Prepare a simple salad with chicken: three recipes to choose from

Of course, for a holiday or a family dinner, every housewife tries to cook something very tasty and unusual, but on weekdays you can submit to the dinner table easier. If after dinner you have leftovers in the refrigerator, for example, boiled or cooked in the oven, you can easily make a simple salad with chicken. Let it be the main ingredient for a hearty meal for dinner, other ingredients can be selected from what you have in stocks: any vegetables (fresh or canned), greens, and can be salted mayonnaise, sour cream or vegetable oil. In this article we offer several recipes to choose from, take one that you like. And in 10-15 minutes you will get a ready-made dish.

Simple salad with chicken and corn

For him you will need:

- 400 g cabbage - you can take white or Chinese;
- 2 large tomatoes;
- 1 can of sweet canned corn;
- 200 g of chicken fillet - boiled or baked in the oven;
- 2 eggs;
- mayonnaise and natural yogurt for refueling, as well as salt and pepper.

Cabbage finely crumble, lightly salt and mash your hands - so it will turn out much juicier. Remove the chicken from the skin, cut into small cubes, the same must be done with boiled eggs. With a tomato, peel off the skin - for this, vegetables should be scalded with steep boiling water, wait 1-2 minutes, after which the skin will be removed very easily, and then cut them into cubes. With corn drain the water. Combine all the prepared ingredients in a deep bowl, season with a mixture of mayonnaise and yogurt, mix thoroughly, salt and sprinkle with black pepper, as well as other spices to taste. Our simple salad with chicken is ready, it can be decorated with corn kernels and served to the table. By the way, if you take a low-fat mayonnaise for refueling, or do without it, this dish will be quite dietary. Its calorific value per 100 g is only 102 calories, that is, even those who follow a diet can afford a large portion of a delicious vegetable mix with white meat.

How to make simple salads with smoked chicken

Smoked bird will give your dish a unique taste and aroma. If you have a leg in your fridge, then you can make this snack. You will need:

- 1 can of champignons in brine;
- 200 or slightly more grams of smoked chicken meat;
- 80 g grated cheese on a large grater;
- 2 onions;
- mayonnaise, which you need to fill a salad, vegetable oil for frying.

Finely chop the onions, put them on a frying pan and lightly fry, then add the champignons and cook for a couple of minutes. Smoked ham from the skin, remove the bones, cut into cubes and put into a bowl. There, also, grind the mushrooms fried with onions and grated cheese. Stir, season with salt and pepper, and then season with mayonnaise. A simple salad with chicken and mushrooms is ready. By the way, together with the mushrooms, you can add 1 can of canned beans and corn to the dish - in this case you will get a tasty and nutritious salad, which can be served even at the festive table.

Simple Caesar salad with chicken

This constant guest of the restaurant menu is easily prepared at home, there are no special tricks here. Remove from the refrigerator:

- 200 g of lettuce;
- 300 g of chicken fillet - boiled or grilled;
- 50 grams of cheese (any solid);
- crackers with garlic flavor.

For filling, you will need:

- 2 tsp of ordinary Russian mustard;
- 2 yolks, hard boiled;
- 2 tbsp. L. Concentrated lemon juice;
- 70 olive oil - this is 4-5 tablespoons;
- 1 tsp. 6% vinegar, garlic, and salt with pepper.

Salad leaves tear, chicken fillets cut into medium-sized plates. Grate the cheese on a grater. For refueling, carefully mash the yolks with mustard, put the chopped garlic to them, mix thoroughly, and after pour lemon juice and 6% vinegar. Add olive oil and whisk (can blender) until the sauce becomes homogeneous. And now we collect salad: on a large flat plate lay salad leaves, on top of them - chicken plates, pour out garlic croutons. Pour the sauce, and in the end sprinkle with grated "Parmesan". The dish will be better than in the restaurant. It's so easy to prepare 3 different tasty salads from the usual chicken meat.