Holiday salad for New Year: a simple and very tasty recipe

Creating a New Year’s menu is a real dilemma for most home cooks. Along with traditional «signature» dishes, you want to surprise your family and guests with something new, interesting, and, of course, delicious. At the same time, there is almost never enough time for long and complicated cooking.

For those who want to prepare something easy and quick that will surely appeal even to the most demanding gourmets, this chicken and walnut salad recipe is a perfect choice. It is filling, nutritious, and has a very pleasant taste. In addition, walnuts are an extremely healthy product. They contain iodine — a mineral essential for proper thyroid function — as well as omega fatty acids that help regulate the work of many body systems.

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Ingredients

To prepare a hearty and delicious New Year’s holiday salad (3 servings), you will need:

• 300 g chicken fillet;
• 3 kiwis;
• 100 g hard cheese (any variety);
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 50 g walnuts (shelled);
• 100 g mayonnaise;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 pinch of pepper (optional);
• 1 bunch of fresh herbs for garnish (dill or parsley);

Step-by-step preparation

First, prepare all the ingredients. Wash the chicken fillet and boil it in salted water until fully cooked. After it cools, remove it from the broth and cut it into thin strips or tear it into fibers. Grate the hard cheese on a grater.

Boil the eggs hard, then peel and dice them. Peel the kiwis and cut them into slices. Rinse the herbs thoroughly under running water, pat dry with a kitchen towel, and chop not too finely. Lightly crush the walnuts in a mortar.

Next, assemble the salad. In a deep bowl or salad dish, combine the chopped chicken, eggs, and crushed walnut kernels. Season with salt and pepper, add mayonnaise and mix well. Sprinkle the finished salad with grated cheese on top, decorate with kiwi slices and chopped herbs. Before serving, let the salad soak by placing it in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

Notes:

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