Beef Salads

Salads are considered an indispensable attribute of the holiday table. Some like light variations of these snacks, others like hearty. Some people prefer classic recipes, others are looking for something new. Most men prefer foods that include meat. Salads with beef are able to satisfy the taste of a variety of people, with the exception of only vegetarians. They can be very different: simple and complex, traditional and exotic, diet and nourishing. They can be made on weekdays, replacing the main course with them, and served at the festive table.

Cooking Features

To cook a delicious beef salad for dinner or a festive meal, you do not have to have great culinary skills. Even an inexperienced cook will be able to collect most of these snacks. So that the result certainly does not disappoint, you just need to know a few things:

Young beef is much softer than the old and requires less heat treatment. Veal cooked 30-45 minutes depending on the size of the pieces, the meat of an old animal is required to cook 1, 5 hours.
Frozen meat is usually drier than fresh or chilled. If you plan to cook for salad beef, subjected to freezing, it should be allowed to thaw in natural conditions, without a sharp temperature drop. If you do not speed up the process using a microwave or warm water, the structure of the meat will not change much, and it will remain quite juicy.
Usually for cooking salads, beef is boiled, but some recipes involve the use of meat cooked in another way. The taste of beef depends heavily on how it was cooked, therefore, it is highly undesirable to violate the recommendations accompanying the recipe.
It is impossible to combine hot products with cold sauce - such mixtures deteriorate quickly. All products subjected to heat treatment, before cooking salad will need to be cooled. Meat cools not too fast, so it is desirable to cook it in advance.
Salads with beef can be regular and layered. Ordinary refuel shortly before serving to the table, so that they remain fresh longer. Puff salads need to be collected in advance, at least 2-3 hours before the time of the intended feast, otherwise the layers may not have time to soak in the sauce. To speed up the process, products can be refilled individually, and then put in a salad bowl or dish, following the order specified in the recipe.

Among the recipes for beef salads you can find holiday and everyday options. This ingredient is combined with vegetables, mushrooms, berries and fruits, giving any snack a noble taste, making it more satisfying. At the same time, beef is not one of the high-calorie foods, it is often included in the menu by people who monitor their health.

Salad “Male Caprice”

Composition:

boiled beef - 0, 3 kg;
chicken eggs - 5 pcs .;
onions - 150 g;
table vinegar (9 percent) - 40 ml;
hard cheese - 150 g;
mayonnaise - how much will go.

Method of preparation:

Free the onions from the husk, cut them into thin half rings.
Dilute the vinegar with water in the amount of 80-100 ml, dip the onion in the marinade, leave for 20 minutes.
Cool the boiled beef, cut into small strips.
Eggs boil hard boiled. Put it under a stream of cold water to cool it down. Free from the shell, chop on a coarse grater.
Finely rub the cheese.
Squeeze the onion, put it in a salad bowl, pour mayonnaise. Put beef on top, pepper if desired, cover with mayonnaise net.
Place the eggs on the meat, brush with the sauce, sprinkle with cheese.

This salad is especially popular with men. Despite the simple composition, it turns out very tasty. People who follow the figure, it should be understood that the dish according to the recipe turns out to be high-calorie.

Thai beef salad

Composition:

veal (fresh) - 0, 25 kg;
Bulgarian pepper - 0, 4 kg;
fresh cucumber - 150 g;
garlic - 1 clove;
red pepper, soy sauce - to taste;
vegetable oil - how much will leave;
sesame seeds (optional) - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Cut the meat into slices, as for beef stroganoff. Sprinkle with pepper, stir, pour soy sauce, leave for 15 minutes.
Wash and dry vegetables with a napkin.
Cut the tips of the cucumber, cut it into strips.
Peppers cleaned of seeds, cut into strips.
Heat oil in a pan. Put the beef on it, fry it over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Add pepper, continue cooking for 10-15 minutes.
Add cucumbers and garlic passed through a press, stir and remove from heat.

Salad can be served both warm and chilled. Before serving it is recommended to sprinkle it with sesame. You do not need to fill the appetizer, as it was prepared with the addition of butter and soy sauce.

Tbilisi Salad with Beef and Beans

Composition:

boiled beef - 0, 25 kg;
onions (red) - 100 g;
red canned beans - 0, 25 kg;
Bulgarian pepper - 0, 4 kg;
garlic - 2 cloves;
cilantro - 50 g;
table vinegar (9 percent) - 60 ml;
vegetable oil - 60-80 ml;
walnut kernels - 50 g;
salt, spicy ground pepper - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Onion, freeing from the husk, cut into half rings and pickle in vinegar mixed with water in a ratio of 1: 1.
Remove the seeds from the peppers, cut the flesh into quarters of rings, put in a bowl.
Beef cut into thin plates, put to the pepper.
Open the jar of beans, drain the liquid from it, shift the beans to the meat and pepper.
Squeeze onions, add to other products.
Wash, shake cilantro off the water, let it dry.
Put the kernels in a bag or cover with a towel. Roll a rolling pin over them to crush them to a fine crumb.
Finely chop the garlic.
Combine garlic, nuts, oil, pepper and salt. Whisk with a whisk. Season the salad.
Put the appetizer in a salad bowl, sprinkle with finely chopped coriander.

This salad will appeal to fans of Georgian cuisine and supporters of healthy food. It turns out nourishing, but not too high in calories, has a spicy taste.

Salad “Pomegranate Bracelet” with Beef

Composition:

boiled beef - 0.5 kg;
potatoes - 0.5 kg;
carrots - 0, 3 kg;
beets - 0, 4 kg;
chicken eggs - 4 pcs .;
walnut kernels - 50 g;
vegetable oil - 50 ml;
onions - 150 g;
pomegranate - 2 pcs .;
salt, black pepper - to taste;
mayonnaise - how much will go.

Method of preparation:

Wash vegetables (except onions). Boil separately. Cool, clean, rub into separate plates.
Finely chop the boiled beef.
Cook hard boiled eggs, cool under running cold water. Peel, chop on a grater.
Peel the onions, cut into small cubes.
Heat oil in a pan, put onion in it, fry it until transparent.
Clean the grenades, taking care not to damage the integrity of the grains. Transfer them to a separate container.
Finely chop the nuts with a knife.
Put a cylindrical glass in the center of a large dish.
Put the potatoes around the glass ring. Salt and pepper it, grease with mayonnaise.
Place the meat on top, salt it and pepper it, add mayonnaise.
Place the fried onions on the beef, put the carrots on top, cover it with the sauce and sprinkle with nuts.
Place the eggs on the carrots, pour the sauce over them.
In the next layer, place the beets, well spread them with mayonnaise.
Sprinkle the salad with pomegranate seeds.

The salad should be kept in the fridge for 2-3 hours and only then remove the glass, then the appetizer will retain its beautiful shape and will be juicy, tasty. This dish is often prepared for the holiday table. It is difficult to find a person whom it can leave indifferent.

How to decorate a salad with beef

The design of many beef salads is already incorporated in their recipes. By the same principles it is possible to decorate such snacks, if the method of decorating them is allowed to choose the cook himself.

Salad with beef can be laid out on a platter, giving it a cake shape. To do this, put on a dish hoop or detachable baking dish. Products are placed inside the device in layers, after which the snack is cooled, the hoop is removed. You can lay out not only a layered salad, but also an ordinary one. Before removing the hoop, you must tamp it well.
In the form of a mini-cake or cake, salad can also be laid out at a portion of the feed. To do this, use a special form with a press or cans, which have cut the bottom.
Various patterns and images of holiday symbols can be laid out on the surface of the salad. To do this, use the chopped vegetables that make up the dish. You can also make flowers from vegetables, which will make beef salad the main decoration of the festive table.
Salads with beef are often laid out on a dish in the form of a ring. To do this, put a glass in the center of the dish and collect a snack around it, then remove the glass and decorate the snack to your liking. She can be given a similarity with an appetizing pretzel, jewelry, wreath.

Serve beef salad in bowl or glasses. This appetizer looks appetizing, elegant and modern.

Salads with beef are very different, everyone can choose an option to your liking. Often these foods are made for the holiday table, decorating them accordingly.