It is a holiday season. In slavic world rare holiday table will go by without tons of salads, actually none will.
This is why I will try to focus on salad recipes these couple of week (as much as I can, during with my vacation to Ukraine).
This salad recipe calls for just few ingredients: chicken, mushrooms, eggs and mayo are main ingredients. And there is no onions or garlic, which makes this salad a good choice for lunch on a go.
Ingredients:
1lb of boneless skinless chicken breast
12oz of mushrooms
4-5 eggs
4-5oz of shredded cheese (I used italian blend)
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
4 tablespoons of mayo, or more if needed
1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
How to make, step-by-step:
Prepare ingredients: boil eggs on hard, clean mushrooms:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 1
Bring a pot with water to boil, salt to taste, add chicken in and cook until cooked through (about 20 mins); remove pot from burner and let chicken cool down with the water:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 2
Slice each mushroom in half and then slice them in smaller pieces; warm a skillet up with a bit of vegetable oil over moderately high heat; add mushrooms in and fry mushrooms for 5-6 mins, constantly stirring:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 3
Salt to taste:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 4
Season with ground black pepper, mix and remove skillet from the burner, set aside:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 5
Separate egg whites from egg yolks of boiled eggs:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 6
Grate egg whites on a big slots of grater to the skillet with mushrooms, mix:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 7
Lay mushroom and egg white mix in even layer in a pan:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 8
Remove chicken meat from water, and dice it into very small dices:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 9
Mash egg yolks with a fork:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 10
Add mashed egg yolks to chicken:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 11
And mix:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 12
Add all mayo in, you want to get more or less homogeneous mix, so use more if needed:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 13
Mix good:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 14
Using a spoon, lay chicken, egg yolks and mayo mixture over mushroom one, spoon by spoon:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 15
Even the layer out:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 16
Sprinkle it with shredded cheese and serve:
Chicken and Mushroom Salad Recipe: Step 17