Capercaillie's Nest Salad: A Classic Recipe Step By Step, With Photos And Videos

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2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

"Capercaillie's nest": a recipe for a spectacular salad

It is no coincidence that the housewives save the salad “Capercaillie's Nest” for special occasions. It is distinguished not only by its spectacular presentation and satiety, but also by a thoughtful combination of flavors. Crispy potatoes, spicy onions, tender meat … Few will remain indifferent.

"Capercaillie's nest": preparing step by step

The famous "Nest" sometimes includes the most unexpected ingredients, but for the classic version of the dish you will need:

400 g chicken fillet;
3-4 medium potatoes;
2 small or 1 large cucumber;
4 chicken eggs;
4 quail eggs;
100 g of hard cheese;
50-60 g of processed cheese;
1 onion;
a bunch of dill;
8-9 Art. l. mayonnaise;
200 g of vegetable oil;
Bay leaf;
black peppercorns;
salt.

Recipe step by step.

Pour chicken meat with cold water, add bay leaves, black peppercorns, salt and boil for about half an hour.

Chicken fillet is cooked in a saucepan

In addition to bay leaf and pepper, you can add a few sprigs of parsley to the pan.
Cut the finished chicken into smaller pieces - so that it is convenient to chew.

Boiled chicken fillet is cut

Cut the meat into small cubes
Boil the eggs and peel. Set the quail aside, and chop the chicken with a grater. You need both yolk and white.

Chicken and quail eggs

You can take only chicken eggs, but with quail the salad looks more spectacular.
Peel the onion and cut into half rings.

Pour the chopped onion with water

To rid the onion of bitterness, pour boiling water over it and leave it there for a quarter of an hour.
Pass the peeled and washed potatoes through a special grater for Korean carrots, rinse and dry.

Potatoes are grated for Korean carrots

You can just cut the potatoes into strips, but this will no longer be the classic "Nest"
Pour the oil into a high-sided skillet (a wok is perfect for this), heat and dip the potato chips into it.

Deep-fried potato sticks

Convenient to fry potatoes in a metal sieve
Use a slotted spoon to remove the prepared straws from the skillet and place on a napkin. Season with salt.

Deep-fried potatoes

Paper towels will absorb excess oil
Cut the cucumbers into thin cubes.

Cucumbers cut into thin cubes

Cucumbers can be either fresh or salted or pickled - according to your taste
Grate both types of cheese separately.

Hard and processed cheese

Each type of cheese will be used to make different parts of the salad
Chop the greens.

Chopped dill

You can use other herbs of your choice.
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl except potatoes, melted cheese, and quail eggs. Add a few tablespoons of mayonnaise, salt and stir.

Salad foods mixed in bowl

The salad is almost ready, it remains to decorate it
Put the resulting mass on a wide, flat dish with a slide and crush the top with a spoon to make a small dent.

Half cooked salad on a platter

"Nest" looks great on a backing of fresh lettuce leaves - take note
Cover the salad with potato strips, leaving the center of the "nest" empty - you need to add chopped dill here.

Capercaillie's nest salad, coated with potatoes and sprinkled with dill

Agree, it already looks like a nest
The final touch is to beautifully place the quail eggs on top of the dill.

Salad Capercaillie's nest with quail eggs

That's all, the salad can be served to guests
Another decoration option: take boiled chicken eggs instead of quail eggs, cut them in half, remove the yolks, mash with 1-2 tablespoons of mayonnaise, a pinch of dill and cream cheese. Season with salt, pepper, sculpt small "testicles" and put them in the "nest".

Egg yolk salad dressing

Real and "fake" quail eggs look interesting side by side

Different options for making salad Capercaillie's nest

There are many ways to prepare and serve this mouth-watering salad

Some people prefer to lay the ingredients of the salad on a dish in layers, smearing them with mayonnaise: onions - fillets - cucumbers, etc. But in my humble experience, such a salad turns out to be rather dry, so I prefer to immediately mix all the components of the "nest" in a bowl and only then spread them on the dish.

Video: festive meat salad

When the “Capercaillie Nest” appears on the table, it always makes a splash, which is especially important in light of the upcoming New Year holidays. Take the time to prepare it, enthusiastic exclamations of guests and empty plates will be a worthy reward for your efforts.