Chicken and Cheese Rooster Salad for New Year's

Decorate your New Yearʼs table with a delicious salad in the shape of a cockerel! Even though there are still more than one month left for the New Year, I want to share with you a very elegant salad in the shape of a cockerel — the symbol of 2017. This salad is not at all difficult to prepare and any cook can handle it. By the way, you can give the shape of a rooster to almost any salad (Olivier salad or crab salad are perfect), so take the recipe into service as a way of decoration, and not just a recipe!
cook time: 45 min
Maya Lindell
Chicken and Cheese Rooster Salad for New Year's

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

137
Calories
8g
Fat
3g
Carbs
12g
Protein

Ingredients (5 portions)

For the salad:

Chicken fillet 300 g
Hard cheese 100 g
Eggs 2 pc
Tomatoes 2 pc
Canned corn 5 tbsp
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Ground hot pepper to taste

For decoration:

Tomatoes 1 pc
Dill to taste
Parsley to taste
Carrot 30 g
Olives 2 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Letʼs prepare our ingredients.

Step 2

Step 2
The first step is to prepare the chicken fillet. I sprinkled it with spices and fried it in a frying pan until cooked, but, if desired, the fillet can also be boiled in water or baked in the oven. Choose the method that you like best. Let the finished fillet cool completely.

Step 3

Step 3
We also hard-boil the eggs and boil the carrots until fully cooked. We will need carrots for decoration. Let all ingredients cool.

Step 4

Step 4
Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes or cubes.

Step 5

Step 5
Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.

Step 6

Step 6
We also cut two medium-sized tomatoes into small cubes, but first the tomatoes must be cleared of seeds; they can be easily removed with a teaspoon. The seeds need to be removed to get rid of excess moisture.

Step 7

Step 7
Peel the boiled eggs and grate them on a fine grater. We put them aside.

Step 8

Step 8
In a salad bowl, combine chicken fillet, cheese, tomatoes and canned corn.

Step 9

Step 9
Add a small amount of mayonnaise and, if desired, season the salad with salt and pepper. Mix.

Step 10

Step 10
Now we form the “Rooster”. To do this, place our salad on a flat dish, trying to give it the shape of a rooster’s body.

Step 11

Step 11
Cover the salad on all sides with the grated eggs, lightly pressing them onto the surface of the salad.

Step 12

Step 12
Now letʼs start decorating. We make the eye from an olive, but if you wish, you can take a pea of allspice or a piece of prune. Cut out a comb and beard from a piece of tomato. We cut the boiled carrots into narrow strips and form them into wings and a tail, as well as a beak. Also, to add volume, we place sprigs of dill on the wings and tail. I also added pieces of olives to the tail. We pick parsley leaves from the branches and decorate our salad with them on the bottom.

Step 13

Step 13
Thatʼs all! The tasty and bright “Rooster” salad is ready for the New Year 2017! Bon appetit!

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