Peking cabbage, which came to us from the Middle Kingdom, has recently gained increasing popularity in our country. It is used for cooking various dishes: cabbage rolls, soups and borsch, but one of the most common dishes are salads with Peking cabbage, about the recipes of which we will today talk.
Such salads are not only delicious and light, but also useful, thanks to the properties of Peking cabbage, which contains more vitamin C and protein than white-bellied, and is also rich in vitamins, amino acids and mineral salts. The most valuable Peking cabbage is that it preserves all useful properties and vitamins during the winter, so in the autumn-winter period it is simply irreplaceable.
Salad with chinese cabbage and chicken
The preparation of a salad from Peking cabbage and chicken does not take you much time, and in return you will get a wonderful hearty and light lunch, which will please all your loved ones.
Ingredients:
- Peking cabbage - 500 g;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
- chicken fillet - 300 g;
- feta - 200 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- ground black pepper.
Preparation
Chicken fillet boil, chill and cut into slices. Peking cabbage needs to be washed and cut into strips. Tomatoes, too, wash and cut. Peel onion and finely chop. Cut the feta into slices. Then mix all the ingredients, season with pepper, do not salt, as feta is already quite salty. Leave the salad to infuse for 15-20 minutes and your light salad from Peking cabbage, chicken and feta is ready. If desired, you can fill it with a spoonful of sour cream or mayonnaise.
Crab salad with Pekinese cabbage
Peking cabbage can also be used to diversify the classic crab salad and thus give it a new taste.
Ingredients:
- crab sticks - 200 g;
- canned corn - 380 g;
- Peking cabbage - 1 head;
- egg - 5 pcs .;
- fresh cucumber - 1 pc .;
- mayonnaise - to taste;
- greens of dill and parsley - to taste;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
Eggs boil and cut into small cubes. Crab sticks shred straw, cucumber, too, cut into strips or cubes. A few sheets of cabbage set aside to decorate the dish, the rest chop straw. Pour the corn into a sieve and allow to drain. Stir all the ingredients, season the salad with mayonnaise, salt and place on a dish, on the leaves of cabbage, decorating with a few twigs of parsley and dill.
Salad with shrimps and Pekinese cabbage
We have already talked about the beneficial properties of Peking cabbage and dishes cooked from it, but a salad from this cabbage can be not only useful, but also an original festive dish, if you add prawns and olives to it.
Ingredients:
- Peking cabbage - ½ cabbage;
- shrimps - 300 g;
- lettuce leaves - half-bread;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- green onions, parsley;
- olives - 5 pieces;
- salt;
- lemon - half;
- olive oil - 3-4 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Shrimp cook and clean. Wash the Beijing cabbage and dry with a paper towel. Eggs boil and cut into quarters. Cabbage, green onions and parsley. Cut the tomatoes into pieces, and the olives into rings. Pour out the juice of half a lemon and mix it with olive oil. Cabbage, green onions, shrimps, eggs and tomatoes mix. Season with olive oil mixed with lemon juice and put on plates on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle on top with olive rings and chopped parsley. Your delicious salad with Chinese cabbage and shrimps is ready, you can treat guests.