Goat in the garden - classic salad, recipe with photo

What is this strange name and what are these hints, you ask, keeping in mind the men's holiday coming in a couple of days. I answer: the “Goat in the Garden” salad, the recipe of which I decided to introduce you to, does not contain any disrespect towards the defenders of our fatherland, but, on the contrary, is intended to decorate the festive table.

As for the name of the salad, obviously the author has a great sense of humor (hats off). By the way, it is also called “Trouble,” which also reflects the essence of the dish.

Initially, the salad was invented for an excellent purpose: each guest can choose for himself what to eat. In what quantity and proportions, since the ingredients are not mixed with each other.

And this is convenient for holidays with a large number of invited guests. And the basis of the salad is a meat product surrounded by vegetables and other additives. It’s very reminiscent of the behavior of a goat in a summer cottage, isn’t it? This is what he usually does - he chooses only what he likes.

Classic salad “Goat in the garden” with fries

To properly make the “Goat in the Garden” salad, you should understand that

The main thing in this dish is its presentation. All ingredients according to the recipe should be carefully placed in piles on a wide plate.

Some of them must first be crushed. And already at the table

From the variety offered, anyone can choose for themselves what they really like. After all, this is exactly what a goat does when he accidentally finds himself in a garden: he takes what he likes.

The classic version is usually prepared with French fries. Typically, it includes the following components:

100 grams of boiled beets and onions;
200 grams of fresh cucumbers, carrots and cabbage;
300 grams of boiled sausage and potatoes;
salt;
150 grams of mayonnaise;
fresh herbs;
pepper.

It takes no more than half an hour to prepare the salad:

Onions, boiled beets and fresh carrots must be peeled.
Chop the cabbage, and cut the sausage and all vegetables into strips.
Finely chop the greens.
Fry the potatoes separately in a large amount of oil (deep fat).
Place the ingredients in a circle on a plate. You can add a little salt and pepper on top.
Pour a mound of mayonnaise in the center and place a ring of chopped herbs around it.

The original salad looks not only beautiful, but also very appetizing.

With duck and cheese sauce

This is the most expensive salad of all offered today. All products are freely available, but, unfortunately, their prices are slightly higher than those that we are used to eating every day. Therefore, the salad can be called “gourmet”.

Grocery list:

1 roasted duck breast;
100 grams of pomegranate seeds;
200 grams of potato pie;
5 asparagus shoots;
200 grams of pine nuts;
100 grams of boiled shrimp;
150-200 ml broth;
150-200 ml milk;
125 grams of cheese;
50 grams of butter;
15 grams of flour.

How to collect goat salad in the garden:

Cut the breast into strips.
Wash and peel the asparagus.
At the same time, boil a saucepan with enough salted water to cover the asparagus by a few centimeters.
Boil for five minutes.
After five minutes, throw the asparagus into cold water or rinse with cold water.

For the sauce:

Grate the cheese.
Fry the entire amount of flour in 30 ml of oil for 60 seconds.
At the same time, heat the broth and milk, since after 60 seconds, you need to pour in the milk, and then the broth.
While actively stirring the future sauce, bring it to a boil.
Cook for about three minutes until thick and then add the cheese.
Stir the sauce until the cheese has dissolved, then stir for another two minutes.
Season the sauce with spices, pour in the remaining 20 ml of oil, stir.
The sauce is ready!

Important! When all the salad components are ready, you can serve. To do this, place a bowl with cheese sauce in the very center on a flat dish. Place all the ingredients in piles around the bowl: duck, pomegranate, nuts, asparagus, potatoes and shrimp.

Today we offered you, or if you prefer, we provided 5 different assorted salads with meat and potatoes. The potatoes are the same everywhere, but the meat is completely different. Now you can choose the recipe that you liked the most or even combine several into one. We wish you good luck and bon appetit!

Modern housewives love to experiment. Some people want to save time, while others want to avoid spending too much money on everyday meals. Of course, the taste of the dish and its calorie content are always of great importance. What health benefits will another salad bring? This is also very important! Nowadays the popularity of the memorable salad “Goat in the Garden” is growing. It is really very easy to prepare, the recipe will not be difficult to remember. The signature feature of the dish is the impressive complex of vitamins, valuable substances, and microelements contained in this original salad.

The dish looks really catchy and original. This is a real goat in the garden! The meat is laid out in the center, and other ingredients are placed around it in separate segments. The beauty of the salad is that anyone can make it to their own taste. Sometimes they use only 3-4 ingredients, others lay out almost all known vegetables, creating a beautiful mosaic of twelve segments. There are only 9 segments in this recipe, including the center chicken breast section.

Remember that all products must be as fresh as possible. Choose beautiful vegetables, do not take stale products. For decoration, you can use fresh herbs, pour mayonnaise or sauce over the meat, and mark the boundaries of the segments with dressing. In our “Goat in the Garden” salad, nothing distracts from the vegetables and meat themselves. For decoration we use only onions.

With potato chips

The “Goat in the Garden” salad with chips is ideal for a youth group. In this case, it is better to use the following components:

chips (any quantity);
100 grams each of Korean carrots, boiled beets, fresh white cabbage and semi-smoked sausage;
50-70 grams of mayonnaise.

This salad is very easy to prepare. This must be done in stages:

Roughly chop the sausage, cabbage and beets.
Place all ingredients around the edge of the dish. There should be mayonnaise in the middle. To prevent it from spreading, you can make an imitation of a fence from several chips.

Even someone who has never done cooking can handle this kind of work. There are many such people among young people.

Ideas for gas stations

You can season the dish not only with mayonnaise, sour cream or the sauces described in the recipes. There are other options:

vegetable oil with spices - goes well with fresh vegetables;
soy sauce - suitable for Korean chicken and carrot appetizers;
pomegranate juice - combined with fresh fruits, chicken;
lemon juice - harmonizes with shrimp and other seafood;
kefir with garlic and herbs - suitable for dietary recipes;
wine vinegar with mustard is a good company for beets;
natural yogurt with lemon juice and curry - served with chicken salad.

Experienced housewives usually put out two or three plates with different variations of appetizers and several bowls with sauces so that the guest can choose what he likes. If there is a “Goat in the Garden” salad on the table, no one will leave hungry.

For the recipe with photos, see below.

I suggest preparing it with a very harmonious taste. I know this salad called Rainbow - that’s how they present it in the cafe where I first tried it with my friends. I liked this Rainbow Salad so much that I decided to repeat this gastronomic happiness at home. It worked, I’m sharing the recipe.

By the way, there is a similar salad recipe on the Internet, only for some reason they call it Goat in the Garden

(maybe due to the presence of raw vegetables and cabbage in the composition). But for me the name Rainbow salad is somehow closer and more pleasant.

Simple recipe with crackers

Those who practically do not eat meat can be advised to prepare a lean salad. It is done very simply. The housewife only needs to collect the necessary products on the desktop and chop them if necessary.

For this option you can take:

210 grams of corn grains (canned);
1 carrot;
one package each of crackers and crab sticks;
½ bunch of lettuce;
mayonnaise.

Instructions for preparing a quick lean salad:

Peel the carrots and grate them on a fine mesh grater.
Tear lettuce leaves randomly with your hands.
Chop the sticks into slices or thin sticks.
Pour mayonnaise into the center of the plate. Arrange the rest of the ingredients around it in neat piles. You can decorate the dish with sprigs of dill.

This recipe should be adopted by housewives in case they need to somehow diversify a traditional homemade dinner without using meat.

Goat salad in the vegetable garden

This recipe for the “Goat in the Garden” salad differs from others in that its composition overwhelmingly includes fresh vegetables.

Wash the cucumber, tomato and radish, peel if necessary and cut into strips. We clean the beets and carrots, wash them and grate them on a coarse grater. Peel the potatoes, wash them, cut them into small strips and fry until fully cooked.

Place all the ingredients in heaps on a wide, beautiful dish. The piles should form a circle with mayonnaise in the center.

Festive salad “Goat in the garden” with meat

Goat in the Garden is an amazing appetizer. Thanks to the original way of serving and bright colors, it can decorate even a festive feast. True, in this case it is advisable to include meat in the list of ingredients. With it, the dish itself will be more tasty and nutritious.

For a holiday salad recipe you can use:

200 grams of cabbage (precisely red cabbage) and the same amount of sour cream;
3 carrots;
a little salt;
2 fresh cucumbers;
250 grams of boiled beef;
150 grams of peeled walnuts;
1 pod of bell pepper;
sesame seeds.

The method of preparing the dish remains basically the same:

Chop the cabbage thinly.
Finely grate the carrots.
Cut cucumbers, pepper pulp and boiled meat into slices or cubes.
Place all ingredients on a plate one by one.
Beat nuts with sour cream and sesame seeds in a blender. The mass should be as homogeneous as possible.
Pour the prepared sauce into the center of the dish.

On the holiday table, this unusual salad looks simply excellent. And this despite the fact that it takes literally a few minutes to prepare.

Recipe with carrots and beef:

Make a famous salad with tender beef. You will like it due to its tenderness and lightness. You can cut the beef for salad into cubes or strips, but it is best to tear it into thin fibers with your hands.

Fresh carrots 2-3 pieces
Red cabbage 200 grams
Beef 250 grams
Large bell pepper 1 piece
Fresh cucumber 2-3 pieces
For dressing - walnut or almond 150 grams, white sesame seeds, salt, sour cream 200 grams

Wash the carrots well - it is best to rub them with a metal brush, then cut off the tails and grate them on a coarse grater. Chop the cabbage as finely and thinly as possible. Wash the peppers, peel them from seeds and tails and cut into long thin strips. Thinly remove the skin from the cucumbers and cut thin long slices. For dressing: finely chop the nuts using a blender or knife, add them to the sour cream along with sesame seeds, add salt and mix. Place on a plate in the following order: beef - cucumber - carrots - cabbage - pepper.

With chicken fillet

The Goat in the Garden salad with meat has several variations. For example, you can take chicken fillet as the main component. The dish will be light, dietary and low-calorie.

For the recipe you need:

0.5 medium head of cabbage;
3 boiled beets;
2 chicken fillets;
2 apples;
220 grams of Korean carrots;
1 lemon;
180-200 grams of mayonnaise.

How to properly prepare such a light salad:

First, the meat must be boiled in salted water, adding a couple of bay leaves to the broth. Then cut the cooled fillet into cubes.
Slowly chop the cabbage. If it is too hard, you can crush it a little with your hands.
Peel the beets and chop into strips.
Chop the apple in the same way. True, the core must first be cut out of it. Sprinkle apple juice with lemon juice. This will prevent unwanted oxidation of the pulp.
Carefully arrange the chopped ingredients around the edges. Place the meat in the center and pour over mayonnaise.

For those who keep strict records of their calorie intake, it is not necessary to add mayonnaise. As a last resort, you can prepare the sauce yourself or replace it with low-fat sour cream.

Recipe with chicken and salad:

The recipe indicates the use of cherry tomatoes, but this is not a prerequisite - you can also use regular tomatoes.

Chicken fillet 200 grams
Lolla Rossa salad, iceberg – 100 grams
Fresh cucumber 2-3 pieces
Cherry tomatoes 10 pieces
White cabbage 200 grams
For dressing: 200 grams of full-fat sour cream, 2 tablespoons of mustard seed, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of olive oil.

Boil the chicken fillet for 10-13 minutes over low heat, adding salt and bay leaf to the water. After the meat is cooked, cool it and cut into cups. Wash the salad and tear it carelessly with your hands. Wash the cucumber, peel and cut into square pieces. Wash the tomatoes and cut into cubes. Chop the cabbage thinly and long. For dressing, mix sour cream, olive oil, mustard seed and soy sauce.

How to cook with cheese

The “Goat in the Garden” salad is sometimes an unexpected combination of a variety of products. A mixture of the following components looks very original on a plate:

150 grams of prunes;
a little salt;
200 grams of crackers, hard cheese, carrots and chicken fillet;
mayonnaise.

You need to prepare the salad in stages:

First, pour boiling water over the prunes and leave for literally 10 minutes. After this, the steamed fruits must be carefully cut into thin strips.
Boil the chicken meat, adding a little salt and spices to the broth. Then the cooled fillet should be chopped into cubes.
Grate the cheese and carrots on a grater with medium or large mesh.
Pour mayonnaise into the middle of the plate and place the prepared ingredients in piles in a circle.

Just the sight of the dish makes you hungry.

And so that the juice from the vegetables does not color the mayonnaise and spoil the overall picture, you can pour it into a gravy boat.

This will make the dish look more elegant.

Salad “Goat in the garden”

The “Goat in the Garden” salad cannot be called a very famous dish. As practice shows, most often it is prepared not for daily consumption, but for buffet tables, as well as for events with a large number of visitors.

A special feature of the “Goat in the Garden” salad is that all the ingredients included in its composition are not mixed with each other, but are served on one dish, located next to each other. All this is quite practical, since each guest can independently assemble his own salad with exactly the ingredients that he likes most and in the proportions that are right for him.

You can use a wide variety of products to prepare the “Goat in the Garden” salad. The only exception is the combination of fish meat with chicken, beef, and pork.

To make the salad look more decorated, you should use a special plate with dividers to serve it. This way, a separate ingredient is placed in each sector of the plate and you can be sure that the ingredients will not mix with each other, but will lie in separate neat piles next to each other.

Salad “Goat in the garden” with ham

Most often, housewives prepare the “Goat in the Garden” salad with meat. Anyone who does not want to spend time processing this main product can replace it, for example, with ham. Ultimately, this will not make the dish any worse. For this option, the following combination of products is very often used:

3 fresh cucumbers;
2 pods of bell pepper;
3 tomatoes;
200 grams of ham (preferably lean);
300 grams of Chinese (or white) cabbage.

For refueling:

100 grams of any mayonnaise;
4 tablespoons of sour cream;
greens (dill with parsley).

Method for preparing a popular salad:

Wash the peppers and remove the core and seeds. Cut the remaining pulp into strips.
Chop the tomatoes into thin slices.
Also cut the cucumbers and ham into strips.
Place the products in a circle in any order.
Chop fresh herbs with a knife and then combine them with mayonnaise and sour cream. Pour the prepared sauce into the center.

This dish can be prepared when guests suddenly come to the house unexpectedly. The hostess will have time to make it while the others are setting the table.

Rainbow Salad Recipe

To prepare a delicious salad of meat with vegetables we will need (for 4 servings):

1 small beet;
1 medium sized carrot;
2 medium potatoes;
200 grams of beef (fillet);
½ onion;
200 grams of white cabbage;
salt and mayonnaise to taste.

All products, except meat and potatoes, are used raw in the salad. Beef fillet must be washed, placed in a saucepan or slow cooker and cooked until tender. Ready cooked meat must be cooled before slicing. Cut the cooled meat into strips (as thin as possible).

Now let's prepare the potato pie - it is this that is used to give the salad a zest. So, I’m telling you how to cook potato pie

— it can be used not only for salads, but also as a side dish and as a decoration for ready-made dishes. Wash the raw potatoes, peel them and grate them on a Korean carrot grater into small chunks.

Rinse the grated potatoes in cold water and drain. Pat the potatoes with a paper towel to remove any remaining moisture. You need to make the potato pieces as dry as possible. Pour 1-2 fingers of vegetable oil into a saucepan or frying pan and heat it well - the potatoes will be deep-fried.

If you have a deep fryer, fry the potatoes in it. Fry the potatoes until golden brown, remove with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel to absorb excess oil. That's it, our potato pie is ready!

With pomegranate and pickled onions

For a festive feast, the “Goat in the Garden” salad is good to make from the following products:

200 grams of balyk (preferably pork);
100 grams of crackers and the same amount of red onion;
150 grams each of fresh cabbage, boiled beets and pomegranate seeds;
mayonnaise (optional).

For the marinade:

half a lemon;
salt;
sugar;
fresh greens.

Prepare the salad step by step:

Prepare a marinade from lemon juice, chopped herbs and other ingredients.
Chop the onion into half rings. Transfer it to a container with marinade for a few minutes.
Divide the pomegranate in half and carefully remove the seeds.
Chop the cabbage, and cut the beets and balyk into strips.
Place the ingredients in neat piles on a serving plate.

In this case, mayonnaise is not suitable for all products. Therefore, it is better to pour it into a salad bowl and serve separately.

How to quickly and deliciously prepare the “Goat in the Garden” salad: several recipes with photos

Salad is a very versatile dish. You don’t need to come up with a reason or choose the time of year for it. It can always be served, because today it is prepared from any product: vegetables, meat, pasta, fruits, herbs, legumes, fish.

Salad can serve as an appetizer, side dish, main course, or dessert.

Then boiled meat, eggs, pickled vegetables, mushrooms, seafood, and mayonnaise appeared in separate recipes. These ingredients made salads snacks in their own right.

If we consider the benefits of this dish, then it must be said that a large number of ingredients in it are meat, and mayonnaise makes it difficult to digest.

Lighter salads are made from fresh vegetables and seasoned with butter, sour cream, and soy sauce.

The latter includes the “Goat in the Garden” salad. True, the recipe contains meat, but thanks to the large amount of fresh vegetables, it will not create heaviness in the stomach. The dish can be served as a side dish or appetizer.

Fruit salad

You can also prepare a very tasty tropical salad “Goat in the Garden” from various fruits.

To do this you just need:

3 oranges;
1-2 medium tangerines;
3 large kiwi fruits.

The appetizer is much easier to prepare than all previous options:

Peel the kiwi from rough skin and cut into slices. This must be done carefully.
Separate peeled tangerines into slices.
Wash two oranges and cut into slices. It is advisable to chop the third into thin slices.
You can place food on a plate in different ways. It is best to first place orange rings along the edge. Next comes the kiwi layer. And in the center, make a random design from orange slices that will imitate a “goat”.

No traditional salad dressing needed. Although, if desired, the fruit can be lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Oriental smoked meat recipe

If you suddenly have guests and you have nothing in the refrigerator except a pack of smoked sausages from “serious” products, you can quickly prepare a “Goat in the Garden” salad with them. In addition to sausages, this salad will also require cabbage, carrots and beets - usually these vegetables can be found in any kitchen.

Fresh carrots 1-2 pieces
Cabbage 300-400 grams
Smoked sausages 300 grams
Beets 2-3 pieces
Lettuce leaves of any kind 100 grams
Walnut 100 grams
3 tablespoons olive oil
For dressing: 300 grams sour cream, dill, flax seed

Chop the cabbage finely and thinly. Wash the carrots and grate with a metal brush, grate on a coarse grater. Peel the beets and grate on a coarse grater. Grind the walnuts using a blender. Divide into two parts. Mix the carrots with olive oil, cumin and one part of the nuts. Wash the lettuce leaves well and tear with your hands. Mix the beets with oil, the other part of the nuts and cumin. Cut the sausages into thin long slices. For dressing, finely chop the dill and mix it with sour cream and caraway seeds. Serve the salad by placing the ingredients on a plate in this order: sausages - carrots - cabbage - beets - lettuce.