Bird Of Paradise Salad: A Step-by-step Recipe For A Delicious Dish With Photos And Videos

2025 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:41

Cooking Bird of Paradise salad and delighting the whole family

The Bird of Paradise layered salad is a delicious dish that the whole family will love. There are several options for its preparation, but the invariable ingredients are chicken and nuts. Such a salad can be served both as an appetizer for a festive table, and as an everyday dish for lunch or dinner.

Bird of Paradise salad with pineapple and walnuts

The zesty taste makes this dish stand out from the series of layered snacks. Walnuts and pineapples not only create a new flavor combination, but also benefit the body.

Be sure to drain the syrup from the pineapple slices before adding them to the salad, otherwise the dish will turn out to be too wet

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken breast;
• 1/2 can of pineapple;
• 3 eggs;
• 150 g of cheese;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 250 g mayonnaise;
• salt to taste.

Recipe:

1. Boil the chicken breast.

   

   Boil the chicken breast over low heat to keep it juicy.

2. Cut the meat into cubes.

   

   You need a sharp knife to cut meat

3. Grind pineapples.

   

   Pineapple washers are best cut into cubes

4. Grate eggs on a medium grater.

   

   Choose eggs with bright yolk for your salad

5. Grind the cheese.

   

   Grate the cheese on a medium grater

6. Turn the shelled walnuts into crumbs.

   

   The most convenient way to grind nuts in a blender

7. Pass the garlic through a press.

   

   For the sauce, you need to chop the garlic as small as possible, the garlic press does an excellent job with this

8. Mix it with mayonnaise.

   

   Garlic will add pungency and piquancy to mayonnaise

9. Now you need to collect the layers in the following order: chicken, pineapple, cheese, eggs. Grease each layer with mayonnaise, add salt, and then decorate the surface of the dish with nuts.

   

   The bird of paradise salad must be soaked in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours before serving

A variant of a salad with champignons and pistachios

The unusual combination of products will appeal to lovers of original dishes.

Components:

• 2 chicken breasts;
• 200 g of champignons;
• 2 eggs;
• 150 g of cheese;
• 250 g mayonnaise;
• 100 g pistachios;
• salt to taste.

Recipe:

1. Chop the mushrooms.

   

   Cut the mushrooms into small cubes with a sharp knife

2. Fry them.

   

   Fry mushrooms in hot oil

3. Cook the chicken breast.

   

   After cooking, the meat should cool down to room temperature.

4. Divide the meat into fibers.

   

   Soft chicken meat separates easily into fibers

5. Chop the eggs into cubes.

   

   Chicken eggs are best cut with a sharp knife

6. Grate the cheese.

   

   Take cheese for a salad of exceptionally hard varieties

7. Chop the pistachios.

   

   It is convenient to chop pistachios with a wide knife

8. Collect the salad in layers: chicken, mushrooms, eggs, cheese. Salt each layer to taste, brush with mayonnaise, and on top, apply a mesh of it and sprinkle with nuts.

   

   Bird of Paradise salad with pistachios can be served in portions

I recently learned about a salad with such an unusual name. At first, the combination of fruits and nuts in a meat dish seemed strange to me, but curiosity overcame it. The first version of the Bird of Paradise salad, which I offered the family to try, was prepared with pineapples and walnuts. Everyone liked the dish so much that now we prepare it for all home feasts.

All the ingredients of the Bird of Paradise salad are quite affordable, and the preparation does not require special culinary skills. Try the dish in different variations and choose your favorite.