Traditional Caesar salad recipe suggests using lettuce leaves as the main ingredient. Most culinary specialists prefer romen and iceberg, as they are the most juicy and crispy. Some hostesses guessed replace them Peking cabbage. It has even more juicy and dense leaves, more affordable. Caesar salad with Peking cabbage is almost the same in taste and appearance as made according to classic recipes, but it is cheaper. The process of its preparation differs slightly from the traditional technology.
Cooking Features
Caesar salad made from Peking cabbage is even easier to make than lettuce, but in order to make it tasty and beautiful, you need to know some things.
- The lower part of Chinese cabbage leaves has too coarse fibers; for Caesar salad, it is best not to use it, using only the tender upper part.
- If the cabbage leaves are slightly drained, they can be reanimated by dropping them in ice water for half an hour.
- Homemade croutons, crispy on top, but soft inside, for the salad “Caesar” are much better than the purchased ones. Make them from wheat bread, cut it into cubes, sprinkle with garlic butter and dried for 10-12 minutes in the oven. If you do not have the opportunity to cook homemade croutons, you can add purchased ones to the snack. The main thing is not to choose a product with a strong taste.
- Initially, for Caesar, a special sauce made from slightly boiled eggs was prepared; today, the salad dressing may be very different. The choice of sauce will depend on the taste of the finished dish.
- The ingredients that make up the Caesar salad are not made to be mixed with the sauce, they are just poured over the dressing. This should be done shortly before serving snacks to the table, otherwise the croutons will be soaked and the dish will become less tasty.
Caesar salad made from Chinese cabbage can be cooked with vegetables, eggs, chicken and other products. Its taste will largely depend on the choice of the main components.
Caesar salad made from Chinese cabbage with chicken
Composition:
- Chinese cabbage - 0, 2 kg;
- chicken fillet - 0, 2 kg;
- cherry tomatoes - 100 g;
- hard cheese - 50 g;
- sour cream - 100 ml;
- mayonnaise - 50 ml;
- table mustard - 10 ml;
- olive oil - 25 ml;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- baguette - 150 g;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash chicken breast and boil in salted water. Cool, cut into small cubes.
- With a baguette, cut the crusts, cut the flesh into cubes
- Cut garlic clove into plates, fry in oil. When the garlic begins to darken, remove it from the pan. Dip the bread slices in the butter and brown them on all sides.
- Transfer the croutons to a baking sheet and send for 10 minutes to a preheated 180 degree oven.
- Mix sour cream with mayonnaise and mustard, beat with a whisk.
- Wash tomatoes, cut into halves.
- Separate Peking cabbage leaves, wash, dry, fold into piles. Cut off the rough bottom. Cut the top of the leaves into large pieces.
- Fold the pieces of cabbage into a bowl, add half of the sauce to it, mix.
- Put the cabbage on a dish, lay the chicken and tomato slices on top, put the croutons on them.
- Pour over the remaining sauce, sprinkle with grated chopped cheese.
The Caesar salad prepared according to this recipe has a peculiar taste, but it is as fresh and harmonious as that of the classic one. This snack option will appeal to supporters of healthy food.
Caesar Salad with Peking Cabbage and Ham
Composition:
- Chinese cabbage - 0, 2 kg;
- ham - 100 g;
- tomato - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- olive oil - 40 ml;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- hard cheese - 100 g;
- crackers - 40 g;
- sour cream - 60 ml;
- Italian herbs - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Peking cabbage wash, cut into pieces of medium size. Fold on the dish.
- Combine and whisk sour cream, butter and lemon juice. Divide the sauce into 3 parts, one of them pour the cabbage leaves.
- Cut ham into cubes or straws.
- Tomato and hard-boiled chicken egg cut into large cubes.
- Spread the slices of tomatoes, eggs and ham on the surface of the cabbage, pour the sauce.
- Coarsely grate the cheese. Put together with crackers on the dish.
- Pour over the remaining salad dressing, sprinkle with dried seasonings.
This is one of the easiest Caesar salad options to prepare and affordable. It can be prepared in a hurry, if the guests unexpectedly appeared. It is suitable for a family dinner.
Caesar salad with Chinese cabbage, cherry tomatoes and quail eggs
Composition:
- Chinese cabbage - 0, 2 kg;
- cherry tomatoes - 0, 2 kg;
- quail eggs - 10 pcs .;
- fresh basil - 50 g;
- Fatv cheese or similar - 100 g;
- “Caesar” sauce or mayonnaise, croutons with the aroma of garlic or tomatoes - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Put Peking cabbage cut into large pieces on a platter, pour over the sauce.
- Cleaned, hard-boiled quail eggs, cut in half, spread on cabbage leaves.
- Cut the tomatoes into 2 parts, spread between the egg halves.
- Sprinkle with croutons and pour over the sauce.
- Spread out sliced cheese or cheese, sprinkle with finely chopped basil.
The fresh taste of this light salad is unlikely to leave you indifferent. Despite the lack of meat in the recipe, the appetizer is quite satisfying.
How to decorate a salad
Spreading the cabbage leaves on the plate, putting the rest of the ingredients on it, sprinkling the dish with crackers and watering the sauce, you get an aesthetic appetizer that you shouldn't be ashamed to put on the festive table.
- Often, Caesar salad includes cherry tomatoes, quail eggs, green olives or olives. If they are spread out around the perimeter, alternating in a certain order, the salad will get a neater appearance.
- You can make ladybirds from cherry tomatoes and flowers from eggs. These figures will be the perfect decor for the salad Caesar.
- Caesar salad will look even more attractive if you sprinkle it with grated cheese, sesame seeds, crushed nuts, fresh herbs or dried spices.
- If cream or pickled cheese is part of the Caesar salad, they can be cut into large plates and spread out on a salad, this will make it even more appetizing.
Beautifully, the Caesar salad looks great when serving in portions, if it is spread out on creamers or fouras.
The Caesar salad made from Peking cabbage is cheaper than the traditional one, but is almost as good as the taste and appearance. If it is prepared and decorated with soul, it will decorate the table, even a festive one.
