I bring to your attention a simple recipe for low-fat salad Olivier. You can enjoy the taste of your favorite dish without gaining extra pounds and without fear for your figure.
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Almost no holiday can be imagined without this dish, but it is no secret that most often we all love to cook such a salad for the New Year. As you may have guessed, we will talk about Olivier. It is also known under the names "Winter" and "Meat", and in other countries - as "Russian" or "Hussar".
But few people know that this is a real high-calorie, very harmful bomb. How can we make sure that the taste sensations remain the same, but at the same time the olivier would be as useful as possible, and most importantly, contain a minimum of calories?
There is one small secret that we will reveal in this article. You just need to replace some of the ingredients from the classic recipe. There are half as few calories in this salad as in the regular Olivier.
- Sausage is replaced with boiled chicken breast.
- We replace the pickles with capers.
- Instead of mayonnaise, we use white yogurt without preservatives.
You will need:
- Boiled Chicken Breast - 200 g
- Potato - 5 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Chicken eggs - 6 pcs.
- Shrimp - 200-300 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Fresh cucumbers - 2-3 pcs.
- Caper 200 g
- Canned green peas from brain varieties - 300-400 g.
- Greens to taste.
- Salt to taste.
- Pepper to taste.
- White yogurt (for dressing) - 250-300 g.
- Mayonnaise - 10-15 g (one tablespoon)
Cooking:
- Bring carrots and potatoes to a boil, peel and cut into cubes.
- Boil shrimp and peel.
- Boil eggs, peel and also cut into cubes.
- Dice the cucumbers.
- Boil the chicken breast and cut into medium pieces.
- Open canned green peas and capers, drain the liquid.
- Cut onions into rings.
- Combine all ingredients together.
- Season with white yogurt without preservatives, in which you can add one tablespoon of mayonnaise for taste.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Stir all the ingredients.
- Garnish with greens.