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Starfish salad will be a bright decoration of the holiday table. It will delight the birthday boy, surprise the hero of the day, delight the guest - all this can be said about the Starfish salad. Having prepared it once, you will definitely treat your loved ones to such an unusual dish again.
The times of “mixing” ingredients in a salad bowl, turning the dish into a heterogeneous mass, are long gone. On the wave of popularity in the process of decorating and arranging a salad - originality, an extraordinary approach and a riot of imagination. Preparing a salad in the shape of a starfish is not a labor-intensive process, but it does require patience and skill in laying out layers.
To make the process of layering in a star shape easier, use mayonnaise to draw the outline of a starfish on the plate.
It has not been reliably established where the Starfish salad recipe “came” from. But it is well known why the salad was loved and gathered an army of its fans.
The composition of the Starfish salad may vary depending on taste preferences, the upcoming occasion, and financial resources. Thus, the Starfish salad, which is the most expensive in composition, will contain red fish (salmon or trout, red caviar, seafood). The budget version of cooking is dominated by crab sticks or crab meat, canned corn, boiled rice, boiled egg, and fresh tomatoes.
How to prepare starfish salad - 15 varieties
- Starfish salad budget
- Starfish salad with red fish
- Starfish salad with squid and red caviar
- Starfish salad with cheese
- Starfish salad with red fish and sesame seeds
- Starfish salad with corn
- Starfish salad with pineapple
- Starfish salad with oranges
- Starfish salad with shrimp
- Starfish salad with crab meat and tomatoes
- Starfish salad with red fish “Festive”
- Starfish salad with chicken breast
- Starfish salad with ham
- Starfish salad with rice
- Starfish salad with crab sticks and chicken
Starfish salad budget
The budget version of the salad composition and simple method of preparation attracts housewives due to cost savings, nutritious taste and unusual appearance.
Ingredients:
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Cheese, 100 – 150 gr.,
- Boiled carrots, 1-2 pcs.,
- Boiled potatoes, 1-2 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Eggs, carrots and potatoes need to be boiled, cooled and peeled. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Drain the corn. Cut eggs, carrots, potatoes into small pieces. Grate the cheese onto a coarse grater. Place on a plate in layers, brushing with mayonnaise every other layer.
For lovers of spicy taste sensations, it is worth adding garlic, passed through a garlic press, to mayonnaise. The taste of the dish will be sharper and richer.
Lay out in the form of a starfish in layers: potatoes - mayonnaise - corn - egg - mayonnaise - carrots - cheese - mayonnaise. Garnish with chopped crab meat or sticks. Salad ready. Bon appetit!
Starfish salad with red fish
If you add red fish to the main ingredients of Starfish salad, the table set by the hostess will create a festive atmosphere.
Ingredients:
- Red fish (salmon or trout),
- Boiled carrots, 1-2 pcs.,
- Boiled potatoes, 1-2 pcs.,
- Cheese, 100 – 150 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil eggs, carrots and potatoes until tender, let cool, peel and cut into small cubes. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Cut red fish into thin slices. Place on a plate in the shape of a starfish in layers: potatoes - mayonnaise - egg - cheese - carrots. Garnish the salad with red fish. The dish is ready. Bon appetit!
Option 5: “Tsarsky” salad with lightly salted salmon
A very tasty and impressive salad that lives up to its name. It is formed in layers, which are smeared with sauce, decorated with red caviar and sprigs of herbs.
Ingredients:
- three hundred grams of lightly salted salmon;
- six chicken eggs;
- fifty grams of oil drain;
- two hundred grams of any hard cheese;
- a jar of black olives without bones;
- two cloves of garlic;
- a jar of red caviar;
- parsley sprigs for decoration;
- four tablespoons of mayonnaise.
How to cook
Step 1:
Rinse the eggs so that the surface is clean and free of any droppings or feathers. Fill with cold water, add a little salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cook for fifteen minutes and drain the hot water.
Cool in cold water and remove the shells in it.
Step 2:
Peel the garlic, cut off the base and press through a press. Add mayonnaise and mix - this is our sauce with which we will lubricate the layers of salad.
Step 3:
Grate the peeled eggs and place them in a large flat salad bowl. Lubricate with prepared sauce.
Step 4:
The cheese you choose also needs to be grated. By the way, it is recommended to rinse the grater after the previous ingredients.
We form the next layer of salad and also grease with sauce.
Step 5:
Cut lightly salted salmon into pieces. Grate pre-frozen butter over the fish, mix and place in a salad bowl. Brush with sauce.
Step 6:
Open the jar of olives, drain the liquid, and cut the olives into thin rings. Arrange them in the next layer, coat with sauce.
Step 7:
Open a jar of caviar, wash the parsley sprigs and tear off the roots, we only need greens.
Spread the caviar over the entire surface of the “Tsarsky” salad with lightly salted salmon, garnish with parsley sprigs.
This salad should sit in the refrigerator for several hours. To prevent the caviar from drying out, cover with cling film or foil. Or add the caviar just before serving.
Starfish salad with squid and red caviar
For lovers of delicacies, the Starfish salad with squid and red caviar is suitable.
Ingredients:
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 gr.,
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Chilled squid, 200 gr.,
- Boiled carrots, 1-2 pcs.,
- Boiled potatoes 1-2 pcs.,
- Eggs, 2 – 3 pcs.,
- Cheese 100 – 150 gr.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Eggs, carrots, potatoes need to be boiled, cooled, peeled, and chopped. Drain liquid from corn. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Cut the squid into large pieces. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Mix all ingredients in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise. Level the resulting dish in a salad bowl to a smooth surface. We place a star from red caviar on the surface of the starfish salad. Bon appetit!
Preparation
Starfish salad with squid is ideal for a holiday; all guests, without exception, will enjoy this tender and spicy dish at the same time. Instead of boiled squid, you can use smoked ones or even replace them with shrimp or salted fish.
- Without cleaning the squid, place it in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes, then remove it and place it in ice water, cool and clean it. Cut the boiled squid into small cubes.
- Hard boil the eggs and also cut into cubes or grate.
- Coarsely grate the cheese (Edam works best for this salad).
- Cut the olives into thin slices.
- Mix these ingredients, add salt and season with sour cream, mayonnaise, and lemon juice.
- Place the finished mass on a flat dish, forming a five-pointed star.
- Cut the tomato into thin slices and place on top of the salad mixture.
- Cut the fish into thin slices, then evenly cover the salad with them on all sides.
For decoration, you can use olive rings, lemon slices and parsley, decorating a starfish with them as in one of the recipes for this salad with a photo.
Starfish salad with cheese
Cheese in a salad is never too much. An excellent combination of red fish and cheese will satisfy the gourmet and will be memorable for the picky guest in the Starfish salad.
Ingredients:
- Red fish (salmon and trout) 200 – 250 gr.,
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 g,
- Boiled carrots, 100 – 150 gr.,
- Potatoes, 1-2 pcs.,
- Cheese, 100 – 150 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Eggs, carrots and potatoes need to be boiled in advance until tender and allowed to cool. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Peel eggs, carrots, potatoes and chop. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Place on a star-shaped plate in layers: potatoes - mayonnaise - crab meat - egg - mayonnaise - carrots - cheese - mayonnaise. It remains to decorate the salad with red fish, cut into thin slices. The dish is ready. Bon appetit!
Starfish salad with red fish and sesame seeds
Ingredients:
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 gr.,
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Boiled carrots, 1-2 pcs.,
- Boiled potatoes 1-2 pcs.,
- Eggs, 2 – 3 pcs.,
- Cheese 100 – 150 gr.,
- Sesame seeds for decoration,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Eggs, carrots, potatoes need to be boiled, cooled, peeled, and chopped. Drain liquid from corn. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Mix all ingredients in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise. We spread the resulting mass in the form of a starfish on a flat surface of the dish. Cut the red fish into thin pieces. Decorate the starfish salad with red fish and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Salad ready. Bon appetit!
With egg and pepper
Kelp with bell pepper is a rather unusual combination. This is an excellent field for gastronomic experiments: juicy, spicy and appetizing.
- squeeze out the seaweed;
- coarsely chop boiled eggs;
- cut the sweet bell pepper into thin strips (it is better to choose red pepper - it decorates the dish perfectly);
- finely chop the red onion and quickly marinate in vinegar or lemon juice;
- mix the ingredients, let the salad brew;
- fill with oil.
- seaweed: 130 g;
- testicle;
- a small pod of bell pepper;
- small salad onion;
- a teaspoon of wine vinegar;
- vegetable oil: one tbsp. spoon;
- salt and spices: to taste.
Nutritional content of 100 g of dish: 161. BJU: 11/7/21.
Starfish salad with corn
Do you want to please your family and friends? Create a festive atmosphere on weekdays? Starfish salad with corn will cope with these tasks perfectly.
Ingredients:
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 gr.,
- Red fish (trout or salmon) 200 – 250 gr.,
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Boiled carrots, 1-2 pcs.,
- Boiled potatoes 1-2 pcs.,
- Eggs, 2 – 3 pcs.,
- Cheese 100 – 150 gr.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Eggs, carrots, potatoes need to be boiled until completely cooked, cooled, peeled, and chopped. Drain liquid from corn. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. There are two ways to prepare the salad. First, you can lay out the salad in layers in the shape of a star, after mixing and seasoning with mayonnaise. The second method is to mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl, seasoned with mayonnaise. Arrange the resulting dish in the shape of a starfish and decorate with red fish. As an option for decorating the dish, fill the free space on the plate with the remaining corn. Bon appetit!
Recipe 2: Salad with shrimp and salmon “Mexico City”
A curious combination of paprika, canned corn and seafood will delight you in this salad
The dish will turn out not only colorful and eye-catching, but also surprisingly tasty.
Required ingredients:
- Bell pepper – ½ green and ½ red
- Canned corn – 140 gr.
- Fresh salmon – 220 gr.
- King shrimps – 170 gr.
- Sour cream – 3 tbsp
- Mayonnaise – 1 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Wash the peppers and cut into thin strips.
- Drain the juice from the corn.
- Seafood and salmon need to be fried. Remove the shells from the shrimp and cut the salmon fillet into long strips. Grease a hot frying pan with butter and fry the ingredients until golden brown. Cool slightly.
- Combine all ingredients. Mix mayonnaise and sour cream and season the salad.
Starfish salad with pineapple
This salad will not leave the female half indifferent; pineapple gives special qualities to the Starfish salad, sweetness and delicate taste.
Ingredients:
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 g,
- Canned pineapple, 200 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
The eggs need to be boiled in advance until tender and allowed to cool. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Drain the corn and pour into a salad bowl. Finely chop the pineapple into cubes. Peel and cut the eggs. Stir, season with mayonnaise. Place on a plate. Salad ready. Bon appetit!
Starfish salad with oranges
It happens that you get bored with your favorite salad and want something new and extraordinary. By adding oranges to the Starfish salad, you will get an absolutely fresh and unsurpassed taste.
Ingredients:
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 g,
- Oranges, 100 – 150 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Cheese 100 – 150 gr.,
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
Eggs and carrots need to be boiled in advance until tender and allowed to cool. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Drain the corn and pour into a salad bowl. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Peel and cut the eggs. Peel the oranges, remove the seeds, finely chop the pulp. Cut the carrots into thin long slices. Mix all ingredients in a salad bowl and season with mayonnaise. Place in a star shape on a plate and decorate the Starfish salad with slices of carrots. Salad ready. Bon appetit!
Starfish salad with shrimp
The Starfish salad, rich in seafood, will fill your followers with energy and give strength.
Ingredients:
- Red fish (salmon or trout), 200 – 250 gr.,
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 g,
- Chilled squid meat,
- Peeled shrimp
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
The eggs need to be boiled in advance until tender and allowed to cool. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Pour boiling water over the squid meat, let it brew, then cut into pieces. Place cooled shrimp in boiling water for 1-2 minutes. Peel and cut the eggs. Stir, season with mayonnaise. Place on a star-shaped plate and top with thinly sliced red fish. Salad ready. Bon appetit!
Portioned salad in tartlets “Kaleidoscope”
Products are taken for 8 servings.
Tartlets, composition of products:
- 50 g sugar
- 300 g margarine
- 4.5 cups flour
- 3 egg yolks
- 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
- salt to taste.
Ingredients for salad:
- half a bell pepper
- 300 g champignons
- half a clove of garlic
- 120 g shrimp
- 90 g red caviar
- quarter of an onion
- 2 tbsp. spoons of lemon juice
- 80 g vegetable oil
- salt, ground black pepper to taste
- any greens.
Let's start preparing the salad:
First we make tartlets. Grind the yolks with margarine and add powdered sugar. Add salt, add quenched soda, add flour and knead the dough. Preheat the oven to 190. Place the dough in molds and bake.
And at this time you can start preparing the salad. Take some oil and fry mushrooms and onions in it. After they have cooled, add lemon juice and the rest of the vegetable oil.
Sprinkle garlic, herbs, pepper on top, stir and let sit for 30 minutes. For dressing, use sour cream and mayonnaise in equal parts or leave it alone.
Place the finished salad on tartlets and garnish with caviar and herbs.
Starfish salad with crab meat and tomatoes
If you want a festive table, without the material costs of what you have in the refrigerator, the Starfish salad with crab meat and tomatoes is what you need.
Ingredients:
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 g,
- Tomatoes 3 – 4 pcs.,
- Cheese 100 – 150 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
The eggs need to be boiled in advance until tender and allowed to cool. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Drain the corn. Peel and cut the eggs. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Cut the tomatoes into medium-sized pieces or thin slices, drain the water. We lay out the salad with starfish in layers: crab meat - mayonnaise - corn - eggs - mayonnaise - cheese, decorate with tomatoes. Salad ready. Bon appetit!
Salad with shrimp and salmon - preparing food and dishes
Several types of shrimp are sold in stores - there are tiger, king, and regular medium-sized ones. Which ones are best to choose for a salad? In fact, in terms of quality and taste characteristics they are similar, it’s just that the large royal ones look more aesthetically pleasing, but they also cost more.
How to choose good fish for salad? First of all, it is worth understanding that many types of salmon are called salmon in the store - pink salmon, chum salmon, and trout. Most often this happens not because the seller wants to deceive you, but because of ignorance. Therefore, it is difficult to say what color and size salmon should be. It’s easier to say what a fish shouldn’t be
The first thing you pay attention to when purchasing is the color of the product. Fresh fish should not be dull, not cloudy, and have a bright, warm color.
If you see purple or bluish cold shades, it means the salmon has gone bad.
Smell the fish. If it is fresh, then there will be no smell at all, or it will be fresh, sea-like. If you smell a distinct “fishy” smell, it means the salmon has already begun to spoil. In addition, fresh fish should be dense in structure, while stale fish flakes and falls apart when cut.
Frozen fish should be covered with a thin layer of glaze, no more than 1-2 mm thick. If the ice layer is larger, it means that the salmon was defrosted and frozen again, which, of course, will negatively affect the quality of the product.
What kind of fish should I buy: whole or already cut? The second option is more convenient to prepare, but also costs more. You can safely buy a whole fish, cut it yourself, and cook a delicious fish soup from the head. This can be done like this: cut off the head and tail with a sharp knife, rip open the belly, pull out the entrails and spine. The bones in salmon fish are large, and therefore it is not difficult to get them. If you want to salt the salmon, then sprinkle the fillet with a thick layer of salt and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.
Starfish salad with red fish “Festive”
Not everyone can afford red fish. But no holiday menu would be complete without this healthy and tasty ingredient.
Ingredients:
- Red fish (salmon, trout) 200 – 250 gr.,
- Boiled potatoes, 2 pcs.,
- Boiled carrots, 1-2 pcs.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Cheese, 150 gr.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil eggs, potatoes and carrots until tender, let cool, peel, cut into small pieces. Place on a plate in the shape of a starfish in layers: potatoes - eggs - mayonnaise - carrots - cheese - mayonnaise. Cut the red fish into thin slices and cover the entire surface of the starfish salad with them. Salad ready.
Starfish salad with red fish will look even more impressive if it is garnished with pitted olives, cut into small rings.
Bon appetit!
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Starfish salad with chicken breast
The combination of chicken, cheese and crab meat will make Starfish salad one of your favorite dishes on your table.
Ingredients:
- Chicken breast, 1 pc.,
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 g,
- Cheese, 100 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
The eggs need to be boiled in advance until tender and allowed to cool. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes. Boil the chicken breast in salted water, cool, separate from the skin and bones, and chop the meat. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Peel and cut the eggs. Place on a plate in the shape of a star in layers: chicken meat - mayonnaise - eggs - cheese - mayonnaise. The salad is ready, all that remains is to garnish with crab meat. Bon appetit!
Starfish salad with ham
A hearty and tasty Starfish salad with ham will delight housewives with its ease of preparation and exquisite taste.
Ingredients:
- Crab meat or crab sticks, 200 g,
- Ham, 200 gr.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Cheese, 150 gr.,
- Fresh greens (onion, lettuce, dill),
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
The eggs need to be boiled in advance until tender and allowed to cool. Cut the crab meat into medium-sized cubes to decorate the salad. Peel and cut the eggs. Finely cut the ham into cubes. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Mix all ingredients, season with mayonnaise. Place on a star-shaped plate, top with crab meat and generously garnish with fresh herbs. Salad ready. Bon appetit!
Starfish salad with rice
A set of ingredients for this salad can be found in every housewife’s refrigerator. If guests are on the doorstep, the Starfish salad with crab meat and rice will feed them tasty and satisfying.
Ingredients:
- Canned corn, 1 can,
- Crab sticks, 200 gr,
- Boiled rice, 100 – 150 gr.,
- Potatoes, 1-2 pcs.,
- Eggs, 4 – 5 pcs.,
- Mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil eggs, rice and potatoes in advance. Cut crab sticks into rings. Drain the corn and pour into a salad bowl. Peel and cut the eggs. Peel and chop the potatoes. Place on a plate in layers: potatoes - eggs - mayonnaise - corn - rice - crab sticks. Arrange the salad in the shape of a starfish, decorate the top layer with chopped crab sticks. Bon appetit!
Recipe 7: layered Tsar's salad with caviar and shrimp
- 150 grams frozen shrimp,
- 200 grams of squid,
- 50 grams of red caviar,
- 70 grams of hard cheese,
- 2 small potatoes,
- 2 pcs. chicken eggs,
- 180 grams of mayonnaise,
- a little salt.
Immediately before starting to prepare the salad, boil those foods that need heat treatment: potatoes, eggs, squid and shrimp. Cook the potatoes until soft for about 20 minutes. Boil the eggs hard-boiled, 8 minutes is enough for this. Cook the shrimp in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, and immerse the squid in boiling water in the same way. But we've been cooking for 3 minutes. Seafood is always undercooked, so take note of the time and set a timer to remove it from the stove on time.
So, when all these products have cooked and cooled, we begin to assemble the salad: grated potatoes will be the first layer, add a little salt, then pour over the mayonnaise mesh.
Cut the squid into strips, in this form they will easily fit into the salad.
Place a squid layer on the potatoes and lightly soak with mayonnaise.
Let's grate chicken eggs; such a product will not stand out much in a seafood salad, but will still add a pleasant taste and additional volume to the dish.
Distribute the eggs over the squid, lightly salt them and soak them in the sauce.
We also put the peeled shrimp in the salad; they do not need to be soaked in mayonnaise.
Grind hard cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle the resulting salad, but that’s not all. Then we repeat all the products from the beginning to form additional layers.
At the very end, we make a mesh out of mayonnaise so that free areas are formed, where we will place the red caviar.
Since the salad contains potatoes, cheese and eggs, this dish needs to soak in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. Then we set the table and treat everyone to a wonderful, delicious “Tsar’s” salad.
