Smoked tomatoes are a unique product that combines the rich tomato flavor and smoke aroma. They can be used in pure form or added to various dishes, but salads with smoked tomatoes are especially tasty.
Salad with smoked tomatoes - the general principles of cooking
Smoked tomatoes can be bought in the store or cook yourself. Cold-smoked product is most appreciated, as it has a long shelf life. It has a pleasant tomato flavor with the aroma of smoke. Externally, the tomatoes look like dried, a little dryish, without too much moisture and seeds. Usually used for smoking meaty varieties.
For salads, smoked tomatoes are cut into strips or cubes, mixed with meat, fish products, mushrooms, fresh and boiled vegetables. Usually, tomatoes are not washed, but if there are doubts about their quality and purity, you can rinse in cool water.
As a salad dressing with smoked tomatoes, you can use vegetable oils, lemon juice, mayonnaise, sour cream, soy sauce. The product is versatile and goes well with any spices and spices. By replacing fresh tomatoes with smoked tomatoes, you can add novelty to your favorite salad.
Recipe 1: Salad with smoked tomatoes and chicken breast
A nourishing and healthy salad with smoked tomatoes and chicken is great for a festive table, as well as a healthy dinner.
Ingredients Required
• 0.3 kg chicken breast;
• 0.1 kg smoked tomatoes;
• a bunch of dill;
• bunch of green onions;
• 0.1 kg of hard cheese;
• 0.1 kg sour cream;
• salt.
Method of preparation
• Boil chicken breast in salted water for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into thin strips.
• Cut tomatoes into straws, chop greens, cheese three on a fine grater. But if it is hard enough and the pieces hold the shape, then it can also be cut into strips, it will be more beautiful.
• Combine all the ingredients, add salt and sour cream. Mix, give the salad with smoked tomatoes to brew for half an hour and can be served.
Recipe 2: Salad with smoked tomatoes and salted herring
Herring in most cases is made under a fur coat and few people know that it is possible to make a delicious salad with smoked tomatoes from it. In addition to them, other vegetables are also added, giving the dish a fulness.
Ingredients Required
• 0.2 kg smoked tomatoes;
• fillet of a herring;
• 2 potatoes;
• 1 onion;
• Dill greens;
• vegetable oil, pepper, vinegar.
Method of preparation
1. Boil the potatoes in their skins until ready. Peel the onion, dice and marinate in water acidified with vinegar.
2. Cut the herring fillet into small cubes; smoked tomatoes are also sent to the salad bowl.
3. Peel the cooled potatoes, cut into cubes. We squeeze the onion from the vinegar pickle, put everything in a salad bowl. Add chopped dill.
4. Stir, add black pepper, season with vegetable oil and serve the salad to the table.
Recipe 3: Spicy salad with smoked tomatoes and beef
For the preparation of spicy salad with smoked tomatoes, it is desirable to use boiled beef. But if it is not, then you can replace the other meat. But not sausages, with them the nutritional value and richness of the snack is lost.
Ingredients Required
• 0.3 kg boiled beef;
• 0.2 kg smoked tomatoes;
• 0.2 kg pickled cucumbers;
• bulb onion;
• vinegar.
For refueling:
• 3 spoons of butter;
• 1 tsp. mustard;
• pinch of red pepper.
Method of preparation
1. Peel the onion, cut into thin half rings, pickle in an acidic solution of vinegar and water for half an hour.
2. We cut the boiled beef into strips, likewise we grind smoked tomatoes and pickles.
3. Squeeze the onions from the marinade, mix with the other ingredients.
4. Prepare the mustard, oil and red pepper dressing. Pour into the salad, mix everything well, cover with a lid and remove for 2 hours in the fridge to marinate.
Recipe 4: Salad with smoked tomatoes and shrimps
Delicate salad with smoked tomatoes and shrimps can be cooked in a large dish, served in batches, lay out the ingredients in layers or simply mix. And each time the snack will look new. Ingredients Required
• 0.2 kg boiled shrimp;
• 2 eggs;
• 0.15 kg smoked tomatoes;
• lettuce leaves;
• green onions;
• a few sprigs of parsley.
For the sauce:
• 4 spoons of mayonnaise;
• 2 spoons of soy sauce;
• 1 tsp. dried paprika;
• 2 spoons of lemon juice.
Method of preparation
1. Cooking the sauce. To do this, mix the mayonnaise with paprika and lemon juice, then add the soy sauce and beat with a fork.
2. Boil eggs, peel, cut into cubes. Similarly, we cut smoked tomatoes. Wash greens, dry and chop.
3. Mix all the ingredients of the salad, dressing with sauce, lay the shrimps on top.
4. For the puff version, a pillow of green salad is laid on the bottom of the dish, an egg and tomatoes are placed on it, everything is smeared with sauce, sprinkled with green onions and parsley, shrimps are laid out.
Recipe 5: Salad with smoked tomatoes and crab sticks
Classic crab salad, like Olivier, has long been considered a traditional festive dish and they should not surprise anyone. Although, you can cook a crab salad with smoked tomatoes, which will appear on the table in the form of the original cake and will definitely find fans.
Ingredients Required
• 0.25 kg of tomatoes;
• 0.2 kg of crab sticks;
• 5 eggs;
• 0.2 kg of cheese;
• Salt;
• mayonnaise.
Method of preparation
1. Boil hard-boiled eggs, cool, peel and cut into small cubes.
2. Remove the film from the crab sticks, cut it into small pieces and pour it into a separate dish. Also separately cut smoked tomatoes and rub cheese.
3. Putting the cake. To do this, lay a layer of boiled eggs on the bottom of a flat plate, sprinkle with salt and grease with mayonnaise.
4. Upward we put the chopped crab sticks, again we pour the mayonnaise.
5. Put the chopped tomatoes on sticks, cover them with cake on all sides, fill up with cheese. Salad with smoked tomatoes is ready! To prevent the cheese from sinking during storage, you need to cover the cake with a lid or wrap it with cling film.
Recipe 6: Salad with smoked tomatoes, cheese and beans
For the preparation of this salad with smoked tomatoes it is better to use white canned beans, it is more gentle than its red relative and is more suitable for dishes with mayonnaise. The recipe is quick, nothing needs to be boiled or cooked in advance.
Ingredients Required
• 0.2 kg of cheese;
• 0.2 kg smoked tomatoes;
• 1 can of beans in its juice;
• 0.3 kg ham;
• garlic clove;
• mayonnaise.
Method of preparation
1. Open the can of beans, pour into a colander and rinse well with running water from the marinade. Give water to drain.
2. Cut diced tomatoes, ham and cheese. We spread in a salad bowl, add canned beans drained from the liquid.
3. We clean and chop a garlic clove, you can put more on an amateur. Mix with mayonnaise and fill the rest of the ingredients. Salad with smoked tomatoes can be consumed immediately, but it is better to let it brew for 3-4 hours.
Recipe 7: Salad with smoked tomatoes and Korean carrots
Spicy salad with smoked tomatoes, which has the extraordinary flavor of Korean spices and smoke. The boiled chicken gives the dish its satiety, which, if desired, can be replaced with smoked breast or ham.
Ingredients Required
• 0.3 kg Korean carrot;
• 0.2 kg smoked tomatoes;
• 0.3 kg boiled chicken;
• 2 pcs. bell peppers;
• onion;
• olive oil.
Method of preparation
1. Cut the chicken and tomatoes into thin straws, free the peppers from the seeds, cut them in half and chop into half rings. Desirable thin.
2. Mix all the ingredients with Korean carrots.
3. Chop the onion finely, fry in olive oil, remove from the heat and pour the salad in a red-hot form. Mix, let it brew for a couple of hours.
Recipe 8: Salad with smoked tomatoes, corn and Chinese cabbage
Light vegetable salad with smoked tomatoes, which will take no more than 10 minutes to prepare. If you need to add a dish of satiety, you can add boiled eggs or a piece of meat. In this recipe they will be in place.
Ingredients Required • Corn Bank;
• 0.4 kg smoked tomatoes;
• 0.3 kg Peking cabbage;
• 15-20 pitted olives;
• greenery;
• 0.2 kg of cheese;
• 1/2 lemon;
• salt, oil.
Method of preparation
1. Shred Peking cabbage, add sliced smoked tomatoes and cheese. Chop the greens and send them to the salad.
2. From corn we merge marinade, we pour out to vegetables. Slice the olives into 3-4 pieces, each and send them to the salad. We salt.
3. Mix lemon juice with any vegetable oil, season the salad with smoked tomatoes and put on the table.
Smoked Tomato Salad - Tips and Tips
• If, during storage, smoked tomatoes become hard and dried, then they need to be reanimated. To do this, you can sprinkle with water or soak for a few minutes.
• If the cheese goes not to the dressing, but inside the salad, then it is better not to rub it, but cut it into cubes or straws. In this case, you need to choose sufficiently solid varieties that do not stick and crumble.
• Surplus smoked tomatoes can be put in a container (or glass jar) and placed in a freezer. It is not recommended to store in cellophane.
• If smoked tomatoes are purchased in the store, then you need to pay attention to the spices. Sometimes they come with red peppers and are not suitable for every dish.
Salads with smoked tomatoes have an original flavor, allow you to make the daily menu more varied and brighter. Experiment with taste!
