A delicious meat salad should be present at any holiday table. Most often, housewives add boiled beef meat to the appetizer, it is lean, and if cooked correctly, then very gently. So let's learn how to cook beef salad, which is called "Capital".
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You will need
- - beef - 500-600 g;
- - carrots - 3 pcs.;
- - onions - 2 pcs.;
- - potatoes - 3 large tubers;
- - eggs - 8 pcs.;
- - canned peas - 300 g;
- - pickled cucumbers - 5 pcs.;
- - mayonnaise - 5–6 tablespoons;
- - greens - 20 g;
- - bay leaf - 2 pcs.;
- - salt and pepper to taste.
Instruction manual
1
By the way, it is better to take beef, bought in a store or on the market, rinse under running water, remove all inedible parts and veins. Put the meat in a pan with water, the liquid should completely cover the beef. In the same pan add one whole onion (it is needed for flavor) and bay leaf, salt to taste. Now put the pan on the fire and boil the meat. The approximate cooking time is about an hour. But it all depends on the age of the beef and on whether it was frozen. When the meat is cooked, cool it and cut into small cubes.
2
Put to boil potatoes and carrots, you can in one pan and peel. Boil the eggs in a separate dish. When the vegetables are ready, let them cool and then cut into cubes. Shell eggs and chop. Rubbing them is not recommended, as they simply get lost in the salad.
3
Combine meat, chopped vegetables, and eggs in one bowl. Open a can of peas, drain the liquid and add to the other ingredient. Cut one fresh onion as small as possible, chop pickled cucumbers into cubes, send everything to a bowl. Mix well, add mayonnaise and salt to taste. Salad "Capital" is ready. Sprinkle it with chopped herbs before serving, and decorate with thin slices of beef and olives.