Salads from Beijing cabbage, with the addition of cucumbers and tomatoes - a real vitamin bomb for the body. Together, these three ingredients include vitamins A, E, PP, and B.
From these vitamins depends on the body's immune system, cell renewal, as well as maintaining weight. Moreover, the calorie content of each individual vegetable is relatively small: cabbage has 16 kcal, tomatoes 18 kcal, and cucumber has 16. The carbohydrate content of each vegetable is no more than 4g, which allows you to consume them in a sufficiently large amount without harm to the figure.
The article describes in detail the most delicious salads based on Chinese cabbage, tomatoes and cucumbers. You can also add other useful ingredients to them.
Here are some examples of how you can vary the usual salad of Chinese cabbage, tomato and cucumber.
Recipes of dishes and their photos
With corn
With shrimps
Ingredients:
- head of cabbage;
- 2 - 3 ripe red tomatoes;
- one medium cucumber;
- 200g canned corn;
- 200g shrimp;
- 2 small bulbs;
- salt and spices to taste.
Cooking method:
- Cabbage is divided into leaves, carefully washed, remove the yellowed areas (if any) and cut into strips.
- We wash the tomatoes, cut them in halves, remove the place of attachment of the fruit and cut it in a semicircle as thin as possible.
- Cucumbers are also washed and cut in the shape of a semicircle.
- Boil the shrimps, leave them whole (we need them for serving).
Olive oil can be used for dressing.
Served as follows:
- If you do it in portions, then lay out the first layer of cabbage (we try to make it as large as possible in diameter and flat).
- Then, starting from the edge, lay out one turn of the tomatoes (to make a red border around the salad).
- The following layer in the same way, but only from the cucumber.
- Next - shrimp.
- In the remaining empty middle, lay out the corn.
- Salt, pepper to taste and sprinkle with olive oil.
If your plans do not include a spectacular supply, then simply mix the ingredients, spices and dressing. We get a light vitamin salad.
With ham
Ingredients:
- 500g. sheets of Chinese cabbage;
- 300g tomatoes;
- 200g cucumber;
- 200g canned corn;
- 200g ham;
- 100g hard cheese.
For refueling:
- salt pepper;
- 250g of mayonnaise (you can substitute yogurt, but in no case sour cream - it is too sour);
- a few cloves of garlic and 50g of dill (these are about 2 to 3 bunches).
Cooking method:
- We wash the cabbage and cut it as follows: first, chop into straws, then the resulting billet is divided into three parts, that is, you should get some small cabbage straws.
- We wash the tomatoes, pour boiling water and peel them off, cut them into small cubes.
- Cucumbers also peeled, cut into cubes.
- For convenience, you can rub the ham on a coarse grater (if you have enough "elastic"), or cut it into small cubes.
- Three cheese on a fine grater.
How to cook a dressing:
- Three garlic on a fine grater.
- Dill finely shred and add this ingredient to mayonnaise (or yogurt).
- Also send salt and spices there.
"Putting" salad as follows:
- the first layer is cabbage;
- the second - cucumbers;
- the third is tomatoes;
- the fourth is ham;
- the fifth is corn;
- the last is cheese.
We coat each of the layers with a dressing.
Important! Whatever cabbage layer does not fall apart and do not move out, before starting to lay out the layers, the cabbage is best mixed with a small amount of dressing.
Then, before spreading cucumbers, lubricate the dressing again is not necessary.
With Chiken
With breadcrumbs
Ingredients:
- 500g of cabbage;
- 200g cherry tomatoes;
- 1 medium cucumber;
- 300g chicken breast fillet;
- breadcrumbs;
- 1 egg;
- salt, spices, garlic, mayonnaise and cooking oil.
Cooking method:
- To begin, prepare the chicken.
- To do this, stratify the fillet lengthwise and cut into approximately 2 by 2 centimeters.
- Next, each resulting piece is first dipped in an egg (you first need to slightly beat the egg, so that the yolk and white become a single mass), roll in breadcrumbs and send to roast in a heated frying pan with the addition of oil.
- Wash cabbage and chop straws.
- Cherry tomatoes and cucumbers are also washed; Cherry cut into 4 slices, cucumbers - in a semicircle.
- Next, do the dressing: mix the mayonnaise with grated garlic and spices.
- Mix the vegetable ingredients and dressing, fried chicken fillet add immediately before use, as the croutons can soften from the dressing.
With cheese
We will need:
- head of cabbage;
- 2 - 3 ripe red tomatoes;
- one medium cucumber;
- 250 - 300g chicken fillet;
- 100g of hard cheese;
- one loaf;
- salt, pepper, mayonnaise (you can replace the low-fat yogurt);
- green onions to taste.
Cooking method:
- Boil fillets until cooked and cut into cubes.
- Cabbage shred thin straws.
- Tomatoes and cucumber also washed and cut into cubes.
- In tomatoes, you must not forget to remove the attachment to the stem.
- Cheese three on a coarse grater.
- All the prepared ingredients are mixed, add spices and salt to taste, as well as dressing and crackers.
How to cook crackers:
- Cut the loaf into slices (it is more convenient to take ready-made sliced loaf for this).
- Then we divide each of these slices into three longitudinal parts, and from these parts we make cubes.
- We spread on a baking sheet and send to the oven for 20 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees, stirring occasionally to avoid burning.
- Croutons can optionally sprinkle with olive oil and add spices to Provencal herbs.
Attention! Do not mix crackers with the main ingredients, and add just before use! It is important. Since they can soak and lose their proper taste.
With olives
With basil
Ingredients:
- 500g. Chinese cabbage leaves;
- 200g cherry tomatoes;
- 200g olives;
- 150g canned corn;
- one medium cucumber;
- 50g fresh basil leaves;
- salt, pepper, olive oil to taste.
Cooking method:
- This salad should look a bit "careless, so the washed leaves of Peking cabbage are torn with hands into small pieces.
- Tomatoes and cucumbers washed.
- Next, cut the cherry into 4 parts each, and cucumbers - into squares.
- Olives cut into circles.
- Basil leaves shred as small as possible.
- Mix all the prepared ingredients along with the corn, add salt, pepper and olive oil.
It turns out a light vitamin salad.
With almond
We will need:
- 250g chicken fillet;
- 300g Chinese cabbage leaves;
- 200g cherry tomatoes;
- 120g. blue cheese;
- 1 small white onion;
- 1 can of olives;
- 60g. almond;
- 1 small cucumber;
- 1 tbsp. a spoon of lemon juice;
- salt, pepper and olive oil - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Chicken fillet cut into cubes, salt and fry.
- Chop the almonds into small pieces and fry until ready.
- Cut the cheese into small cubes.
- Rinse the Chinese cabbage leaves and tear them into small pieces.
- After processing, we cut the cherry into four parts, the cucumbers into cubes.
- Cut olives in half.
- In a deep bowl, mix the chicken, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, onion, cheese, lemon juice, salt, pepper and olive oil.
- Before serving, decorate with almonds and olives.
With bell pepper
With olives
We will need:
- 200g Chinese cabbage leaves;
- 3 ripe red tomatoes;
- 2 cucumbers;
- one large yellow bell pepper;
- 1 red onion;
- 1 can of olives;
- feta cheese 200gr .;
- salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil for dressing - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Pepper is cleared of seeds, divided into 4 parts and cut into large straws.
- Tomatoes cut into large chunks. To do this, cut each tomato into halves, then cut this half into three longitudinal parts separately and turn the resulting 3 slices in half again.
- Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise, and the resulting parts into a semicircle, not too thin.
- Onion cut into thin half-rings.
- Feta cheese diced.
- We tear the Chinese cabbage finely with our hands.
- Olives go to salad entirely.
- Mix all ingredients, including lemon juice, olive oil and spices.
It turns out the recipe for a classic Greek salad, only with Chinese cabbage.
If you need a beautiful feed, you can do it as follows:
- Separately, together with the dressing mix peppers, onions, tomatoes and cucumbers.
- Spread the leaves of lettuce on an even layer on the plate, on them - a ready-made mixture of vegetables.
- Decorate with olives and feta cheese on top.
With corn
We will need:
- 1 head of cabbage;
- 2 - 3 ripe tomatoes;
- one cucumber;
- 1 large bell pepper;
- heads of boiled corn;
- spring onions;
- salt, pepper and olive oil for dressing - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Cabbage leaves are separated from each other, washed and removed damaged areas (if any).
- Tomatoes and cucumbers washed and cut into cubes.
- Bulgarian pepper is cut into 4 parts, remove the seeds and the white part and cut into strips.
- Green onions cut rings.
- Next, in a deep bowl, mix the ingredients along with the dressing and serve to the table.
With egg
With mayonnaise
We will need:
- 300g Chinese cabbage leaves;
- 2 large tomatoes;
- 1 cucumber;
- 100g hard cheese;
- 3 eggs;
- dill mayonnaise, salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
- Wash cabbage and chop straws.
- Tomatoes and cucumbers also washed under running water, cut them into cubes.
- Boil the eggs, cut the white into straws, yolk - just crumble into the salad.
- Cheese rubbed on a coarse grater. Dill finely shred.
- All the ingredients are sent in a deep container, add salt, pepper and dressing, mix.
With greens
Ingredients:
- 400g Chinese cabbage;
- 1 big cucumber;
- 1 medium white onion;
- 200g cherry tomatoes;
- 1 bunch of dill;
- 1 bunch of parsley;
- 2 eggs.
For refueling you need salt, pepper and mayonnaise to taste.
Cooking:
- Washed cabbage finely chop straws.
- Wash cucumbers, peel them and cut them in a semicircle.
- Cherry tomatoes are also washed and cut into quarters.
- Dill and parsley finely shred.
- Boil eggs until cooked, clean, cut into cubes.
- Mix all the ingredients in a deep bowl with salt, pepper and mayonnaise to taste.
A few quick recipes
The simplest recipe is to chop small cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes and mix. You can also add grated carrots for sweetness. Of course, in conjunction with this dish, finely chopped greens will look great. For decoration, you can add anything. It will be beautiful if the dish is decorated with multi-colored ingredients.
It is also tasty if you add pineapple and ground walnuts to Chinese cabbage, cucumber and cherry tomatoes. These ingredients give any salads a special zest and satiety. To fill this version of the salad must be olive oil.
How to serve dishes?
Salads, where there is Peking cabbage, can always be turned into a work of art. For example, you can put a layer of cabbage on a plate, and on top is the rest of the mixture of ingredients. Also in the variant with tomatoes and cucumber, they can be effectively "layered."
Since the color gamut of the main ingredients is bright enough, for example, with yellow vegetables, you can use the principle of layers and serve it in small transparent glasses.
In the described recipes, you can optionally replace mayonnaise with low-fat yogurt. Thus, you get a dietary salad, without losing its taste and vitamin properties. Daily consumption of Chinese cabbage, cucumber and tomato salads will have a positive effect on digestion due to the presence of fiber in these vegetables.