Quick & Easy Mackerel Salad with Egg and Cucumber

Simple, quick, with four common ingredients! You can prepare a salad of canned mackerel with egg and cucumber in just 10 minutes; it will pleasantly diversify your daily menu. If you lay out the salad in layers using a ring, then it can be served on the festive table.
cook time: 10 min
Gavin Tanner
Quick & Easy Mackerel Salad with Egg and Cucumber

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

213
Calories
19g
Fat
1g
Carbs
9g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Eggs (boiled) 2 pc
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp
cucumbers (fresh) 2 pc
Canned mackerel (one jar) 250 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a salad of canned mackerel with egg and cucumber? Prepare your food. Choose mackerel from a trusted manufacturer, high quality, it is better if it is without added oil. My cucumbers are very young, small in size. A large one will need one. Boil the eggs first. You can make mayonnaise at home yourself.

Step 2

Step 2
Open the can of fish and drain all the liquid from it. Remove the fish and place on a flat plate. If you come across large pieces with a large bone, remove and discard it. Small bones are not scary — they are so soft that you won’t feel them. Mash the mackerel with a fork to form small pieces.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash and dry the cucumbers. Cut off the ends. Cut the cucumbers into small cubes. There is another option to grate them, then the salad will be more tender, but the juice will release faster. In this case, it should be cooked right before serving.

Step 4

Step 4
Boil the eggs hard. How to hard boil eggs? To prevent eggs from cracking during cooking, place them in cold water and cook over low heat. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. The shell will be better cleaned from a sharp temperature change. Cut the peeled eggs into the same cubes as the cucumbers. Or grate it if you grated a cucumber.

Step 5

Step 5
Next, you can simply mix all the ingredients and the salad will be ready. Iʼll layer it using a serving ring. Place the mashed mackerel as the first layer. Compact it with a special press or spoon. Lubricate a layer of fish with mayonnaise.

Step 6

Step 6
Next add the chopped cucumbers. Also compact them and coat them with mayonnaise.

Step 7

Step 7
Place the eggs as the last layer. And again a layer of mayonnaise.

Step 8

Step 8
Carefully remove the ring from the lettuce. And prepare another portion. The quantity of products is designed for just two servings.

Step 9

Step 9
Garnish the finished salad with herbs and serve. Bon appetit!

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