Not only tasty, but also unrealistically healthy - this is how you can characterize the cod liver. It contains such a “set” of useful substances, which is often found only in multivitamin complexes. Our body cannot get the lion's share of these substances, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids of the Omega group, from nowhere, except from fish oil and products similar in composition. And since we don’t like to consume fish oil since childhood, it’s better to pamper yourself and your loved ones with a delicious salad with cod liver several times a month, its recipes are usually simple. But what a result ... It's just a miracle!
Few secrets
- The main thing in the question is how to make a salad from cod liver, to choose the right product. Make sure that the jar is marked “natural” and that the contents do not gurgle when shaken. These features distinguish a good, high-quality product made from large pieces. It is important that the label also states GOST, according to which canned food was produced. And only fish liver, salt and pepper were indicated in the composition.
- A valuable product is quite fatty, therefore, often in combination with it, ingredients are used to “delay” a specific aftertaste. Using this principle, make a salad of cod liver with rice or potatoes. However, according to the culinary experts, many third-party components only “clog” the taste of the main ingredient. Therefore, it is better to adhere to the rule - the less, the better. And serve a salad of canned cod liver on slightly dried bread.
Classic recipe
First we want to tell you how to cook a classic cod liver salad. The recipe with the photo concerns the famous Soviet interpretation of it, called "Northern", which was served in every respected restaurant. A cod liver salad with an egg is prepared and served on toast.
You will need:
- canned cod liver - 1 can;
- onion - 1 small head;
- boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
- non-fat hard cheese - 70 g;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp;
- wine or ordinary vinegar - 1 tsp;
- black pepper.
Cooking
- Peel and finely grate the eggs.
- Grate the cheese, also finely.
- Peel the onion, chop. Pour in vinegar and leave for 15 minutes.
- Drain fat from canned food, knead the liver with a fork.
- Mix the ingredients with mayonnaise and black pepper.
Recipes for other delicious salads
The combination of the main ingredient with components such as pickled cucumbers, spicy cheese, red onions eliminates the feeling of excess fat. And makes the dish expressively piquant. Such interpretations are good for a festive table.
Cod Liver Salad with Pickle
You will need:
- cod liver - 1 can;
- pickled or pickled cucumbers - 200 g;
- potatoes and carrots - 300 g each;
- boiled eggs - 4 pcs.;
- mayonnaise, salt.
Cooking
- Boil and peel vegetables, eggs. Rub coarsely.
- Chop the cucumbers with thin strips.
- Drain the canned oil, mash with a fork.
- Mix the ingredients, season with salt, mayonnaise.
- Refrigerate before serving.
Cod liver salad in tartlets
You will need:
- leek - stalk;
- natural cod (liver) - a jar;
- boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
- boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
- hard cheese - 100 g;
- mayonnaise;
- tartlets.
Cooking
- Peel the eggs and carrots, grate finely.
- Chop the onions.
- Drain the liver, knead.
- Mix the ingredients, season with mayonnaise, salt.
- Place in tartlets before serving.
Puff cod liver salad
You will need:
- canned cod liver - 1 jar;
- boiled potatoes - 2 pcs.;
- red onion - 1 head;
- boiled eggs - 4 pcs.;
- pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- lemon.
Cooking
- Drain the fat from the can. Squeeze lemon juice into it, leave for 10 minutes to remove a specific smell. After that, mash the product with a fork.
- Grate proteins, yolks, potatoes. Cut the cucumbers.
- Put in portioned salad bowls: potatoes, chopped onion rings, grease with mayonnaise. After that, put the liver, protein, and again lightly coat with mayonnaise. Put the cucumbers on top, again the mayonnaise and sprinkle with yolk.
- Cool and serve.
Sunflower Salad with Cod Liver
You will need:
- boiled in uniform potatoes - 3 pcs.;
- boiled eggs - 4 pcs.;
- canned cod liver - a jar;
- greens - onion feathers and dill;
- pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- olives;
- potato chips;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking
- Grate the potatoes finely, put on the bottom of the dish.
- Drain the canned fat, mash the liver, lay on top.
- Separate the proteins, grate, lay out, grease with mayonnaise.
- Next you need to fill the layer with chopped herbs.
- Dice the cucumbers, lay out further, grease with mayonnaise.
- Crush the yolk.
- Make a neat mesh of mayonnaise, lay a border of chips on the sides, and put a half of olives for decoration in the middle.
Using the same principle, you can make a salad "Cod liver under a fur coat", just not performing its decoration in the form of a sunflower.
Please yourself with a new and tasty recipe that looks decent on the table, and the body only benefits!
Cod Liver Salad: Video Recipe
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