Each hostess faced a problem when guests unexpectedly came and needed to quickly set the table. If the house has a can of beans and bread, and even better - a pack of snack crackers, then this situation will not be stumped. Salads with crackers and beans are easy to prepare; they are nourishing, tasty, and appetizing. Most of the recipes for this snack do not require a lot of ingredients and a lot of cooking time. A variety of options allows you to choose the one for which you will need only those products that are already available, so that the store will not have to run.
Cooking Features
The advantage of salad with crackers is that even children cope with their preparation. However, an experienced hostess can get into a mess and, instead of an appetizing snack, serve an unattractive mixture to the table. The technology of making salad from crackers and beans has several subtleties that you need to know so that the result does not disappoint.
- For the preparation of salad from crackers and beans it is better to use canned. It is soft, but it has a neat shape. Boil the beans to such an extent so that it does not turn into a shapeless mass, not all can. Yes, and time for the preparation of beans is required a lot.
- Canned beans are of several types: white, red, large, in tomato sauce, in their own juice. If there is no indication in the recipe as to which beans are preferred, you need to take the one that is conserved in its own juice, but whether it is white or red, it does not matter. If the recipe recommended beans is white, it is desirable to use it. If beans are required in a tomato, it is undesirable to replace it with another type of canned food.
- Crackers are better homemade - they are healthier and have a neutral taste. If you have to use the purchase, choose those that have not too sharp taste, in harmony with the other ingredients that make up the snack. For salads, which recipe includes fresh vegetables, products made from wheat flour with the aroma of tomatoes, greens, sour cream, and garlic are more suitable. For appetizers with pickles, canned fish, it is better to choose rye crackers with the taste of garlic, cheese, sour cream. It is better to refuse products with taste of horseradish, mustard, adzhika - they will kill the main taste of the salad.
- When cooking salad with crackers it is very important that they do not soak. For this reason it is necessary to drain all the liquid from the can so that it does not get into the salad. Sami crackers should be added last. Salt salad, in which a lot of vegetables, do not need, otherwise they will let the juice and soak croutons.
A salad of crackers and beans is prepared quickly. Subject to the rules of cooking appetizer will turn out delicious and appetizing. Salad recipes are different. One includes only a few components, others have a more complex composition. The choice of option depends on the availability of time and necessary products.
Salad with crackers, beans, onions and carrots
Composition:
- beans boiled or canned - 0, 3 kg;
- rye crackers - 0, 2 kg;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml;
- onions - 100 g;
- carrots - 0, 2 kg;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Boil the beans in advance or open a can of preserved food. If you want to boil the beans yourself, soak them in cool water overnight, then rinse, cover with water, which should be twice as large as the beans, and cook until it is soft enough. Shortly before it is ready, salt it.
- Bread cut into cubes or small bars, dry in the oven. If you wish, you can use the purchased rusks with the scent of sour cream or garlic.
- Peel onions, cut into thin half rings.
- Carrots, peeling, grate on a regular grater or chop on a grater intended for the preparation of Korean snacks. The second option is preferred.
- Heat the oil in a pan, fry in it until golden brown onions.
- Add carrots. Fry the vegetables until they are soft.
- Crush garlic with a hand press, mix with mayonnaise.
- Mix the beans with the resulting mayonnaise sauce.
- Combine fried vegetables with crackers.
- Stir both sides of the salad and serve immediately.
If you use purchased beans and breadcrumbs, it will take a little time to prepare a savory snack. It will cost cheap, will be nourishing and tasty.
Salad from crackers, beans and cheese
Composition:
- red beans, canned in their own juice, - 0, 25 kg;
- wheat crackers - 0, 2 kg;
- hard cheese - 150 g;
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- vegetable oil - 30 ml;
- fresh parsley - 30 g.
Method of preparation:
- Open a can of canned food, fold it in a sieve, let it drip and put the beans in a salad bowl.
- Coarsely grate cheese and send to the beans.
- Finely chop the garlic with a knife, put to the rest of the ingredients.
- Add oil, mix.
- Chop the parsley.
- Sprinkle crackers with the rest of the ingredients, mix.
It remains to sprinkle the salad with chopped greens and can be served. Rusks will suit with the aroma of cheese, garlic, greens, tomatoes.
Salad with crackers, beans and pickled cucumbers
Composition:
- canned beans - 0, 25 kg;
- rye crackers - 100 g;
- pickled cucumbers - 0, 2 kg;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- fresh dill and parsley - 20-30 g each;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Drain juice from canned beans.
- Pickled cucumbers cut into small cubes.
- Make crackers out of rye bread. When using store products, preference is given to those that have the taste of lightly salted cucumbers or sour cream and greens, tomato, dill. Suitable crackers with the smell of garlic, cheese.
- Finely chop the greens with a knife.
- Skip garlic through a press, mix with mayonnaise.
- Chop grated cheese with large cells.
- Put all the ingredients in a bowl, season with mayonnaise. It remains to shift to the salad bowl and serve.
By the same recipe you can make a salad of lightly salted cucumbers - it will turn out even more tasty. Hard cheese is not forbidden to replace with melted cheese - the taste of the snack will change because of this, but it will not get any worse.
Salad with crackers, beans, corn and fresh cucumber
Composition:
- canned corn - 0, 25 kg;
- canned beans - 0, 25 kg;
- wheat crackers - 100 g (preferably with the aroma of cucumber, tomato or sour cream);
- fresh cucumber - 150 g;
- fresh greens - 50 g;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Open the cans of canned food, fold it in a colander. When the liquid is drained, put the corn and beans in a bowl.
- Wash the cucumber, pat dry with a napkin. Cut off the tips. Cut into small cubes, send to canned food.
- Finely chop fresh greens, put to the other components.
- Add mayonnaise, mix.
Immediately before serving, combine the resulting mixture with croutons, transfer them to a salad bowl.
Salad with crackers, beans, chicken and Korean carrot
Composition:
- canned beans - 0, 35 kg;
- chicken fillet - 0, 4 kg;
- rye or wheat crackers - 100 g;
- Korean carrot - 0, 2 kg;
- onions - 100 g;
- vegetable oil - 20 ml;
- mayonnaise - 0, 2 l.
Method of preparation:
- Boil chicken fillet, cut into small cubes.
- Open the jar of beans. Pour the liquid out of it, put the beans to the chicken.
- Cut onion into thin half rings, fry in oil until golden brown, mix with crackers.
- Put carrots in a bowl with chicken and beans, season with mayonnaise.
- Combine with onions and crackers, mix.
The delicate taste of chicken fillet and beans harmoniously combines with the savory taste of Korean carrot and slightly crunchy croutons. This salad can be put on the festive table, the guests will be satisfied.
Bean salad with smoked chicken and crackers
Composition:
- canned beans - 0, 25 kg;
- smoked chicken - 0, 4 kg;
- wheat crackers - 160 g;
- fresh champignons - 0, 4 kg;
- butter - 40 g;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Separate the meat of smoked chicken from the bones, remove the skin. Cut the fillet into small cubes.
- Wash mushrooms, pat dry. Cut into thin plates.
- Melt butter in a pan, put the mushrooms in it. Fry until the liquid released from the champignons evaporates completely.
- Mix the mushrooms with smoked chicken pieces.
- Open the beans, fold in a colander, put to the rest of the ingredients.
- Pour the mayonnaise into the food bowl.
- Add the croutons, stir and serve the dish to the table.
The taste of this snack, the preparation of which you spend no more than 20 minutes, will please even the most fastidious gourmet.
Salad with crackers, beans and tomatoes
Composition:
- white beans in tomato sauce - 0, 25 kg;
- processed cheese - 100 g;
- green onions - 50 g;
- cherry tomatoes - 0, 2 kg;
- wheat crackers with the taste of tomatoes and greens - 100 g;
- mayonnaise - 100 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Open a jar of beans, place in a bowl.
- Add mayonnaise, mix.
- Finely chop the onion, put in a bowl with beans.
- Wash and dry the tomatoes. Each vegetable cut into 4 pieces, send to the beans. Stir gently.
- Rub the cheese, combine with the other ingredients.
- Put the salad in a salad bowl. Sprinkle crackers on top.
Salad has a little unusual, but harmonious taste, looks festive and appetizing.
Salads with crackers and beans can be prepared in a hurry. Many of the options for this snack are cheap. Whatever recipe you choose, a salad made from it will have a savory, but balanced flavor. These snacks can be served for a homemade dinner and a dinner party.
