Many people have tried the classic Delight salad; it contains 4 main components: chicken, Korean carrots, mushrooms and cucumber. It refers to puff snacks, although in different variations the order of “assembly” may be different, and some chefs simply mix all the products in one salad bowl. That is why each housewife's Delight is different from that of others. Let us consider in detail, with step-by-step photographs, the recipe for a classic salad, and then new variations that are most popular on culinary forums on the Internet.
How to prepare “Delight” salad with chicken and Korean carrots
1. Boil the chicken, cut into fillets (separate the meat from the bones). Cut into cubes. The juicier salad is made from chicken legs, and the most nutritious from the breast.
2. Fry mushrooms with onions. First, fry the mushrooms for a couple of minutes, then add finely chopped onion and sauté (fry until soft, without frying). Add salt.
3. Mix mayonnaise with sour cream - the salad sauce is ready.
4. We start assembling the salad with the chicken, laying it out in the first layer.
5. Then generously grease with sour cream and mayonnaise sauce.
6. Place a layer of mushrooms and onions.
7. Grease with sauce again.
8. Korean carrots, if they are too long, can be chopped. Place in a salad bowl.
9. And again grease with mayonnaise mixed with sour cream.
10. Cut the cucumber into thin strips and add the final layer of “Delight” salad. You can decorate the top of the appetizer as you wish. Using a vegetable slicer, we thinly sliced the cucumber, laid it out in the shape of a rose and decorated it with beads of imitation red caviar (it does not have a pronounced fishy aroma, so it did not spoil the taste of the salad).
“Delight” salad with Korean carrots – a delicate luxury
Dietary Fitness salad that will please slimmer girls. We will prepare a low-calorie, tender, tasty dish without resorting to exorbitant costs.
Spicy, aromatic leaves of fresh lettuce add freshness to a festive dish. The salad can be consumed as an independent dish or in combination with meat and fish additions. This recipe can be safely classified under the “Proper Nutrition” section if seasoned with homemade sauce or natural vegetable oil.
Ingredients:
- Boiled egg – 3 pcs.
- Lettuce leaves – 1 pc.
- Canned corn – 1 can
- Korean carrots – 200 g
- Olive oil – 2 tbsp, for dressing
- Crackers – 200 g
- Dill – 30g
- Spices and herbs - to taste.
Preparation:
Boil the eggs and chop as finely as possible. Place in prepared salad bowl.
Tear the lettuce leaves and dill into small bunches.
Add carrots, corn, and greens to the total mixture.
Season with oil and add spices. Mix. The last step is adding crackers.
It is better to add crackers to the salad just before serving so that they do not get soggy and spoil the final picture of the finished dish.
Enjoy the delicate freshness of the Delight Salad with Korean carrots
Bon appetit!
For this salad, it is better to choose transparent and non-embossed dishes, because it looks very bright from the side, due to the carrot loin.
But no matter how tasty the classics are, the soul constantly requires something new. Therefore, below we will talk about other variations of the same Delight salad. True, they will all have a common component - chicken and carrots in Korean. So!
“Delight” salad with Korean carrots, Chinese cabbage and grated cheese
The combination of Chinese cabbage and Korean carrots is unusual and incredibly tasty. A light, airy salad will brighten up your daily diet.
Ingredients:
- Hard cheese – 200 g
- Beijing cabbage – 100g
- Korean carrots – 200 g
- Eggs – 5 pcs.
- Salt, pepper - to taste
- Greens - to taste
- Mayonnaise – 200 g
Preparation:
To prepare the salad, first of all we need to boil the eggs. Then we peel them and grate them on a coarse grater.
Combine Korean carrots, eggs, grated cheese and pre-shredded cabbage.
Let's add a little salt to the ingredients.
Mix and season with mayonnaise.
Use homemade mayonnaise. Thanks to the natural composition of homemade mayonnaise, the taste of the salad is richer
After spending 15 minutes, you will be delighted with an incredibly tasty, aromatic culinary masterpiece.
Delight salad with corn and croutons
You should start with the simplest version of the Delight salad. It is good because it is one of the few varieties where the products do not need to be laid out, but can simply be mixed in one bowl. And it requires the most common products:
- chicken – 300 g (you can use smoked meat);
- Korean carrots – 200 g;
- corn – 200 g;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- crackers with a neutral taste – 100-120 g;
- eggs – 4 pcs.;
- mayonnaise, pepper, salt and herbs - to taste.
Peel the already boiled and cooled chicken eggs and finely chop them. Cut chicken meat (ready to eat) into strips. Cut the tomatoes into two parts, remove the seeds and cut into large cubes. Place the corn in a colander, allow all the liquid to drain and place the required amount in a salad bowl. Place crackers and carrots there. Delight, taste for salt, pepper, add herbs and mayonnaise, then mix well. The finished appetizer can be immediately brought to the table.
“Delight” salad with Korean carrots – an undeniable classic
Classics are always relevant. Based on the classic recipe, you can prepare real culinary masterpieces. Using basic technologies and basic ingredients, you can turn a banal everyday dish into an elite delicacy. Today we are expecting guests, so I will cook for four, I plan to invest 30 minutes.
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet – 500 g
- Boiled potatoes – 4 pcs.
- Onions – 1 pc.
- Fresh cucumber – 1 pc.
- Korean carrots – 200 g
- Greens – 100g
- Homemade mayonnaise – 200g
- For the onion marinade
- Water – 100 ml
- Sugar 1 tbsp.
- Salt – 1 tsp.
- Vinegar – 1 tbsp.
- Pepper - a pinch
Preparation:
We start preparing the salad by preparing the vegetables. Wash the potatoes and let them cook for 15-20 minutes.
Boil the chicken fillet in salted water. The cooking process will take no more than 20 minutes.
Peel the onions and cut them into half rings.
In a separate deep container, mix boiling water, vinegar, salt, sugar and ground black pepper. Pour the marinade over the onions and set aside in a cool place.
Cling film is an excellent device for sealing a container, using which you can preserve the pronounced aroma of the marinade as much as possible.
Chop the fresh cucumber into strips and add the prepared carrots.
The potatoes are completely ready to eat. Peel and cut the vegetable into strips. Place in a salad bowl with cucumbers and carrots.
Let the chicken cool and separate into small fibers. We send to the general mass.
Add pickled onions.
Season with homemade, natural mayonnaise and mix.
Some fresh herbs and voila! A hearty, beautiful, incredibly tasty and healthy classic salad with Korean carrots is ready. Bon appetit! Eat deliciously, cook with soul!
Delight salad with chicken and red beans
Chicken meat goes well with beans. That is why one of the variations of the Delight salad is prepared with this ingredient from the legume family. In general, for this version of “Delight” you need to take the following products:
- chicken fillet – 300 g;
- Korean carrots – 200-250 g;
- canned red beans – 200-250 g;
- hard cheese – 100 g;
- mayonnaise, pepper, salt and herbs - to taste.
This option is also simply mixed. Cut the boiled or smoked chicken fillet into strips, grate the cheese on a shredder. Combine all products in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise and spices, mix. Now the appetizer is ready.
“Delight” salad with Korean carrots, seafood and juicy orange
This dish will remain in the memory of your guests for many years. Every female representative will beg for the recipe for the “Delight” salad with Korean carrots, seafood and juicy orange. An unusual, bright, festive salad is a godsend for a gourmet.
Ingredients:
- Boiled shrimp – 250 g
- Eggs – 5 pcs.
- Squid – 100 g
- Korean carrots – 200 g
- Orange – 1 pc.
- Greens - to taste
- Natural yogurt – 3 tbsp.
Preparation:
Boil seafood in salted water.
I add a bay leaf, a couple of lemon slices and a sprig of dill to the seafood broth to add a special flavor.
Pre-boil the eggs, cool and cut into cubes.
Let's combine the components in an elegant vessel. Let's add the last ingredients - Korean carrots and orange.
Season with natural yoghurt. Mix well and you can enjoy the result. If desired, the salad can be decorated with a crescent moon and even built into a tower. A little time and imagination, and the masterpiece “Delight” salad with Korean carrots, seafood and juicy orange is on the table. Bon appetit.
Delight salad with green beans and Korean carrots
Another version of the non-layered “Delight” has a piquant and somewhat extravagant taste. This snack is sure to please everyone who tries it. To prepare this type of salad you will need:
- chicken fillet – 300 g;
- Korean carrots – 200 g;
- green beans – 200 g;
- onion - 2 small heads;
- butter – 50-60 g;
- mayonnaise, pepper, salt and dill - to taste.
Divide the boiled chicken meat into fibers or cut into thin strips. Finely chop the onion and fry in half the butter. Then fry the green beans in the second part of the oil. Both vegetables need to be fried for a short time - 8-10 minutes. Mix meat, beans, onions and carrots in a salad bowl, add finely chopped dill, salt, pepper and mayonnaise. Stir the appetizer again and you can take it to your household or guests for testing.
“Delight” salad with Korean carrots, charming hedgehog
A festive children's table cannot be complete without the enchanting salad “Delight” with Korean carrots, an adorable hedgehog. The ingredients of this dish are divinely delicious, so not a single kid will refuse to bite off a piece of hedgehog. The salad is ideal for special occasions and themed feasts.
Ingredients:
- Chicken steaks – 2 pcs.
- Fried champignons – 100 g
- Hard cheese – 100 g
- Korean carrots – 100 g
- Olives - according to the picture
- Salt, pepper - to taste
- Greens - to taste
Preparation:
Boil chicken steaks in salted water, after removing bones, cartilage, and oily skin.
Try to always remove the skin when using chicken for salads. Thus, the meat is more tender and low in calories.
Cut the chicken meat into small pieces.
Finely chop the carrots. Leave a little long carrot to decorate the finished dish.
Divide the hard cheese into 2 parts, grate one of them on a coarse grater and the other on a fine grater.
In a deep bowl, combine all the ingredients of the salad.
Season with mayonnaise. Add salt and pepper, as desired.
Using a tablespoon, place the salad on a beautiful, flat dish, forming a hedgehog: sprinkle the nose with cheese, and cover the body with carrots. We cut the olives, creating the shape of thorns. Ready! Our adorable hedgehog is ready! Insanely tasty and beautiful. You can invite household members to the table.
Salad Delight with mushrooms and crab sticks
Many people don’t believe it, but chicken goes perfectly with crab sticks. It is this combination that is used in this version of the Delight salad. This appetizer is already laid out in layers and is almost a classic version of “Delight”. And to prepare it you need to take:
- chicken fillet – 200 g;
- Korean carrots – 150 g;
- fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
- crab sticks – 100 g;
- champignons – 100 g;
- bell pepper – 1 pc.;
- Chinese cabbage – 100 g;
- butter - for frying;
- mayonnaise, pepper, salt, sugar, lemon juice - to taste.
Cut the mushrooms into slices and fry in a frying pan with a little butter. Chop the Chinese cabbage into small pieces, lightly salt it, add a pinch of sugar, a little lemon juice and mix. Cut the boiled chicken into strips, and also cut the crab sticks. Cut the cucumber and pepper into strips. Place the meat on a dish, add salt and grease with mayonnaise. Next comes a layer of carrots and immediately crab sticks on it. Another layer of mayonnaise. The next layer will be cabbage, on which you should place sweet peppers and coat with sauce. Mushrooms and cucumbers come last. Cucumbers should be lightly salted and coated with a thin layer of mayonnaise. The salad should be allowed to stand for a couple of hours in a cool place, and then sent to the table.
Diet salad Delight with chicken, mushrooms and cucumber
Delight salad with chicken and mushrooms is a fairly high-calorie appetizer. However, there is a version of this dish that will appeal to those who are watching their figure or are overweight. For this variety of Delight salad you should take:
- chicken breast – 200-250 g;
- fresh mushrooms - 100 g (it is better to take champignons);
- carrot - 1 root vegetable;
- fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
- lemon juice – 1 tablespoon;
- low-fat yogurt and salt - to taste.
In order for Delight to be dietary, the chicken breast for it should be baked in foil at a temperature of 170°C. Baking time 15 minutes. Remove the finished chicken from the oven, unwrap the foil and let it cool, then cut into small pieces. You should also bake champignons cut into medium-thick slices in the oven. The temperature can be left the same as for chicken, and you need to keep the mushrooms in the oven for no more than 5 minutes. Grate the carrots on a fine grater, pour in lemon juice, add salt, mix and marinate for 20 minutes. After completing the procedure, lightly squeeze the prepared product. Cut the cucumber into small cubes. Now you can start assembling. Place chicken meat at the very bottom and pour yogurt over it. Place champignons on the chicken and then carrots. The top layer is cucumbers. The final stage is to pour yogurt over the fully prepared Delight. You can decorate a work of culinary art with fresh herbs.
Delight salad with chicken, Korean carrots and pineapple
Another interesting version of the Delight salad also contains non-standard ingredients. It includes:
- chicken fillet – 200 g (it is better to take smoked meat);
- Korean carrots – 100 g;
- canned pineapple – 100 g;
- champignons – 100 g (you can take pickled mushrooms);
- walnuts (kernels) – approximately 50 g;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- mayonnaise, pepper, salt - to taste.
Chop the mushrooms and fry in vegetable oil. There is no need to fry the pickled mushrooms, just cut them into pieces. Cut the finished meat into large cubes. Do the same with the pineapple. Crush the walnut kernels or grind them in a blender. In principle, to get “Delight,” you just need to mix the prepared ingredients, add salt, pepper and season with mayonnaise. The salad should be allowed to brew for an hour, and then served.
You can do it differently by laying out all the products in layers in the following order: layer 1 – chicken, mayonnaise; layer 2 – pineapples; layer 3 – Korean carrots, mayonnaise; layer 4 – mushrooms, thin layer of mayonnaise; layer 5 – nut topping. In this version, the salad also needs to be allowed to brew for a couple of hours and only then brought to the table.
*** You can come up with other versions of the Delight salad, in which the main ingredients will be chicken and Korean carrots. The main thing is that the products are combined with each other and liked by the household, because first of all, delicious dishes are prepared just for them. Bon appetit!
Smoked chicken salad “Delight”
Smoked chicken salad can be prepared any day. A holiday, a dinner party, an ordinary day. The appetizer is appropriate for any dish, and preparing it does not take much effort.
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Ingredients:
- smoked chicken (300 g);
- onion (half a medium head);
- cucumber – (2 pieces medium size);
- pickled mushrooms (300-400 g);
- eggs (3 pcs);
- dill (150 g);
- mayonnaise (300 g).
The salad is very simple to prepare. To do this, you need to take a molding ring, place it on the bottom of the plate and lay out the components in layers. You can prepare a dish without it, but then it will look like a slide.
Step 1. Finely chop the chicken, mushrooms, onion and cucumber.
Step 2. Boil the eggs, separate the yolks from the whites. Grate separately on a coarse grater. Mix half the chopped yolk with the white. Set half aside.
Step 3. Finely chop the dill.
Step 4: Place a portion pan (such as a baking ring) on a plate.
Step 5. Place a layer of chicken and onions (2-3 tablespoons). Level the layer well.
Attention! Each layer needs to be pressed so that the salad comes out smooth and beautiful.
Step 6. Apply a grid of mayonnaise and add a layer of cucumbers (2-3 tablespoons).
Step 7. Make a grid of mayonnaise again and add a layer of mushrooms (2-3 tablespoons).
Step 8. The last layer is mayonnaise and grated egg white and yolk.
Step 9. Sprinkle the mixture of yolk and dill on top.
Remove the ring and you can serve it immediately, or put it in the refrigerator for half an hour so that the layers are well soaked. A tasty, light and delicious salad will become the signature dish of any feast. Guests will be amazed by this dish.
“Delight” salad with Korean carrots and divine green beans
The bright taste of green beans diversifies the classic “Delight” salad. Thanks to the spicy carrots and tender chicken meat, the salad turns out piquant and extravagant. This salad makes an excellent appetizer at a buffet table. The recipe can be used to fill tartlets.
Ingredients:
- Korean carrots – 100 g
- Green beans – 100 g
- Boiled chicken fillet – 150 g
- Onions – 1 pc.
- Butter - 30 g
- Dill – 30 g
- Mayonnaise – 200 g
Preparation:
Cut the onion into small cubes.
We separate the chicken meat into fibers.
Finely chop the dill.
At the same time, fry the onions and beans in different frying pans, adding a little butter. The frying process takes from 8 to 10 minutes.
Mix the ingredients together: carrots, fried onions, green beans, dill and chicken fillet.
Season all salad ingredients with mayonnaise. The salad is ready to eat. Bon appetit, eat tasty and healthy!