Capercaillie salad classic recipe. Salad “Gill wood grouse’s nest” or “Bird’s nest”

This dish became popular relatively recently. Among those who like to surprise with the appearance of salads on the festive table, the appetizer is held in high esteem because the design is very unusual and interesting. In addition, the combination of products is chosen so subtly that it produces a very refined taste. You will learn how to fry potatoes for the Capercaillie Nest salad correctly with a crispy crust from our article.

If you are interested in other interesting options for preparing salads, such as, for example, or hearty, then you can find them on our website.

This type of salad is slightly lighter in the number of ingredients; there are slightly fewer of them than in the classic version. This means that the cooking process will go much faster.

Ingredients for salad (for 4 servings):

Potatoes – 190 g;
Turnip onion – 130 g;
Carrots – 210 g;
6 chicken eggs;
Chicken fillet – 320 g;
Mayonnaise – 90 ml;
Vegetable oil – 260 ml;
3 cloves of garlic;
Greens – 45 g.

Wood grouse's nest salad recipe:

First you need to tackle the vegetables. Before peeling, rinse the root vegetables, then peel the potatoes and carrots and cut into strips.
Peel the onion and cut into halves of rings.
Heat the vegetable oil in a large container and deep-fry the vegetables.
Boil chicken eggs hard, then cool and peel them. Cut the whites into cubes and set the yolks aside.
Wash chicken meat, cook with salt and various spices for flavor. After cooling, separate the fillet into small fibers.
Mix all products, except potatoes and yolks, with mayonnaise and place evenly on a flat plate.
Place the fried potatoes of the Wood Grouse Nest salad along the edge.
To imitate eggs, you need to mash the yolks, add chopped garlic, finely chopped dill, salt and mayonnaise.
Roll the eggs and place them in the middle of the salad.
If desired, the dish can be decorated with sprigs of fresh herbs.

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Capercaillie's nest salad with fried potatoes and ham

Due to its composition, this dish is ideal for satisfying even severe hunger, which means the treat will delight everyone at the table, especially the male part.

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Ingredients required to prepare this dish (for 4 servings):

Chicken meat – 240 g;
Ham – 180 g;
Salted mushrooms – 210 g;
5 chicken eggs;
Potatoes – 170 g;
Hard cheese – 130 g;
2 cloves of garlic;
Dill – 25 g;
Mayonnaise – 120 ml;
Unscented vegetable oil – 110 ml
Salt - 7 g.

Capercaillie's nest salad recipe:

Wash the chicken meat, boil until cooked, adding salt and bay leaf to the water after boiling. After cooling, cut the fillet into small pieces.
Chop the ham into cubes.
Boil chicken eggs until tender, cool, and peel. Separate the whites from the yolks; the whites can be grated.
Place the mushrooms in a colander to drain off excess marinade.
Place the foods that were prepared in advance into a large salad bowl: chicken, egg whites, ham, pickled mushrooms. Mix the ingredients with mayonnaise and level the mixture on a plate.
The eggs that will decorate the top of the nest are prepared separately. To do this, you need to mash the yolks, grated cheese and garlic, passed through a press.
Chop pre-washed dill and salt into the mixture and mix with mayonnaise.
Roll balls that will represent eggs in a nest.
Potatoes need to be peeled and chopped into strips. Fry in plenty of oil until brown and crispy, and after the oil has drained, sprinkle it with salt.
Place a circle of fried potatoes on the prepared salad along the edge, sprinkle the center with finely chopped herbs and place balls of yolks and cheese.

Recipe for wood grouse's nest with fried potatoes and sausage

The dish turns out to be quite spicy due to the content of perfectly selected ingredients. The salad does not require much time to prepare, it turns out very beautiful and tasty. Therefore, it is worth adopting this recipe for “Capercaillie”; a nest of lettuce looks very impressive on the holiday table.

Ingredients of the dish (for 4 servings):

Potato tubers – 170 g;
Carrots – 130 g;
Smoked sausage – 280 g;
Pickled cucumber – 180 g;
4 chicken eggs;
Processed cheese – 170 g;
2 cloves of garlic;
Mayonnaise – 120 ml;
Unscented vegetable oil – 130 ml.

How to make wood grouse's nest salad recipe:

Sausage should be chosen with small bacon fat so that the dish is not too fatty. Cut the product into small cubes.
Wash the carrots, cook until tender in their skins, after cooling, peel the top layer of the root vegetable, then grate on a grater with large holes.
Pickled cucumbers should be chosen with a sweetish marinade, because excessive acidity will not suit the dish. Cut the pickled vegetable into thin strips.
Boil the eggs until ready, then remove the shells and separate the whites and yolks. Cut the whites into strips.
Mix all the chopped products in one dish with the addition of salt and mayonnaise, make a smooth surface.
Wash the potatoes, peel them, cut them into strips using a grater, deep-fry them, place them on a paper napkin to drain off all the fat.
Eggs for decoration should be made from a mixture of yolk, processed cheese, garlic, dill and mayonnaise. Salt the mixture to your taste and roll into balls.
Decorate the dish with potatoes around the edge, and in the center with balls of yolk and cheese.

Capercaillie's nest salad with fried potatoes

Salad “Caucasian Nest”, the recipe in this version cannot be called simple due to the large number of products that are included in the composition. The calorie content of the dish is quite high, so it is beneficial to prepare an appetizer for a large company.

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

Smoked chicken meat – 320 g;
2 chicken eggs;
6 quail eggs;
Pickled cucumber – 130 g;
Potato tubers – 260 g;
Fresh mushrooms – 180 g;
Oil for deep frying – 110 ml;
Salt – 6 g;
Mayonnaise – 80 ml.

How to prepare wood grouse's nest salad:

Cut the smoked meat into cubes, separating the bones and skin in advance.
Boil quail and chicken eggs, peel, leave the small ones whole, and grate the chicken eggs.
Cut the pickled cucumber into small strips.
Wash fresh mushrooms, remove membranes, cut and fry until tender, adding salt during cooking.
Wash some of the potatoes, boil them, peel them and cut them into cubes. Cut the other part into strips and deep-fry - it is suitable for decoration.
Mix the ingredients with mayonnaise, decorate the edges with fried potatoes, and place quail eggs in the middle.
You can decorate the appetizer with sprigs of fresh herbs.

Wood grouse's nest recipe with fried potatoes and celery

A lightweight version for those who watch their figure. Vegetables and meat go well together, and the decoration gives a special look to the dish, which is suitable for a festive table. You can also prepare the Capercaillie Nest salad with fresh cabbage, for example, this option will be less high in calories.

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

Chicken meat – 270 g;
Carrots – 170;
Celery root – 140 g;
Potatoes – 120 g;
Turnip onion – 90 g;
Quail eggs – 5 pieces;
Green gherkins – 160 g;
Vegetable oil - 90 ml;
Salt – 7 g;

How to prepare wood grouse's nest salad:

Wash, peel the carrots, cut into strips and fry in oil.
Separate the onion from the peel, chop into half rings, and fry.
Wash the potatoes, peel them, chop them into strips, and deep-fry them.
Boil chicken with spices, cool, cut into cubes.
Chop the pickled cucumbers into strips.
Wash the celery root, peel and cut into small segments.
Hard-boil quail eggs, peel and leave for decoration.
Mix all the products with mayonnaise, add salt, place evenly on dishes, decorate with potatoes around the edges, and put eggs in the center.

The snack is very high in calories, because the base of the nest is made up of deep-fried foods, for example, potatoes or chips, and there may also be bean pods. In addition, other products are also rich in proteins and fats, so it is worth thinking about the number of calories that can sit firmly on your waist while consuming it. But you can immediately notice that when absorbing it, it is difficult to stop so as not to eat an additional portion.

Good afternoon everyone!! The other day the whole family went to a department store and my attention was caught by a beautiful craft that looked like a nest with chicks. What was surprising was that this thing was standing in the salad department... And suddenly, I see, most of this beautiful thing is being cut off and sold!! It turned out that this is a salad, and not a craft at all, and it is called Capercaillie's Nest.

I think you will agree with me that it is not surprising to confuse such a culinary product with an inedible thing. The name of the dish speaks for itself: we arrange the salad in the shape of a nest and decorate it with birds or just eggs on top. After what I saw, I wanted to figure out how to prepare such a snack, especially since everyone’s favorite New Year is coming soon, and this option will look like a real masterpiece on the holiday table.

This amazing dish attracts the attention of not only adults, but also children, because its design is very bright. The salad also tastes great, it is very filling and nutritious. It may seem to you that it is difficult to prepare... But no, everything is simple as always, the main thing is to follow the instructions and everything will work out.

Ingredients:

Boiled chicken breast - 350 gr.;
Marinated champignons - 300 gr.;
Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.;
Onions - 2 pcs.;
Fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.;
Chicken egg (boiled) - 3 pcs.;
Mayonnaise - 3-4 tbsp. l.;
Salt, pepper, to taste;
Vegetable oil - for frying;
Boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
Raw carrots - 1 pc. (for registration);
Carnation buds - 12 pcs.;
Lettuce leaves - for decoration.

Cooking method:

1. First of all, we need to prepare twigs for the nest; we will make them from potatoes. To do this, peel, wash and dry the potatoes with a paper towel. Cut into thin strips.

2. Now deep fry, but in small portions.

3. When all the potatoes are cooked, place them on a paper napkin to drain excess fat.

4. The onion must be cut into half rings, the carrots into thin strips.

5. Fry vegetables in vegetable oil.

6. We also cut the chicken breast into cubes.

7. Cut the mushrooms into strips.

8. Grind the cucumbers into thin cubes.

9. Separate the yolk from the white of two boiled eggs. Cut the white into strips.

10. When all the ingredients are ready, place the marinated mushrooms on the bottom of the plate.

11. Then a layer of chicken breast.

12. Cover everything with a mesh of mayonnaise.

13. Now add onions and carrots and grease with mayonnaise.

14. Lay out the cucumbers.

15. Then egg whites and again make a mesh of mayonnaise.

16. Top the entire dish with fried potatoes. We make a depression in the center, and decorate the nest with lettuce leaves along the edge.

17. Mash the yolks with a fork with salt, mayonnaise and chopped dill. Make eggs with wet hands.

18. Place them in the middle on the potatoes. Peel the quail eggs, make eyes from clove buds, and beaks from carrots. The remaining chicken egg can be used to create an adult bird.

Capercaillie's Nest - step-by-step recipe with quail eggs

Friends, I want to say right away that although the appetizer is simple, it takes a lot of time to prepare it, about two hours. But if you are not scared and do not want to leave your guests hungry, then do everything with pleasure and then you won’t notice how time flies.

Ingredients:

Chicken fillet/breast - 400 gr.;

Potatoes - 300 gr.;

Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;

Quail eggs - 4 pcs.;

Fresh cucumbers - 200 gr.;

Onions - 120 gr.;

Hard cheese - 120 gr.;

Processed cheese - 100 gr.;

Garlic - 2 cloves;

Mayonnaise - 200 gr.;

Granulated sugar - 5 gr.;

Vinegar - 30 ml;

Dill - 1 bunch;

Vegetable oil for frying;

Salt to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Peel and wash the potatoes, grate them for Korean carrots.

2. Fry the potato wedges in vegetable oil in small portions. Then place on a paper towel to drain off unnecessary fat.

3. Wash the chicken fillet and cook in salted water. Cool, cut into cubes.

This is interesting!! In the past, game meat was always used instead of chicken. If you have such an opportunity, then prepare the Capercaillie's Nest with game.

4. Eggs, chicken and quail need to be hard-boiled and cooled.

5. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Add to it 1/2 sugar, 1/2 salt and a couple of tablespoons of vinegar. Mix everything well and leave to marinate.

6. Cut the washed cucumbers into thin strips.

7. Wash the dill and finely chop it with a knife.

8. Grate cheese, processed cheese and boiled eggs separately from each other.

9. First place the pickled onions on a flat dish.

10. Top with chicken fillet, grease with mayonnaise.

11. Place cucumbers on top and make a mayonnaise grid.

12. Now level the grated eggs and grease them again with mayonnaise.

13. Lay out the cheese layer and make a depression in the center.

14. The entire surface of the dish must be coated with a mayonnaise mesh, and half of the prepared dill should be placed in the middle.

15. We decorate the edges of the salad with fried potato strips.

16. Peel the quail eggs and cut them into halves. Remove the yolks. Mash the yolk with a fork and add to it a mixture of processed cheese, a little dill, mayonnaise and garlic, passed through a press. Mix everything and fill the whites of quail eggs with this mixture.

17. Place our stuffed eggs on the dill. All is ready!! Bon appetit!!

Preparing chicken salad in the form of a nest (photo inside)

Capercaillie's Nest is an ancient dish and has been known since Ancient Rus'. It was at that time that hunting for this bird was popular and it was the main ingredient of the dish. Nowadays capercaillie meat is rare, so chicken is most often used in salads; you can even cook it from smoked chicken.

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 6-8 pcs.;
Smoked chicken – 400 gr.;
Pickled cucumbers – 4-5 pcs.;
Quail eggs – 10-15 pcs.;
Mayonnaise – 3 tbsp. l.;
Dill – 3-4 sprigs;
Vegetable oil – 200 ml;
Salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. First, prepare the fried potatoes. To do this, peel 3-4 potatoes and grate them on a long grater.

2. Then put it on a cloth napkin, thus removing excess liquid.

3. In a heated frying pan in vegetable oil, alternately fry the root vegetable in portions until golden brown. Then put it on a napkin and get rid of excess fat.

4. Boil the potatoes that we still have left in their skins until tender.

5. Let cool and cut into strips.

6. Hard-boil quail eggs.

7. Peel them and also cut them into strips.

8. Wash the pickles and cut into strips.

9. Now take the chicken, remove the skin and cut into pieces.

10. Mix all ingredients in one bowl, add salt and season with mayonnaise.

11. Place our mixture on a flat dish, form a nest, making a depression in the middle. Place fried potatoes on the top and sides.

12. Finely chop the dill and place in the recess.

13. Place the remaining quail eggs in the center.

14. Our light, tender and smoky salad is ready!! Bon appetit!!

Advice!! Serve this dish immediately to ensure the potatoes remain crispy.

Video selection on how to cook Capercaillie's Nest with mushrooms

As always, for you, my dear readers, I have prepared an excellent video recipe for our hearty and incredibly tasty snack. Watch it, and if you suddenly have any questions, I think after watching you won’t have any. Or write comments, I will definitely answer.

Chips salad recipe

We will prepare the next type with chips, an interesting variation instead of potatoes. Quick and easy, try it, I think you'll like it.

Ingredients:

Bacon flavored chips – 1 large pack;
Boiled eggs – 4-6 pcs.;
Boiled sausage – 200-300 gr.;
Onion – 1-2 pcs.;
Garlic - 2 cloves;
Mayonnaise - to taste;
Hard cheese – 100-150 gr..

Cooking method:

Mash the chips well, it is better to do this without opening the package.
The crushed chips must be poured into a deep plate. There we cut the onion into half rings, egg whites into strips and sausage. Season all this with mayonnaise and mix.
Place a glass in the middle of a flat dish and place our salad around the edges of the glass. This will be a nest.
Now grind the yolks, grate the cheese and add the garlic passed through a press. Add mayonnaise and mix.
Remove the glass from the center and form the mixture into balls. These will be capercaillie eggs. We put them in the middle.
You can decorate the appetizer with lettuce leaves and herbs, and also sprinkle with prepared fries.

Capercaillie's nest with pork, made in layers

The products of our salad are very harmoniously combined with pork meat, so if you suddenly don’t have chicken, but have meat, then make a dish from it. It turns out no worse.

Ingredients:

Boiled meat - 350-400 gr.;
Raw potatoes - 2-3 pcs.;
Eggs - 7 pcs.;
Pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
Marinated mushrooms - 200 gr.;
Green peas - 100 gr.;
Cheese - 70 gr.;
Mayonnaise -6-7 tbsp. spoon;
Garlic - 1 clove;
Salt - to taste;
Sunflower oil - for frying potatoes;
Lettuce, dill, parsley - for decoration;
Ground black pepper - optional and to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Boil the meat in salted water. Cool and cut into cubes.

2. Cut the mushrooms into strips.

3. Wash the potatoes, peel them and cut them into long strips. Fry in portions in heated vegetable oil. Afterwards we remove it on a napkin and let the excess fat drain off.

4. In a flat plate, lay out in layers: sliced cucumbers, meat, mushrooms and egg whites (also cut into strips) with green peas. Lubricate each layer with mayonnaise. You can add salt and pepper to taste.

5. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and mix it with chopped garlic and mayonnaise, adding the mashed yolk. Make the testicles of a capercaillie.

6. Now we decorate our salad. We make a nest out of fried potatoes, lettuce leaves are grass, you can also sprinkle the middle with herbs and put our eggs. To imitate a nest, you can also use raw carrots, grated on a long grater.

At the end of this collection is another variation of the preparation of the original dish with ham. I don’t know about you, but I have fallen in love with this salad, so I will be trying all the recipes. Video for you, watch and do:

I think you have come across such a delicious composition that will decorate any table. Save the recipes to your bookmarks and pamper your family and friends. See you soon!!

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The Capercaillie Nest salad has been known in cooking since ancient Rus'; it was in those days that hunting for this bird, which was the main ingredient of this dish, was popular. The “grouse nest” had the appropriate shape, and eggs were laid on top.

But over time, the capercaillie became an endangered game species, and they began to put chicken in the salad, which is very similar in taste. A very bright, tasty and unusual salad will be an excellent decoration for any holiday table.

Classic step-by-step recipe for the Wood Grouse Nest salad

The original recipe included potatoes fried in a large amount of oil, from which the nest itself is subsequently formed, fresh cucumber and lean chicken breast.

Potatoes – 3 pcs.;
Chicken fillet – 300 g;
Cucumber – 2 pcs.;
Quail eggs – 10 pcs.;
Garlic – 3 cloves;
Lettuce leaves – 4 pcs.;
Homemade mayonnaise – 250 ml;
Processed cheese – 3 pcs.;
Vegetable oil – 200 ml;
Salt - to taste.

Fill the eggs with water and cook for 15 minutes. Peel the potatoes and onions. Chop into long strips, rinse in several waters to remove starch and excess bitterness, and dry. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, heat and submerge the potatoes.

Using a slotted spoon, remove the fries and place on napkins to soak up excess oil. Separate the eggs. Rub the yolk with cheese and garlic, add herbs, season with mayonnaise.

We wash and set the chicken meat to boil on the burner. Chop the cucumber into cubes. Most of the potatoes must be combined with grated protein, onion, chicken, diced and fresh cucumber, salt, seasoned with mayonnaise and placed in a heap on a plate.

In the center we place potatoes in the form of a nest, formed eggs, and along the edges - green lettuce leaves.

Capercaillie's Nest salad with mushrooms

There are several options for the unusual Wood Grouse Nest salad, one of which is with ham and mushrooms.

Eggs – 5 pcs.;
Ham – 350 g;
Potatoes – 4 pcs.;
Low-fat mayonnaise – 200 ml;
Canned champignons – 200 g;
Vegetable oil – 100 ml;
Garlic – 3 cloves;
Processed cheese – 2 pcs.;
Salt - to taste;
Greens - a bunch;
Chicken breast – 200 g.

We fill a container with water and set the chicken meat to boil.

Peel the potatoes and chop them into strips.

Place in the deep fryer and fry without stirring.

Cut the ham and mushrooms into cubes.

Place in a deep glass bowl.

Boil eggs in salted water. Take out the chicken meat and shred it into strips.

Three cheese, egg yolks and garlic on a fine grater, add herbs, season with mayonnaise, add some salt, mix and make small eggs.

Grind the remaining whites and send them to the main ingredients, add mayonnaise, knead and place in a heap on a flat dish covered with green lettuce leaves. We cover the top with French fries, which look like spider webs, and place improvised eggs in the center.

Original recipe for spicy salad

Preparing a salad with savory ingredients does not require much time or expense.

Celery – 3 pcs.;
Carrots – 2 pcs.;
Onion – 1 pc.;
Chicken meat – 250 g;
Quail eggs – 5 pcs.;
Fresh cucumber – 2 pcs.;
Salt - to taste;
Vegetable oil – 150 ml;
Fresh herbs - a bunch.

Let the chicken meat boil. Cool and chop into strips. Peel potatoes, carrots, celery and onions. Place a saucepan on the burner, pour in vegetable oil, heat and fry the vegetables cut into bars (except cucumber).

Place in a heap onto a large plate, add fresh cucumber, meat and salt. Top with boiled quail eggs and finely chopped herbs.

Capercaillie's Nest salad with veal

Not everyone likes chicken meat because of its dryness; for this case, they came up with a variation on the Wood Grouse Nest salad with veal.

Eggs – 5 pcs.;
Young veal – 300 g;
Cheese – 100 g;
Cucumber – 1 sh.;
Potatoes – 4 pcs.;
Salt - to taste;
Homemade mayonnaise – 210 ml;
Onion – 1 pc.;
Vegetable oil – 150 ml;
Greens - a bunch;
Champignons – 150 g.

After washing and drying the meat, set it to cook. It will take 40 minutes. We clean the vegetables. Chop the onion into half rings.

Three potatoes on a Korean carrot grater, this will save a lot of time. Immerse in vegetable oil to fry without stirring. Let's cook the eggs.

After the potatoes, lightly fry the onions and mushrooms prepared in advance (cut into thin slices). Shred the cucumber into long strips. Chop the greens.

Remove the boiled, cooled meat and cut into cubes. In a deep glass bowl, combine all the prepared ingredients (except for fries and cheese), add salt, season with mayonnaise, mix well and make a kind of slide.

Sprinkle grated cheese on top, add potatoes and decorate with herbs.

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Capercaillie's Nest salad with smoked chicken

This salad can be found not only on the buffet table at a party, but also on restaurant menus. Sometimes it is found under the names “Swallow’s Nest”, “Cuckoo’s Nest”, but the taste is the same.

Smoked chicken – 400 g;
Cheese – 150 g;
Potatoes – 3 pcs.;
Quail eggs – 8 pcs.;
Vegetable oil – 100 ml;
Green onions - 4 feathers;
Low-fat mayonnaise – 150 ml;
Marinated porcini mushrooms – 1 jar;
Pickled cucumber – 2 pcs.;
Salt - to taste.

Separate the meat from the bone and cut into cubes. Peel the potatoes and grate them on a Korean carrot grater. If you grate on a regular, coarse one, the potatoes will stick together during the frying process. We put it in the deep fryer.

Boil the eggs. Drain the brine from the mushrooms, separate from the spices and cut into long strips along with the cucumbers. We take out the potatoes, place them on a paper towel and let them sit until the excess fat is removed.

Wash the onion and chop finely. In a large plastic bowl, mix cucumbers, mushrooms, meat, eggs and grated cheese. Season everything with mayonnaise, preferably homemade, and mix well.

Place lettuce leaves on a flat dish, transfer the main mass onto them, cover with french fries, crush with green onions and lay out the remaining quail eggs, creating the effect of a bird's nest.

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From the article you will learn what you need to stock up on before creating the wood grouse's nest salad. What are the benefits of the dish? A classic recipe with useful tips.

1 hour 25 minutes

150 kcal

5/5 (2)

These days you can’t amaze guests with “overseas” dishes. And why all this, if it’s easy to make an extraordinary one from everyone’s favorite products, and even beautiful salad! “Gill wood grouse’s nest” is a delicious composition that will decorate any table. And I will tell you how to present and prepare it profitably.

What to stock up on before preparing the Wood Grouse Nest salad

I present to your attention a list of products, their required quantities:

Ingredients

Chicken eggs	4 things.
Quail eggs	4 things.
Chicken fillet	350 g
Fresh cucumbers	250 g
Potato	300 g
Onion	350 g
Processed cheese	80 g
Cheese	150 g
Dill	1 bunch
Mayonnaise	200 g
Sugar	6 g
Salt	6 g
Water	150 ml
Vinegar	30 ml
Vegetable oil	Taste

Wood Grouse Nest salad - step-by-step recipe with photos

To make cooking more convenient and faster for you, follow the instructions:

Take the chicken and place it in a pan of boiling water. forty five minutes.
While the chicken is cooking, let's take care of the onions. We cut it into halves of rings and put it in a bowl with one hundred milliliters of water, six grams of salt and six grams of sugar. Don't forget to pour in a little vinegar (about thirty milliliters).
The next step is cutting and frying the potatoes. You need to make thin “twigs” from it, and then fry them in a frying pan filled with oil or deep-fry.
Now let's rub hard cheese and eggs on a coarse grater, placing the ingredients in different bowls.
Finely chop the parsley with a regular knife; no blender is needed.
Take out the chicken, cool and cut into medium pieces. We do the same with cucumbers.
Place pickled onions on the prepared plate, then chicken, cucumbers, eggs and cheese. Need to be laid exactly in this sequence, coating each layer with mayonnaise, not counting the gap between the onion and the chicken. You also need to put mayonnaise on top of the cheese.
Make a small depression at the top and pour dill into it.
We surround the salad with French fries.
Take quail eggs, cut them lengthwise and remove the yolk from each.
Knead the yolk in a bowl and mix with grated processed cheese, dill and mayonnaise. Pour the mixture into the whites.
Place the whites with the filling in the “nest”.

Culinary subtleties of the dish

One day I wanted to please my relatives with a salad, but I remembered that many people can’t eat fried food. That's why I framed the salad not only with potatoes, but also fresh carrots. It turned out both useful and beautiful!

By the way, my grandmother, who tasted the salad, said that you can add pickled or lightly fried mushrooms here. Next time I placed them between eggs and cheese. It turned out very well.

A little advice for those who don’t want to struggle with potatoes - buy French fries (semi-finished). No need to fry or peel, but it tastes just the same! But it’s better to cut it in half lengthwise if the bars are large.

What to serve with “Gill Grouse’s Nest”

The answer here is simple - with anything! The salad is very useful if there are too many light snacks on the table. You can even use it to brighten up a table with a lot of hearty meat dishes.

As for drinks, any non-alcoholic drinks, except dairy ones, can be combined with it. Very suitable red wine and various strong drinks.

Since the salad does not involve the use of seasonings other than salt, do not be lazy to bring pepper and other additives in containers. Extra salt wouldn't hurt either.

Salad can be served both hot and cold. If you prefer the second option, it is better to cook the potatoes last, because they are not very tasty when cool.

Wood grouse's nest salad is a great solution for any celebration

I think this dish is suitable for any celebration. Adult guests will get their fill of it, and children will be interested in the funny composition. Feel free to accompany them on their birthdays, New Year's holidays and other events!