Salad with pickles - 212 cooking recipes

Pickles, in principle, can be considered our national treasure. In Russia, they have been salted for a long time, constantly, using a variety of technologies, using a variety of additional products. In not so long ago, in the cellars of our grandmothers there were numerous jars with these vegetables in a row. And some people had filled wooden barrels)) Of course, recipes for salad with pickles and other dishes also appeared.

Pickled cucumbers go well with almost all boiled vegetables, especially potatoes. Many people put them in Olivier (others take them lightly salted, pickled, or fresh). Be sure to add them to classic vinaigrettes. Different cutting methods: cubes, slices, circles, strips - expand the choice of both the recipes themselves and their design. For example, for making layered holiday salads, the layers in which need to be made in different colors.

The skin of cucumbers is usually not cut off for salad. Unless you need to slightly soften the consistency of the vegetable (it happens that the peel is too hard, but according to the recipe the appetizer should turn out tender).

A salad of pickled cucumbers with fresh white cabbage and onions turns out to be very good in taste and appearance. Especially if you chop them with a Korean grater into long strips. It is better to lightly add cabbage and crush it with your hands before mixing with vegetables. Season everything with vegetable oil, salt and pepper. It seems simple, but you can get your own boost of freshness, vitamins and minerals.

Advice: don’t rush to get rid of over-salted cucumbers. Just add them to a salad with boiled unleavened rice (and any other composition). Rice absorbs excess salt perfectly. The same can be done with potatoes.