Quick and Tasty Chicken Cucumber Salad

Very simple and very tasty, made from affordable ingredients! A salad with chicken fillet and cucumber can quickly feed your family or guests if you don’t have time to prepare something more basic. The ingredients for the dish are always at hand. The result is a juicy, satisfying and very aromatic salad.
cook time: 40 min
Chloe Benton
Quick and Tasty Chicken Cucumber Salad

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

177
Calories
12g
Fat
1g
Carbs
14g
Protein

Ingredients (3 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Eggs 2 pc
Hard cheese 100 g
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Dry spices (for chicken) 1 tbsp
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp
Dill (twigs) 7 g
cucumbers 200 g
Chicken fillet 300 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a salad with chicken fillet and cucumber? Very simple. To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Large, selected eggs are needed. If the eggs are small, take 3 pieces. You can add or replace the vegetable part to your liking. You can replace chicken with any other meat.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the chicken fillet, dry it and cut into small cubes. Sprinkle the chicken with spices and leave to marinate for 20 minutes. Instead of frying, you can boil the fillet or bake it in the oven in foil. You can use smoked chicken instead of fresh chicken.

Step 3

Step 3
Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan over high heat, add the chicken and fry, stirring, until golden brown. You can fry a whole chicken fillet, but chicken cut into small cubes turns out tastier, more tender and more aromatic — because each piece is soaked in spices on all sides. Cool the chicken before adding to the salad, otherwise the cheese will melt. How to choose a frying pan and oil for frying, read the articles at the end of this recipe.

Step 4

Step 4
Wash the cucumber and dry it. Cut into small cubes. The skin, if it is not rough, damaged or bitter, does not need to be cut off.

Step 5

Step 5
Boil the eggs hard, cool and peel. Cut into small cubes.

Step 6

Step 6
Grate the cheese on a medium or fine grater. Any cheese is suitable for this dish — hard, semi-hard, soft, such as mozzarella. The main thing is that it is tasty, of high quality, without milk fat substitutes.

Step 7

Step 7
Wash the dill, dry and finely chop. You can replace dill with parsley or other herbs to taste.

Step 8

Step 8
In a salad bowl, combine fried chicken, cucumbers, grated cheese, eggs and dill. Season the salad with mayonnaise and mix. You can make your own mayonnaise. Below the steps you will find a link to a catalog of homemade mayonnaise recipes.

Step 9

Step 9
If you don’t want to put the salad in a ring, you can immediately serve it in a salad bowl. I prefer a more festive and beautiful option, so I prefer to form such salads in a ring. Place a cooking ring (Ø 12-14 cm) on a plate. Place the salad in it and compact it. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Step 10

Step 10
Remove the cooking ring before serving. Decorate the salad with fresh herbs. Bon appetit!

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