicken fillet into cubes. Mix all the prepared products in one large cup, add salt to taste and season with mayonnaise.
Place the salad in the shape of a cap on a flat plate. Cut the tomato into small cubes, remove the seeds with juice. Place the chopped vegetable evenly on the surface of the salad, pressing down slightly with a spoon. Wash the onion feathers and place them on the sides. The appetizer is ready to serve, so you can try it right away. I assure you, the salad will not disappoint you and will quickly become one of your favorites.
On a note!
If you wish, you can stir all the ingredients immediately before serving, including the tomatoes.
Very tasty and beautiful salad “Little Red Riding Hood” with pomegranate and walnuts
Recently, the salad has been gaining strong popularity among similar dishes along with “Olivier” and “Herring under a fur coat.” And he has already come up with many different types of presentation.
Ingredients:
- chicken – 150 g;
- carrots – 1 pc.;
- potatoes – 1 pc.;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- cheese – 60 g;
- walnuts – 50 g;
- pomegranate seeds – 50 g;
- mayonnaise – 50 g;
- salt, pepper to taste.
Step-by-step description of the dish
Cook the chicken in salted water until cooked and cool. Boil carrots and potatoes until soft. Boil the egg hard.
Therefore, place a round pan in the middle of the plate and lay out the chicken, cut into small pieces. Then coat this layer with mayonnaise.
Chop the walnuts into small pieces with a knife. We put them on the chicken and again make a mayonnaise mesh.
The third layer is boiled potatoes, grated on a medium or fine grater + mayonnaise.
The fourth layer consists of finely grated carrots and mayonnaise.
Next, lay out the eggs, which we also first grate on a grater with small holes and coat the layer with mayonnaise.
The sixth layer consists of grated cheese. It needs to be thoroughly coated with mayonnaise, it is important that the dressing is spread over the entire surface. Particular attention should be paid to the edges of the circle so that the next layer holds tightly and does not crumble.
Place the last layer of pomegranate seeds. I don't think it's worth decorating anymore. The dish itself looks gorgeous.
Can be served. Enjoy your meal!
Little Red Riding Hood Salad – recipe
The recipe for this salad is not complicated - first you need to prepare all the ingredients - boil the eggs, potatoes and carrots. Then peel them, cut them and place them in different containers. Then prepare the remaining ingredients - cheese, nuts, pomegranate seeds, smoked chicken breast.
Next, assemble the salad in layers, coating each layer with mayonnaise or your favorite salad sauce.
We decorate the salad with pomegranate seeds, which we spread in a thick layer, forming the same Little Red Riding Hood that gave the salad its name.
A detailed recipe with photos and the required amount of ingredients is given below. Move away from the usual traditional menu and try something new, treat yourself and your loved ones! Bon appetit!
Happy New Year! Let your table always be bursting with the most delicious, exquisite and beautiful dishes, and let all your guests, family and friends gobble them up on both cheeks, praising the hostess!
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