Fiesta salad with baked chicken, pineapple and mushrooms

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make Fiesta salad with chicken and pickled mushrooms? Prepare your ingredients. You can take a whole chicken breast or one already cut into fillets, it doesn’t matter. My mushrooms are marinated (champignons), but fresh ones will do, they will need to be fried. Boil the eggs first. Place the pineapples in a sieve to drain excess liquid.

2. STEP 2

   

   First, cook the chicken. For this salad, the chicken can be boiled in water, steamed, or fried, but I like it baked best. How to bake chicken? Salt and pepper the chicken breast, add your favorite spices (I keep it simple - paprika and dried basil) and a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. Coat the chicken with all this, then wrap it in foil.

3. STEP 3

   

   Bake the breast until done (at 180°C for about 30 minutes, depending on the size of the breast), the main thing is not to dry it out! I check readiness this way: I pierce the breast in the thickest place with a thin knife or skewer. Clear juice flows - that’s it, the chicken is ready, you can take it out of the oven. Cool it down.

4. STEP 4

   

   To make the chicken cool faster, I cut it into small pieces while still hot (remove the skin).

5. STEP 5

   

   Now you can start slicing. Cut the mushrooms into slices and the onions into cubes. Mix onions with mushrooms.

6. STEP 6

   

   Peel the cucumber and cut into cubes. The peel, if it is not rough, damaged or bitter, does not need to be cut off.

7. STEP 7

   

   Boil the eggs hard. How to hard boil eggs? To prevent eggs from cracking during cooking, place them in cold water and cook over low heat. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. The shell will be better cleaned from a sharp temperature change. Separate the yolks from the whites. Cut the whites into cubes, leave the yolk, it will be used for decoration.

8. STEP 8

   

   I made the salad in portions, so I laid everything out in layers, but this salad won’t be any worse if all the ingredients are chopped and mixed together. So, the first layer is chicken, compact it well and grease it with mayonnaise (you need very little mayonnaise, due to the pineapples, cucumber, and mushrooms, the salad itself is already juicy.)

9. STEP 9

   

   The second layer is egg white, and again a little mayonnaise.

10. STEP 10

    

    The third layer is pineapples (do not add mayonnaise). If you have rings, then first cut them into pieces.

11. STEP 11

    

    The fourth layer is cucumber and a little mayonnaise.

12. STEP 12

    

    The fifth layer is mushrooms and onions. A little mayonnaise again. Press all layers well with a spoon so that the surface is level.

13. STEP 13

    

    Grate the egg yolk on top. Carefully remove the salad from the ring and serve.

14. STEP 14

    

    Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Venus

10.12.2023

4.6

Thank you, try my salad too

Shura

10.12.2023

4.7

Irisha, your salad looks like a cake, elegant and very appetizing! In this form, the salad really turns out much more beautiful, tender and tasty! I liked that you use very little mayonnaise, and the pineapple gives a bright, juicy taste. An excellent holiday option!

Irisha

10.12.2023

5

Shurochka, thank you! I also liked this salad because of the small amount of mayonnaise, and I personally just adore the combination of chicken and pineapples, I’m ready to eat it in the form of a sandwich))

Check mark

10.12.2023

4.6

Fiesta Chicken salad with marinated mushrooms prepared for a holiday for a large company. I would like to thank the author, everyone appreciated the salad, everyone liked it, and I gave the recipe away. Great combination of flavors.