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Olivier salad: a classic recipe step by step with a photo

Olivier salad has been a popular dish on all holidays since Soviet times. It's easy to cook, and the salad is delicious and satisfying. The main ingredients of a delicious dish are always meat or sausage, pickles, potatoes and eggs.

Season with mayonnaise or sour cream. In this form, the salad is considered a classic option. We have selected for you the best Olivier salad recipes for every taste. Choose the one you like and cook with pleasure!

This salad is traditionally served on the New Year's table on a festive night in every family.
But the recipe is not passed down from generation to generation everywhere. We will fix this situation.

Required Ingredients:

  • Seven potatoes;
  • Five carrots;
  • Six pickled cucumbers;
  • Six eggs;
  • 300 grams of doctoral sausage;
  • 100 grams of sour cream and 200 grams of mayonnaise.

How to cook:
Boil the potatoes and carrots in their uniforms, then peel them. Boil the eggs, put in cold water and also peel.
All the ingredients for this Soviet version of the salad must be cut into small cubes.

The neater and smoother the cube is cut, the more delicious the salad itself will be.

Season the dish with mayonnaise and sour cream, mix everything gently.
As you can see, there is nothing difficult in preparing a classic Olivier with sausage and pickles, and even a hostess with minimal culinary experience can cope with cooking this dish for the New Year's table.

Olivier salad recipe with apple

The modern version of Olivier salad remains one of the most beloved dishes of our compatriots and it is simply impossible to imagine a festive meal without it.

This dish does not drop out of the restaurant menus either. Therefore, we want to bring to your attention an accurate modern and proven recipe for Olivier salad (well, in case there are those who do not know or have forgotten):

Composition:

  • boiled chicken (in everyday life it is often replaced with ham or boiled sausage) - 250 gr;
  • potatoes - 4 pcs. (medium size);
  • carrots - 1 pc.;
  • eggs - 4 (pcs.);
  • onion - 1 pc. (medium size);
  • pickled cucumber - 4 pcs.;
  • apple (can be sour) - 1 pc.;
  • canned green peas;
  • mayonnaise;
  • salt, black pepper.

Preparation:
Wash the potatoes and carrots thoroughly and boil until soft, then cool, peel and cut into cubes.

Boil the eggs and chop them as well. Peel the onions and chop finely. We also cut the cucumbers into small cubes.

Peel the apple and cut it into cubes. Cut the boiled chicken (ham, sausage) into cubes.
Combine all the chopped ingredients in one bowl, add peas there, salt, pepper and season with mayonnaise.

Mix thoroughly, let it brew a little and serve. That's the whole secret. And the result will always be unsurpassed.

Chicken breast salad

This recipe for a simple New Year's salad can also be classified as a classic one, because the set of products practically does not change. Unless, boiled sausage is replaced with boiled chicken fillet.

Required Ingredients:

  • 2-3 fresh or pickled cucumbers
  • 300 grams of chicken breast
  • 400 grams of potatoes
  • 2-3 carrots
  • 5 chicken eggs
  • a pack of mayonnaise

Cooking process:
Boil potatoes and carrots, cool and peel them. Hard-boiled eggs, peel. It is also necessary to cook chicken meat.

Chop vegetables, eggs and fillets into small cubes. Add peas, mayonnaise and salt to taste.
Let the salad sit in the refrigerator for 2 hours and serve!

With shrimps and avocado

A more refined and sophisticated recipe. Some of the usual ingredients are being replaced with more exotic ones.
The taste changes slightly, it acquires its own unique piquant notes.

Required Ingredients:

  • 200 grams of boiled peeled shrimp;
  • Two avocados;
  • Two fresh cucumbers;
  • Two carrots;
  • A jar of canned green peas;
  • Two chicken eggs;
  • Onion head;
  • A glass of cashew nuts;
  • A tablespoon of dry mustard, a teaspoon of white wine vinegar;
  • Garlic, a tablespoon of lemon juice, three tablespoons of olive oil, black pepper.

Recipe for Olivier salad with shrimps and avocado:

Eggs, carrots and shrimps must be boiled until tender. Cook the ingredients separately, then peel.
Cut the carrots into cubes. Peel the avocado and cut the pulp into small cubes.

Prepare the cucumber in the same way. Finely chop the onion.

If you want the taste of the onion to be less bright, then fill it with boiling water for a quarter of an hour.

To prepare homemade mayonnaise, which we recommend to season this salad, you need to mix a glass of cashews (pre-soak for two hours in water) in a blender and all the other ingredients.

If the sauce turns out to be very thick, you can add a spoonful of cold water to it. Mix the ingredients for Olivier and season with mustard-nut dressing.

Olivier salad recipe with meat and fresh cucumbers

You will need:

  • 400 g canned green peas;
  • 350 g boiled potatoes;
  • 300 g of boiled meat;
  • 150 g fresh cucumbers;
  • 100 g green onions;
  • 4 boiled eggs;
  • 2 boiled carrots, mayonnaise, salt.

How to make an Olivier salad with meat:

Cut carrots, eggs, meat, potatoes, cucumbers into small cubes. Chop the onion.
Combine all prepared foods, add peas and mayonnaise, mix, salt the salad to taste.
Fresh cucumbers can be replaced with pickled or pickled cucumbers - change any recipe to your liking.

Olivier with smoked chicken

All those who like smoked chicken should definitely try this salad option.

Required Ingredients:

  • 1 smoked chicken breast
  • 3 pieces of potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 chicken eggs
  • a bunch of greens
  • 8 tablespoons canned peas
  • 1 can of canned peas
  • pack of mayonnaise, salt to taste

How to cook:

Boil eggs, potatoes, and carrots. Finely chop the onion, pour boiling water over it for a few minutes. This can remove excess bitterness from the onion.

Remove the skin from the smoked breast, cut the fillet into cubes. Also chop all vegetables and eggs. Put everything in one bowl, add salt and green peas.

Stir. Season the Olivier with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.

Olivier with salmon and fresh cucumber

Products:

  • 300 g fresh slightly salted salmon,
  • 5 potatoes,
  • 3 eggs,
  • 1 pickled cucumber
  • 2 fresh cucumbers,
  • 0.5 jars of green peas,
  • Dill,
  • 1 onion
  • 100 g of red caviar (or herring caviar),
  • low-fat sour cream,
  • arugula,
  • salt and pepper.

Preparation:

Boil and peel potatoes and eggs. Dice cucumbers, onions, eggs and potatoes. Place everything in a bowl.

Cut the salmon fillet into small cubes. Add green peas and chopped parsley to the chopped vegetables. Place the salmon in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Stir.

Prepare a dressing for the fishy olivier. To do this, mix 150 g of sour cream with caviar and season the salad with the resulting sauce. Decorate the finished dish with arugula.

A simple recipe for Olivier salad with mushrooms

You will need:

  • 200 g fresh champignons;
  • 150 g mayonnaise;
  • 4 pickled cucumbers;
  • boiled eggs and potatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • boiled carrots and a can of canned green peas.

How to make Olivier salad with mushrooms:

Cut eggs, potatoes, carrots, cucumbers into cubes, chop mushrooms and onions medium-sized, fry the mushrooms and onions in vegetable oil until browning.

Combine all prepared ingredients, add peas, mayonnaise and mix.

Olivier salad with red fish and caviar

This Olivier option is far from budget, but it is incredibly tasty.

Products:

  • 4 boiled potatoes
  • 2 pieces of boiled carrots
  • 10 boiled quail eggs
  • 100 grams of red smoked fish
  • 4 small salted cucumbers
  • 2 tablespoons red salmon caviar
  • 1 can of canned peas
  • 200 grams of mayonnaise
  • lettuce and arugula for garnish

Cooking method:

Cut the smoked fish, eggs and boiled vegetables into small cubes. Add caviar, peas, salt and pepper to your taste.

Season the prepared Olivier salad with mayonnaise, stir. Decorate with herbs.

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