"Cleopatra" salad: exquisite recipes for every taste

Today we will learn how to cook an unusual salad "Cleopatra" from the available products. There are many options for cooking this dish. You will learn several ways by reading our article.

"Caesar" and "Cleopatra"

About Caesar salad today everyone knows, but the dish called "Cleopatra" undeservedly remains in the shadows, but in vain. By its taste, it is not inferior to the famous salads, to which we are accustomed, but it looks beautiful on the table, not for nothing that bears the name of the most delightful woman in world history. There is no specific list of components for "Cleopatra", everyone adds everything he wants. You, too, can experiment.

"Cleopatra" salad with chicken and cucumbers

The following ingredients are required for salad preparation:

• Marinated beans - 1 jar.
• Chicken fillet - 500 grams.
• Bread black - 300 grams.
• Mayonnaise - 150 grams.
• Sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons.
• Pickled cucumbers - 250 grams.

Before you begin to prepare a salad "Cleopatra", you need to cook chicken meat to its full readiness. Black bread cut into small pieces and fry in oil until golden brown. After all the basic preparations are finished and the products are completely ready, we proceed to the most interesting, actually, to the dish itself called "Salad" Cleopatra "," whose photo you see. We take a beautiful salad bowl and begin to conjure, but how else to call the miracle of creation from the usual products of such beauty and delicacy? So, we cut cold meat with straws, we also treat cucumbers. Beans are released from the liquid and sent to a salad bowl, which already contains the previous ingredients. Add mayonnaise and mix. Crackers should be added to the salad before serving on the table so that they do not get wet.

Light salad «Cleopatra»

This light salad is suitable for a women's company, in which ladies watch their figure. Products for him are not so ordinary, unlike the previous recipe. Pamper yourself at least occasionally, but it is necessary. Call your girlfriends for a visit and prepare for them an unusual salad "Cleopatra". The recipe with the photo is shown below.

Products you will need:

• 150 grams of boiled and peeled shrimp.
• 12 pieces of olives.
• 2 chicken eggs.
• 3 ring of canned pineapple.
• 1 red onion.
• Half a lemon.
• Tablespoon of olive oil.
• Salt, pepper, mayonnaise.

We begin to prepare a salad "Cleopatra". The recipe is simple, it is done quickly. The only thing that takes most of the time is the marinovka of onions. We'll start with it. Onions are peeled, cut into rings and put in a bowl, where it will be pickled, salt, pepper. Add the juice of half a lemon and butter. Leave it for half an hour, not forgetting to mix sometimes, so that the onion is evenly marinated. Eggs boil hard. After they are prepared, we cool them, lowering them into cold water. Then we clean and cut into cubes. We do the same with pineapples. On thin circles we cut olives (from each should turn out approximately 4 castors). Shrimps get rid of the shell, too large can be cut in half, leaving the whole small. All the ingredients (do not touch the onions, it will be needed later) is mixed in a deep bowl, we add salt, pepper, mayonnaise. Now you can proceed with the design. On a beautiful flat dish, put a few fresh lettuce leaves, on them as a background - marinated red onions. Do not forget to drain the fluid from under it. On this bed we lay the salad so that the onion is visible. From above you can decorate with shrimps and olives. That's all, call your girlfriends, let them hurry! Bon Appetit!

Warm salad "Cleopatra". Recipe with a photo

Are you tired of usual salads and you want something new and unusual? Surprise your loved ones with a warm salad for dinner. Time for its preparation will take a little, and your relatives will be grateful for this salad "Cleopatra" with an unusual taste. Two servings will be needed:

• 100 grams of chicken fillet.
• Half onions.
• 150 grams of ham.
• 1 head of iceberg lettuce.
• A few feathers of green onions.
• Cherry tomatoes - 2 pieces.
• Black olives - 4-5 pieces.
• Cream 20% is half a glass.

Chicken meat boil until ready and cut into strips, ham, onions and chicken fry for several minutes. Add the cream and stew, not forgetting to stir. Salad iceberg tear our hands and lay out on the dish a slide, put the cooked chicken fillet on it and pour the sauce in which the meat was cooked. We decorate our salad "Cleopatra" with tomatoes, green onions and black olives.

"Cleopatra" with salmon and vegetables

Products for cooking:

• Pickled shrimp - 20 pieces,
• Peking cabbage - 150 grams,
• Green peas (fresh or frozen) - 40 grams,
• Salmon slightly salted - 200 grams,
• Tomato - 1 pc.,
• Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.,
• Sesame seeds - a tablespoon,
• Liquid honey - a teaspoon,
• Sauce soy - 2 tablespoons,
• Lemon juice to taste.

Peking cabbage is thoroughly washed under running water, then cleaned and cut into medium-sized slices. Salmon is released from the skin and bones, then cut into small pieces. Put in the shrimp salad. Slightly cook green peas, cool and then just add to the salad. Fresh cucumber and tomatoes cut into random slices. All mixed very carefully. Now we are preparing the dressing: mix the soy sauce with a thin honey, then add the sesame seeds fried in a dry frying pan. Leave our sauce for ten minutes, so that it is infused and soaked with sesame flavor. After this time, we pour the salad dressing and serve, without mixing, to the table. Bon Appetit!

Conclusion

In this article we have looked at a variety of recipes for salad "Cleopatra". I hope everyone will find their own way of cooking this dish and will pamper themselves and their loved ones not only on holidays, but also on weekdays.