Awesome Chicken Salad – A Classic Recipe

Country kitchen

The "Awesome" salad is incredibly tasty and interesting. It's made with chicken and pineapple, cheese, and Chinese cabbage, so, as you can see, all the ingredients complement each other perfectly.

You'll also need croutons - it's better to make them yourself rather than buy them in the store, then they'll definitely taste better.

But our recipe with photos will tell you about this, as well as other subtleties of preparing the "Awesome" salad, in detail and step by step.

Ingredients for 3 servings:

Chinese cabbage – 200 g;
smoked chicken fillet – 150 g;
canned pineapples – 80 g;
hard cheese – 80 g;
mayonnaise – 2-3 tablespoons;
loaf – 2 thin slices.

How to make a "Awesome" chicken salad

Remove the outer leaves from the Napa cabbage and rinse. Dry the cabbage with a paper towel. For the salad, use only the tender outer leaves. Thinly shred the cabbage.

Cut the smoked chicken into small pieces, like thin strips. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Remove the pineapples from the syrup and pat dry with paper towels. Cut the pineapples into strips roughly the same size as the chicken.

Place the chicken, cabbage, cheese, and pineapple in a bowl. Add the mayonnaise and mix.

combine ingredients, season with mayonnaise

You can make your own croutons for the salad or use store-bought ones. If you're making your own, cut off the crusts from the loaf and slice it into pieces about 2 cm thick. Fry in a dry frying pan over medium heat until light golden brown, then cool to room temperature.

Form the salad using a culinary ring (or simply place it in a salad bowl). Place the ring in the center of the plate and fill it with the salad. Smooth the top of the salad with a spoon, pressing lightly. Carefully remove the ring. Place croutons on top.

Decorate with herbs if desired.

But even if you simply place the salad on a plate, without a culinary ring, it will look very beautiful.