Classic layered salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers

Nothing so decorates the festive table, as a hearty, original and tasty salad. Traditionally, this word is associated with something light and vegetable. This is a kind of aperitif before the main course. But it also happens that he himself can become the head of the table. For the role of such a "king" salad with chicken liver and salted cucumber. The recipe for this dish is simple and straightforward, and the gastronomic pleasure that you will get by trying it will surpass all your expectations.

Salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers is usually served warm or very cold, so it takes time to prepare and cool some of its ingredients. On average, the entire process takes an hour and a half, where most of the time will go into the baking of the liver itself.

Ingredients that will be required to make a salad:

• 350-400 g of thawed chicken liver;
• 1 onion bulb;
• 1 medium or large carrot;
• 2 pickled cucumbers;
• vegetable oil;
• Mayonnaise to taste;
• Dill (fresh or dried);
• salt;
• water.

How to cook chicken liver

To begin with, we need to pre-unfreeze the chicken liver of the desired size. Then thoroughly rinse it under running cold water, gently cut off all the films, veins, bile ducts and any unpleasant to eye parts. If you do not do this, then the salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers will be bitter. The dressed liver should be rinsed again under the water, allow it to dry out a little. To accelerate the cooking process, it can be cut into smaller pieces.

Cook the chicken liver in a saucepan or a double boiler. The difference between these two processes is small, but it is, so for each method there is a little instruction.

How to cook chicken liver in a saucepan

• Pour the water into the pan until half and put it on the fire.
• When the water boils, we salt water and we lower there the whole liver or cut into pieces.
• We cook for 15-18 minutes, usually this is enough, but it is better to check the readiness, stabbing it with a knife. If the transparent juice comes from the section, it is ready.
• We take it out of the pan and let it cool.

How to cook chicken liver in a double boiler

• Cut the liver into small pieces.
• We squeeze a little to get rid of the excess juice.
• We put the steamers in a container, salt at will.
• Fill the steamer with water.
• We expose the desired program and wait (usually it takes about 30 minutes).
• After cooking, we put the contents out of the container and let it cool down.

How to prepare a salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumber

We chop the boiled chicken liver into a neat thin straw. Then shinkkuem two cucumbers on a large grater. Carrots washed and cleaned, after that, too, three. We put the frying pan on the stove, pour 2 spoons of butter, chop the onion rings and passer it until it becomes gently golden. Temporarily lay the onion in any container, and on the empty frying pan add 2 tablespoons of oil and fry the carrots a little. It should be done on medium heat and not longer than 3-4 minutes, otherwise it will lose its taste. When all the ingredients are ready, you can proceed to the formation of the salad.

Salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers (with the photo above) is laid out in layers. First you need to place on a plate straws of chicken liver, on top is the level of roasted onions, after that add salted cucumbers and on top we have fried carrots. Then, when all the layers are formed, we grease the resulting "hill" with mayonnaise and decorate it with green dill. If there is no fresh, it can be replaced with dried seasoning. Salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers served slightly warm or cold.

Storage and facts

Any dish from chicken, including a salad with chicken liver and pickles, can be stored only in the refrigerator and no more than two days. Its caloric content per 100 grams is about 180-190 calories and provides a daily rate of iron, folic acid and vitamin A, necessary for our skin.

In addition, the chicken liver is considered a dietary product, which can be given even to children and people suffering from various allergies.