Capercaillie's Nest salad - 10 easy step-by-step recipes

The Capercaillie's Nest salad will become a very interesting find for those hostesses who have never cooked such an original and at the same time uncomplicated dish. And for those who are already familiar with the classic recipe for this salad, we offer a choice of 10 different step-by-step options for its preparation with a photo. We hope that with us you will definitely find your own recipe that will effectively diversify your festive and everyday home table.

The classic recipe for the capercaillie's nest salad with chicken

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 5-6

The classic recipe for the Capercaillie Nest salad includes boiled chicken breast and ingredients such as quail eggs, pickled cucumbers and thin strips of fresh potatoes fried to a pleasant crunch. It seems that everything is simple, but the result is a very beautiful and original dish. Cook it with pleasure and eat it with gusto!

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  Spread the ingredients for the future salad on the kitchen table, this will speed up the cooking process.
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  Slice the potatoes very finely and thinly, for this you can use a special grater for Korean carrots.
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  Cut pickled or pickled cucumbers into bars, cubes or strips, like potatoes. The pickle will stand out from the cucumbers, it must be drained.
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  Boil chicken breast and eggs in separate containers until tender. Hard boil the eggs. Cut the boiled breast into thin strips (to make the meat tastier and juicier, add spices and salt to the broth, and then cool it without removing it from the broth). Fry the potatoes in oil until tender, remove excess oil by placing the potatoes on a paper towel.
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  Combine half of the fried potatoes in a salad bowl with cucumbers and chicken, stir with mayonnaise and salt to taste, if necessary, sprinkle with ground black pepper.
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  Garnish the salad with the remaining potatoes on top, placing them in a circle to form a nest. Put boiled and peeled eggs in the center. Garnish the salad with fresh parsley and serve.

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Delicious salad "Capercaillie's nest" with mushrooms and chicken

Salad "Capercaillie's Nest" with mushrooms and chicken will surely decorate any feast with its appearance! The components of the salad can be changed or added, for example, in this recipe, fried mushrooms are supposed to be added.

Ingredients:

• Salt and black pepper to taste.
• Processed cheese - 1 pc.
• Fried mushrooms - 150 gr.
• Chicken meat - 200 gr.
• Fresh cucumbers - 1-2 pcs.
• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Chicken eggs - 2-3 pcs.
• Quail eggs - 3-4 pcs.
• Frying oil - 2 tbsp. l.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Mayonnaise to taste.
• Greens to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut fresh mushrooms (champignons, oyster mushrooms or forest mushrooms) into cubes, also chop the onion, and then fry everything in a pan until cooked, season with salt and pepper to taste.Place the roast on a plate to cool down faster.
2. Chop boiled or smoked chicken into strips.
3. Form the salad by putting mushrooms and onions on the dish in the first layer, and then chicken, on top of which put a thin net of mayonnaise. The next layer is grated chicken eggs + mayonnaise mesh.
4. Cut potato strips from fresh peeled potatoes, rinse, let them dry. Then fry until tender, stirring all the time.
5. Cut fresh cucumbers into small strips and put in a salad, greasing with a fine mesh of mayonnaise.
6. Put the grated processed cheese + mayonnaise mesh in the last layer.
7. Make a depression in the salad where you need to carefully lay out the chopped dill.
8. Decorate the top of the salad with potato strips and quail eggs, after which you can serve the dish to the table.

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A simple recipe for the "Capercaillie Nest" with pickled cucumbers

Salad "Capercaillie's nest" with pickled cucumbers can be built in a matter of minutes, if you add smoked chicken instead of boiled chicken, and buy potato straws in a store. Well, all other culinary chores, time and costs are minimal: prepare a salad in a quick way, and you will see for yourself!

Ingredients:

• Smoked chicken - 200 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Quail eggs - 5 pcs.
• Pickled cucumbers - 1-2 pcs.
• Bulb onions - 1-2 pcs.
• Mayonnaise to taste.
• Dill is a bunch.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying potatoes.
• Potato sticks - 170-200 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Chop the chicken finely (if you don't want to use smoked, then cook and cool the chicken breast in advance).
2. If you don't have ready-made straws, then you will have to fry them yourself. Cut the potatoes very finely and finely, rinse them off the starch and let them dry a little.
3. Add cucumbers to the chicken, also finely chopped.
4. Chop the onion into thin strips and add to the salad. If you don't want the onion to taste bitter, pour boiling water over it for a minute or two, and then drain.
5. Boil quail and chicken eggs hard-boiled, refrigerate. Chop the chicken eggs in strips or grated, add to the salad.
6. Fry the potato strips in portions, stirring occasionally, so that they cook evenly and quickly and do not burn.
7. Add potatoes to the salad, season it with mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste, stir.
8. Put the salad in a slide on a flat plate, garnish in the center with dill and quail eggs, and on the sides with potato strips.

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Puff salad "Capercaillie's nest" with smoked chicken

With smoked chicken, the "Capercaillie's Nest" salad gets a richer taste, it acquires the aroma of smoked meats, which your guests will surely like. In recent years, this version of the salad has become very popular and, for sure, many will want to repeat it for any family holiday.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 5-6 pcs.
• Smoked chicken - 350 gr.
• Pickled cucumbers - 4-5 pcs.
• Quail eggs - 10-15 pcs.
• Mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.
• Dill to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying potatoes.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Grate the potatoes, dry on a towel or paper napkin.
2. Heat the oil well and fry the potatoes in portions until tender. Let the excess fat from the potatoes soak into the paper towel. Boil a few potatoes in their uniforms.
3. When the potatoes have cooled, cut them into cubes.
4. At the same time, you need to boil quail eggs and cool them, then peel and chop some of them in the form of straws.
5. Chop pickled cucumbers with the same straws. Remove the skin from the smoked chicken and cut the meat into small pieces.
6. In one bowl, combine all the ingredients cut for the salad, season the salad with mayonnaise to taste, salt and pepper it.
7. Put the salad in a flat dish with a slide, make a depression, line the top and sides with potato strips, and put chopped dill or dill sprigs in the depression.
8. Place boiled eggs on top of the dill and serve the salad to the table so that the potato strips remain crispy.

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How to prepare a salad "Capercaillie's Nest" with ham?

Many people love the Capercaillie's Nest salad because it is decorated with delicious crispy potato straws, which can be bought ready-made or fried on your own. In order not to waste time boiling chicken breast, as in the classic recipe for this salad, replace with any ham. In this version, sweet canned corn is also added to the salad.

Ingredients:

• Canned corn - 200 gr.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Fresh cucumber - 100 gr.
• Processed cheese - 1 pc.
• Chicken egg - 3 pcs.
• Ham - 150 gr.
• Dill is a bunch.
• Potatoes 3-4 pcs.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Mayonnaise to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Place canned corn and diced ham in a deep bowl.
2. Boil the eggs, peel and cool, add two of them to a bowl, do the same with a fresh cucumber.
3. Then season the salad with mayonnaise, stir it with salt and black pepper.
4. Grate the remaining chicken egg on a fine grater, add a little chopped cheese and chopped very fine herbs there. Stir the mixture thoroughly, if it is too dense, then add a little mayonnaise to it.
5. Roll some small eggs out of this mass and hide them in the refrigerator so that they stick better in cold temperatures.
6. Peel the potatoes, cut them thinly, using a special grater. Fry the potato strips until they are nice and crispy. When the straw is ready, place it on a paper towel, pat dry to remove excess fat and salt.
7. Place the salad on a beautiful dish or on a large plate, forming a depression inside the slide, garnish with potatoes on top, and place homemade eggs in the depression.

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A simple and delicious recipe for the capercaillie's nest salad with cabbage

With Peking cabbage, the salad "Capercaillie's Nest" will turn out to be lighter, and a fresh apple will add a pleasant fruity note here. You can replace the rest of the ingredients to your liking (for example, meat and mushrooms). In addition, the role of decorating the nest here is played not by fried potatoes, but by straws of cheese, apples and cabbage. Also, do not forget that by diluting the mayonnaise with sour cream, you will make the salad even less high in calories.

Ingredients:

• Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.
• Chicken fillet - 150 gr.
• Quail eggs - 5-6 pcs.
• Peking cabbage - 150 gr.
• Hard cheese - 100 gr.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Champignons - 150 gr.
• Apple - 1-2 pcs.
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp.
• Mayonnaise to taste.
• Sour cream to taste.
• Almonds to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First, boil and peel quail eggs by cooling them in cold water.
2. Then you need to cut the champignons (or any other mushrooms) into thin strips and fry them in vegetable oil, season with salt and pepper.
3. Chop the cheese into thin strips, set aside a little to decorate the salad.
4. You need to cut the boiled or smoked chicken fillet in the same way as the cheese, set aside to decorate the salad.
5. Do the same with Chinese cabbage, setting aside a little for decoration.
6. Chop the apple into straws, set aside a little.
7. Combine all the ingredients in one bowl, season the salad to taste with mayonnaise and sour cream, salt and pepper.
8. Put the salad in a deep plate, make a small depression inside where you can put almonds or chopped herbs. Decorate the sides of the salad with the delayed slices, and in the middle place the quail eggs, peeled from the shell, and serve your treat.

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Wood grouse's nest with beef on the festive table

One of the most common options for preparing the Capercaillie's Nest salad is one where boiled beef is used as a meat component. By the way, it can be paired with any smoked meats, which will only improve the taste of this salad.As a result, you will have on your table not only a very beautiful, original, but also a delicious dish. Cook it with pleasure!

Ingredients:

• Quail eggs - 5 pcs.
• Beef - 200-300 gr.
• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Hard cheese - 100 gr.
• Fresh herbs for decoration.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Mayonnaise - 3-4 tbsp. l.
• Salt to taste.
• Spices to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Boil the beef with aromatic root vegetables in advance to make the meat tastier. When it cools down, cut the beef into strips and place it on the bottom of a flat dish, garnish with a mayonnaise mesh.
2. Chop the pickled cucumbers.
3. Chop the onions arbitrarily, you can also cut them into strips.
4. Put onions and cucumbers on the beef, they can be smeared with mayonnaise. Next, put a layer of grated hard cheese in the salad.
5. Finely chop the potatoes to make potato strips, then rinse them free of starch, pat dry and fry in oil until tender, stirring frequently. Make a depression in the salad and garnish the salad with the potato strips as they cool.
6. Cover the deepening of the "Capercaillie nest" with any greens, you can use chopped dill. Place the boiled, shell-free quail eggs in the center. That's it, the salad is ready to serve.

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How to make Capercaillie's Nest salad with Korean carrots?

To quickly prepare a salad "Capercaillie's Nest" with Korean carrots, you can do with not homemade, but ready-made potato strips, if you can find them in the supermarket. By the way, Korean carrots can also be bought, but some hostesses prefer to cook them on their own.

Ingredients:

• Raw chicken fillet - 100 gr.
• Salt and ground pepper to taste.
• Seasonings for chicken to taste.
• Chicken or pork ham - 150 gr.
• Potato sticks - 150-200 gr.
• Quail eggs - 3-5 pcs.
• Korean carrots - 70 gr.
• Hard cheese - 70-100 gr.
• Sunflower oil - for frying.
• Dill or green salad - a bunch.
• Mayonnaise to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the chicken fillet for frying, cut into small bars and marinate in any spices, do not forget to salt.
2. Chop pork or chicken ham into thin strips.
3. Fry the chicken fillet in a little oil until tender, which will take no more than 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine chopped Korean carrots with ham and fried chicken and season the salad with mayonnaise.
4. If you do not have ready-made potato strips, then fry the potatoes yourself, finely chopping them, rinsing them from starch. Remove excess grease by placing on a paper towel.
5. Hard-boiled quail eggs, refrigerate and peel.
6. Put the salad on a large flat plate with a slide with a depression, place chopped dill in the depression, then potatoes in a circle. Place quail eggs on dill and serve salad to the table.

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A very tasty and simple recipe for the capercaillie's nest salad with cheese

Salad "Capercaillie's nest" with cheese is usually liked by all guests, even small fussy ones. Therefore, it can be decorated not only with eggs, but also with a homemade mother bird to surprise and delight the kids, as well as to awaken their appetite. The processed cheese specified in the recipe can be replaced with any other.

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast - 200-300 gr.
• Processed cheese - 1 pc.
• Champignons - 300 gr.
• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Bulb onions - 1-2 pcs.
• Fresh cucumber - 1-2 pcs.
• Chicken egg - 3 pcs.
• Mayonnaise to taste.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Lettuce leaves - for decoration.

For birds:

• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Quail eggs - 5 pcs.
• Raw carrots - 1 pc.
• Carnation buds - 12 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. Cut raw potatoes very finely, rinse from starch and let them dry. Fry the potato strips in portions in plenty of oil until tender.
2. Place a straw on a paper towel so that excess fat is absorbed into it.
3. Chop the onion and carrots finely (carrots can be chopped on a grater), then sauté until tender.
4. Chicken breast, boiled and cooled, also cut into small cubes or disassemble into fibers.
5. Champignons can be used both pickled and fried raw, chopped finely.
6. Chop fresh cucumbers finely.
7. Chop the white of the chicken eggs with a grater, and put the yolks in another plate.
8. Collect the salad like this: put the mushrooms on a flat plate with lettuce leaves, then a layer of grated processed cheese and chopped chicken, then a layer of mayonnaise mesh.
9. Next are onions and carrots + mayonnaise mesh.
10. Next, lay out fresh cucumbers, then - egg whites + mayonnaise mesh.
11. In the center, slightly deepen the salad, lay out with fried potatoes.
12. It remains to make eggs and birds. Mash the yolks with salt and chopped dill with a fork, add mayonnaise and form the eggs. Peel quail eggs and one chicken, make eyes for the birds from a clove, tails and beaks from pieces of carrots, and also wings for mom, as shown in the photo. Place the eggs and birds in the nest and serve the salad at the table.

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"Capercaillie's nest" with boiled tongue

The capercaillie's nest salad with boiled pork or beef, as well as with veal tongue is a spectacular and very tasty dish, suitable for any festive table. In addition, it will turn out to be satisfying, which means it will feed your guests well.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 350 gr.
• Vegetable oil - for frying potatoes.
• Canned peas - 150 gr.
• Salt and black pepper to taste.
• Pickled cucumbers - 2-3 pcs.
• Pork tongue - 1 pc.
• Pork - 150 gr.
• Eggs - 4 pcs.
• Dill is a bunch.
• Mayonnaise to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First of all, put the pork meat and tongue to cook, because this is a long business. Add spices and root vegetables to the broth. Rinse the tongue well before cooking, cook for 15-20 minutes, drain the water and cook in clean water until tender. Then cool the tongue in cold water, remove the skin and cut into small cubes. Also, cut the boiled pork into cubes.
2. While the tongue is boiling, cut the potatoes into small and very thin strips, using a Korean carrot grater. Then you need to very thoroughly wash the straw in cold water, pouring it out several times so that all the starch comes out. When the water after washing the straw is clear, this means that there is almost no starch.
3. Then dry the potato strips on a towel to absorb the water. Heat vegetable oil in a deep skillet and fry the potatoes in portions until tender, stirring occasionally. Dry off excess fat on a paper towel.
4. For hard-boiled eggs, separate the whites from the yolks, cut the whites into small cubes.
5. Grind the yolks with mayonnaise, salt and stir the mixture with finely chopped dill. Form oval eggs from this mass - imitation of capercaillie eggs to decorate the nest.
6. Strain the peas, chop the cucumbers and combine all the ingredients in one container. Add mayonnaise (or mayonnaise with sour cream so that the dressing is not very greasy), some fried potatoes and stir the salad.
7. Put the salad in a slide on a large flat plate, in the center of the slide, form a small depression with a spoon. Cover the salad with a layer of fried potato strips.
8. This salad need not be insisted before serving, as it is not flaky. In the center of the salad put dill sprigs and “capercaillie testicles” and carry your masterpiece to the festive table!

Bon Appetit!