Classic layered salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers

Nothing so decorates the festive table, ashearty, original and delicious salad. Traditionally, this word is associated with something light and vegetable. This is a kind of aperitif before the main course. But it also happens that he himself can become the head of the table. The salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers is suitable for the role of such a "king". The recipe for this dish is simple and straightforward, and the gastronomic pleasure that you get by trying it will exceed all your expectations.

Salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbersit is customary to serve slightly warm or completely cold, so it takes time to prepare and cool some of its ingredients. On average, the entire process takes an hour and a half, where most of the time will go into the baking of the liver itself.

Ingredients that will be required to make a salad:

• 350-400 g of thawed chicken liver;
• 1 onion bulb;
• 1 medium or large carrot;
• 2 pickled cucumbers;
• vegetable oil;
• mayonnaise to taste;
• dill (fresh or dried);
• salt;
• water.

How to cook chicken liver

First we need to defrost beforehandchicken liver of the desired size. Then carefully rinse it under running cold water, gently cut off all the films, veins, bile ducts and any unpleasant to eye parts. If you do not do this, then the salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers will be bitter. The dressed liver should be rinsed again under the water, allow it to dry out a little. To accelerate the preparation process, it can be cut into smaller pieces.

Cook the chicken liver in a saucepan or a double boiler. The difference between these two processes is small, but it is, so for each method there is a little instruction.

How to cook chicken liver in a pan

• Pour the water into the pan until half and put it on the fire.
• When the water boils, we salt water and we lower there the whole liver or cut into pieces.
• We cook for 15-18 minutes, usually this is enough, but it is better to check the readiness, piercing it with a knife. If the transparent juice comes from the section, it is ready.
• We take it out of the pan and let it cool.

How to cook chicken liver in a double boiler

• We cut the liver into small pieces.
• We squeeze a little to get rid of the excess juice.
• We put the steamers in a container, salt at will.
• Fill the steamer with water.
• We expose the necessary program and wait (usually it takes about 30 minutes).
• After cooking, we put the contents out of the container and let it cool down.

How to cook salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumber

Cooked chicken liver cut into a neatthin strips. Then shinkkuem two cucumbers on a large grater. Carrots washed and cleaned, after that, too, three. We put the frying pan on the stove, pour 2 tablespoons of butter, cut the onion rings and passer it until it turns gently golden. Temporarily lay the onion in any container, and on the empty frying pan add 2 tablespoons of oil and fry the carrots a little. It should be done on medium heat and not longer than 3-4 minutes, otherwise it will lose its taste. When all the ingredients are ready, you can proceed to the formation of the salad.

Salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers (withphoto above) is laid out layers. First you need to place on a plate straws of chicken liver, on top comes the level of roasted onions, after that add salted cucumbers and on top we have fried carrots. Then, when all the layers are formed, we grease the resulting "hill" with mayonnaise and decorate it with greens of dill. If there is no fresh, it can be replaced with dried seasoning. Salad with chicken liver and pickled cucumbers served slightly warm or cold.

Storage and facts

Any dish from chicken, including a salad with chickenliver and pickled cucumbers, can be stored only in the refrigerator and no more than two days. Its caloric content per 100 grams is about 180-190 kcal and provides a daily rate of iron, folic acid and vitamin A, necessary for our skin.

In addition, the chicken liver is considered a dietary product, which can be given even to children and people suffering from various allergies.