How to make an English salad?

Now tell us how to properly prepare an English salad. It's a simple dish that consists of healthy foods. English salad with celery, the recipe of which we now tell you, you can serve as a side dish for meat, and as an independent dish.

The classic recipe for creating

To prepare this salad we will need:

• 1 tbsp. A mustard spoon;
• 160 g of mayonnaise;
• 260 g of celery;
• greenery;
• 160 g of mushrooms (preferably using champignons);
• 360 g of chicken;
• 2 cucumbers (salted or pickled);
• Freshly ground pepper.

Process of preparation of salad

1. First take the chicken, fry it in a frying pan or grill. It is best to use fillets for these purposes. Fried meat must be divided into fibers, and then cut into pieces.

2. Then take the celery, peel and grate on a large grater or cut into strips.

3. Cut cucumbers along into quarters, and then into slices.

4. In the English cuisine, usually use champignons. You will add them to the salad. Mushrooms boil, cut into slices.

5. Mix mustard, mayonnaise and finely chopped greens.

6. English salad is almost ready. It remains to mix all the ingredients in a bowl, season with sauce, season with pepper. After that you need to shift the dish into a salad bowl.

That's all, your food is ready, you can serve it to the table. The dish is perfect for a picnic, family dinner or a party.

Dietary salad recipe

In English salad, all the ingredients are perfectly combined. If you change something, then it will not be so tasty. But this dish is very high-calorie, so we will now tell you how it can be "lightened" a bit.

To do this is not particularly difficult, you just need to replace the roasted chicken meat with a steamed turkey. To taste, there is practically no discernable difference, and the positive moments are a lot: little cholesterol, fat, low calorie content, many micronutrients and well digestible protein.

There is one more component that can be replaced with something else, this is mayonnaise. Of course, this sauce is very tasty, even it can be called useful if you make home from natural ingredients, but it is caloric and contains a lot of vinegar and salt. You can replace mayonnaise with sauce from low-fat sour cream. To prepare it you will need:

• 1 tbsp. A mustard spoon;
• salt;
• 150 g of sour cream (10% fat content);
• pepper.

All the ingredients for the sauce mix, drip some lemon juice. That's all, now you can fill them with an English salad. There are no more differences in the preparation, that is, you need to do everything according to the usual recipe, but with the above mentioned adjustments.

A small conclusion

Now you know how to prepare the right English salad with chicken. We told you and dietary prescription. And it should be noted that the second option is not less tasty than the original one. The only difference is calorie. Salad with sour cream is 3 times "lighter". Which option to choose - decide for yourself. If you watch your figure, then, of course, prepare a dietary dish. For other purposes, the ideal option is a traditional salad.