Salad "Monkey": recipe for cooking, tips for decorating

According to the Eastern calendar, each year has its patron from the animal world. Some argue that such a symbol must necessarily be present at the celebration. Therefore, the salad "Monkey" in 2016 on the New Year's table will be just the way.

Merry Monkey

New Year should always bring only joy and good mood. And if you prepare a salad "Monkey" for a table, then we can assume that the goal has been achieved.

It will only be necessary to buy some products: 0.5 kilograms of chicken fillet, 3 eggs, 2 onions, 200 grams of fresh apples, 3 olives, salt, 125 grams of hard cheese, black pepper, mayonnaise and 2 teaspoons of walnuts.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. First, the onions must be cut and poured with boiling water for a few minutes, so that all bitterness comes out.
2. Cook the fillet and cut into cubes as far as possible.
3. Cut the eggs randomly, and grind some cheese and apples on a grater.
4. Combine the ingredients together, add salt, season with mayonnaise and add a little pepper.
5. From the received weight on a wide dish to form a head of a monkey.
6. From the grated nuts on top put a chicken and make a fringing from the shredded strips of olives.
7. The remaining cheese should be rubbed on a fine grater and sprinkled with them all the uncovered space.
8. Halves of olives are useful for making eyes and nose, and for the mouth unused chips are suitable.

Now we can assume that the salad "Monkey" is completely ready.

New Year in French

Each people has its own habits and taste preferences. In French, the salad "Monkey" will look slightly different. Although the set of products is very similar to the previous version: 1 onion, 100 grams of cheese, egg, apple, olives, mayonnaise and a few nuts.

But the technology will be somewhat different:

1. Everything still begins with a bow. It will be the basis of the salad. In order not to spoil the whole dish, it is best to marinate it with sugar and vinegar for ten minutes.
2. After this, the refueling can be drained, and from the remaining product lay a thin layer of the outline of the head and abundantly missed with mayonnaise. Subsequently, so it will be necessary to do with each layer.
3. Next, you must gradually spread each other's shredded products (egg and apple), while maintaining the boundaries of the picture.
4. The last layer is cheese. It should not be missed.
5. On top lay out the olives made from eyes, mouth, nose and hair.
6. Grate the nuts to distinguish the cheeks and ears of the monkey.

Salad ready. It can be safely put in the center of the table and prepare to meet the holiday.

Truthful drawing

To New Year's salad "Monkey" looked as true as possible, he should show the image of a fiery animal. Such is the upcoming 2016 year.

In this case, you can use a variant of the dish for which you need: 3 eggs, a couple of potatoes, carrots, salt, 2 pickled cucumbers, 300 grams of crab sticks, ground pepper, sour cream and mayonnaise.

To prepare a New Year's salad "Monkey" you need something like this:

1. Eggs, potatoes and carrots boil, and then cut into small cubes. And the proteins are better immediately separated from the yolks.
2. Sticks, onions and cucumbers must also be crushed.
3. All products, except yolks and carrots, combine in a plate and fill with a mixture of sour cream and mayonnaise.
4. Spread it on a plate in the form of a long-eared monkey.
5. Sprinkle with yolk, covering the mass from all sides.
6. From a carrot to make a magnificent fiery hairdress, and olives will go on creating facial features.

Such a cool salad will not leave anyone indifferent. In addition, it is also very tasty.

Pleasure with benefit

You should remember your health even during the holiday. That's why you should carefully consider the choice of dishes. Salad in the form of a monkey for this can be prepared using seafood.

You only need: a can of squid canned, three eggs, a bulb, ½ cup of rice, cucumber, cheese, lettuce, olives, dill and mayonnaise.

To make a dish is simple:

1. First you need to boil the rice, let it cool down, and then put on the dish the outline of the animal's head.
2. From above, cover everything with ground dill.
3. The third layer will be cut squid, which should be topped with mayonnaise.
4. Next is a bow and cucumber. They also need to be lubricated.
5. After that, the surface should be sprinkled with protein.
6. Then use the yolk to mark the cheeks and the outline of the hairstyle.
7. The edging of small parts is best done from thin olive strips.
8. From the halves of olives will turn out beautiful eyes, and dill will create the illusion of a festive bow.

Before serving, it is best to let the food stand in the refrigerator for at least two hours.

A traditional dish

In Russia, it has become a good tradition to prepare a herring under the fur coat for the New Year. But an experienced hostess does not need to turn a standard set of products into anything. From it can even turn out a good salad "Monkey" on the New Year's table.

Before work it is necessary to check the availability of products: 200 grams of herring, potatoes, beets and carrots, salt, 2 olives, onion and mayonnaise.

The order of work:

1. The first thing you need to boil all the vegetables, except for onions.
2. After that, you can take care of herring. It must be cleaned, all bones removed, and meat cut into small cubes.
3. Cool vegetables to peel and grate with a normal large grater.
4. Lay a monkey face on a wide plate of potatoes.
5. Top with mayonnaise, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
6. Next comes the onions and carrots. Lubricate the layers with the same composition.
7. The last one should be beet.
8. Make olives and circles of boiled potatoes.
9. A little grated cheese is useful for a muzzle, and from a carrot it is possible to lay out a mouth.

A ready-made dish is the best fit for a year is a fiery monkey.

Similar option

There are people who do not like suspicious news. In this case, they can perfectly adapt their favorite salad to the right theme. It's quite simple. For example, the salad "Monkey" for the New Year can come from the components of the well-known "Mimosa".

To do this, you only need: 2 potatoes, a can of canned fish, salt, carrots, 100 grams of cheese, 5 eggs, mayonnaise, green onions and olives.

There will be no special work here:

1. Carrots, potatoes and eggs must first be boiled and cleaned.
2. In a deep plate, gently knead the fish with a fork. The rest of the products must be crushed with cubes or a grater.
3. In the form of a monkey's head on a platter alternately lay one on another in the following order: potatoes - fish - onions - carrots - cheese. All layers must be smeared with mayonnaise.
4. For smaller details, use olives, thinly slicing them with a knife.

Ready-made salad can be decorated with greens. This will only add to the effect of the culinary work.

Dish with dried fruits

Do not forget that the New Year is an unusual holiday. On this day you want to get the maximum pleasure. This can be easily achieved if you use dried fruits in one of the dishes. They contain so many vitamins and minerals that there is no doubt about the benefits of the product. For example, for the New Year 2016 salad "Monkey" with prunes is suitable.

In this case, it is better to use the following recipe: for two chicken fillets you need a third of a can of canned peas, 5 eggs, a bulb, 300 grams of mushrooms, a glass of nuts, salt, mayonnaise and 200 grams of prunes.

Making a salad is easy:

1. You can start with the fillet and eggs.
2. At this time it is necessary to put prunes to soak, filling it with water.
3. Mushrooms cut, and then fry in a pan with onions.
4. Nuts to dry and crush.
5. The products should be crushed with cubes or straws.
6. After that, lay them on top of each other, observing the following order: meat - peas - mushrooms with onions. Between them there should be a thin layer of mayonnaise.
7. Put the bottom part with prunes.
8. The top layer is the eggs.

Finishing will consist entirely of dried fruits. Hair and mouth can be made from finely chopped straws, and for the eyes are suitable halves.