Festive Snow Bead Chicken Salad

Simple, fast, gentle, beautiful, very New Yearʼs! Salad Beads in the snow with chicken is a good way to surprise guests at the holiday table. The dish looks like an elegant New Yearʼs toy, and its taste is amazing!
cook time: 1h 20 min
Maya Lindell
Festive Snow Bead Chicken Salad

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

148
Calories
9g
Fat
4g
Carbs
12g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Eggs 3 tbsp
Hard cheese 100 g
Carrot (large) 1 pc
Pickles 150 g
Mayonnaise 3 tbsp
Chicken fillet 350 g
Pomegranate 0.5 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make salad Beads in the snow with chicken for the New Yearʼs table? Very simple! To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Instead of boiled chicken, you can use smoked, fried or baked chicken. You can replace pickled cucumbers with fresh or salted ones. Large, selected eggs are needed. If the eggs are small, take 4 pieces so that there is enough white for the top layer.

Step 2

Step 2
Pre-boil the chicken fillet until tender in salted water for about 25 minutes. Then dry the chicken and cut into small pieces.

Step 3

Step 3
Boil the carrots in their skins until tender, cool and peel. Grate on a coarse grater. Instead of one large one, I have two small carrots.

Step 4

Step 4
Cut the cucumbers into small cubes.

Step 5

Step 5
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Hard or semi-hard cheese is suitable for this dish. The main thing is that it is tasty, of high quality, without milk fat substitutes. I have regular Russian cheese.

Step 6

Step 6
Boil the eggs hard, cool and peel. Separate the whites from the yolks. Grate the whites on a coarse grater.

Step 7

Step 7
Crumble the yolks directly into the grated cheese with your hands and mix everything well.

Step 8

Step 8
Separate the pomegranate into grains. The pomegranate seeds should be bright red, not pale pink.

Step 9

Step 9
Place the chicken fillet on the dish, forming an even circle. Pour mayonnaise on top. I first transferred the mayonnaise into a cooking bag to make it easier to apply it to the ingredients.

Step 10

Step 10
Next, lay out a layer of pickled cucumbers and also pour over mayonnaise.

Step 11

Step 11
Spread the grated carrots in the next layer and pour over the mayonnaise.

Step 12

Step 12
Place grated cheese and yolks on the carrots. Pour mayonnaise on top one last time.

Step 13

Step 13
Next, spread the grated whites evenly over the entire surface of the salad in a continuous layer. The previous layer should not be visible from under them. You should get an even white semicircle, reminiscent of a snowdrift.

Step 14

Step 14
Garnish the salad with pomegranate seeds, imitating beads. If you formed the salad on a white plate, then so that it does not merge with the plate, also place the salad in a circle with pomegranate seeds. Before serving, refrigerate the salad for 1 hour. Bon appetit!

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