Salad from Chinese cabbage: recipes, especially cooking and reviews

Many foods and products that come from Asian cuisine, fell in love and firmly taken root in Russian cookbooks. A vivid example of Chinese cabbage. Oblong cylindrical cabbages, sometimes referred to as "Chinese" or "pekinku", mainly grown as annual crops. In Asian cuisine usually vegetable served with sweet and sour or spicy sauces. In our country, this product is often included in the composition of complex dishes. A delicious salad of Chinese cabbage obtained, because this vegetable is able to absorb, to set off and to convey the flavor of the sauce.

The popularity of the cabbage the cabbage family and has become even because it has negative calories. As they say nutritionists, eating food from the "Chinese" you can at least a day. 100 g of cabbage contains only 12 calories. But this is not the only advantage of Chinese cabbage.

Useful properties

Just say that Chinese vegetable is not inferior, but rather bypasses its white "relative" on the content of vitamins and minerals. In addition to the common B1, B6, And, in any salad of Chinese cabbage will be rare and vitamin PP. Perhaps, in the Russian diet such a set of useful components can be found except in the radish or rye bread. Other products to boast of it can't.

The Big plus of the vegetable in the fact that a lot of citric acid. This makes the cabbage from China real natural preservative. You can add "pekinku" dish in the evening and eat the next day, it will still be fresh. Mistress noticed that the salads with the popular iceberg or arugula lose freshness much faster than a salad of Chinese cabbage.

Great use of this vegetable brings and those who are fond of diets or adhere to proper nutrition. Due to the negative calorie Chinese cabbage is a leader in the rating of foods for weight loss.

How to select and store

Before we proceed to the discussion of popular and delicious recipes of this vegetable, we would like to give a few tips concerning the correct selection and storage of the product. First, on store shelves, you must attract not just green and juicy at first glance, the vegetable, the head must be heavy and dense. If a head light, too early to rejoice, he's just a very long time on the shelf, dry and not edible. Secondly, it is not recommended to purchase the product, if the top leaves are signs of mildew, an rot.

As for storage, here there are no complications. Cabbage is Packed in a paper or a dry cloth, put into the fridge. In this state, at low temperature, the vegetable will be stored 7-10 days.

Cabbage "Chinese" in cooking

Definitely the most useful variant — the use of Chinese cabbage in a fresh kind. There are so many recipes of delicious salads, Chinese cabbage, by the way, many of them will be given you today. Cabbage can be served as seafood and meat, and other vegetables. The second popular option of cooking — cabbage rolls, stews or soups. Of course, the heat treatment takes most of the beneficial vitamins and minerals, so cooking or baking "of pecinci" should be minimal.

Also, cabbage is often used as a decorative element dishes. Lettuce large size sometimes get quite problematic or expensive. But the affordable Chinese cabbage — is more successful, besides the budget.

Now let's discuss the most popular options of salads, main role in which plays cabbage.

Cabbage with olives and cucumbers

Suggest you to prepare light, crunchy and low-calorie salad with Chinese cabbage and cucumber. Dressed this salad with olive oil, homemade mayonnaise or special diet kefir dressing.

List of ingredients

• 320 g Chinese cabbage.
• A cucumber.
• One large bell pepper (bright colors - red or yellow).
• 7-10 olives.
• Three spoons of yogurt, fragrant ground pepper, fresh Basil, dried garlic, half a teaspoon of sweet mustard — filling.

How to cook

Any recipe salad Chinese cabbage is good because it is prepared very quickly. Vegetable no need to rinse, just remove the top leaves and I can start cutting. Put the sliced cabbage in a salad bowl, add a little salt and mix well with your hands directly. It is important that the cabbage gave some juice. Cucumber should peel, cut into small slices. Bell pepper cut same as cucumber. Don't forget to pre-wash vegetable, to get the stalk and seeds.

Combine all the ingredients together, season them with yogurt-garlic dressing. For beauty and extra flavor, throw in a saladthe halves of olives.

Cabbage chicken

If you want to cook diet, but still hearty dish, I advise you to take a closer look at this salad with Chinese cabbage and chicken. Meat ingredients are perfectly combined with vegetables, and fragrant garlic oil perfectly sets off the taste of all products. By the way, desire can be taken as boiled fillet of diet and more nutritious and high-calorie smoked chicken breast.

List products

• 240 grams of meat.
• Cucumber.
• 350 g Chinese cabbage.
• Leeks.

Description of the cooking process

Salad with Chinese cabbage and chicken prepared in minutes. The chicken breast should be boiled for 15 minutes. If the recipe you chose the smoked chicken, the cooking time is reduced. Cut the chicken into small long slices. Small cubes chop up the leeks and cucumber. With cabbage remove the top leaves, pulp cut into large pieces. Mix in a bowl all ingredients together and add garlic to the dressing.

Garlic sauce: 60 ml olive oil, 2 cloves of garlic, a pinch of salt and a good bunch of Basil. Greens finely cut, garlic cut with a knife in the crumb. Mix all ingredients, add a few drops of lemon juice, allow to stand for 5 minutes. This garlic oil can be added to any diet of green salads.

Cabbage with ham and avocado

If about calories and diets to think you don't have, and the figure allows you to eat any favorite foods, then try to make an incredibly rich and nutritious salad of Chinese cabbage and ham. The dish turns out not only delicious, but also bright appearance with the addition of colorful vegetables.

List of ingredients

• Cucumber.
• 320 g ham.
• 300 g Chinese cabbage.
• Avocado.
• 3-4 cherry tomato.
• Yellow bell pepper.
• Spices, salt.
• Teaspoon vinegar, tablespoon olive oil, pinch of salt — for dietary refueling, replacing the mayonnaise.

How to cook

Since all the ingredients of salad with Chinese cabbage and ham is almost ready, only need to do their slicing. Cucumber relieve from the skin and the flesh cut into cubes. With Chinese cabbage also remove the top "clothes", cut long strips. The cherry tomatoes can be cut in half by the classical scheme. Bell pepper must be washed, cut off the top cover and remove the insides. Seeded peppers cut into cubes. Similarly, shred the ham and avocado, removing the stone.

All the prepared ingredients mix in a large bowl, season with mayonnaise. You can also use homemade mayonnaise sauce or diet dressing, prepared with olive oil, salt and vinegar.

Cabbage with cheese and crab sticks

Incredibly easy and very tasty salad, the main ingredients are onion, pepper and cabbage. The basic requirement to prepare — to cut cabbage leaves to make the longest slices.

List products

• 250 g Chinese cabbage.
• Two eggs.
• 180 g of crab sticks.
• Cucumber.
• Red onion.
• A Bunch of greens.
• Salt.
• Mayonnaise sauce.

Description of the cooking process

Just say that the main foods in the dish combined perfectly. On the subject of salad of Chinese cabbage with crab sticks, there are a huge number of variations. Sticks and Kale can be joined with bell peppers, beans, radish, crunchy croutons, different kinds of cheese and so on. In this case, the salad is complemented by sweet red onion and fresh cucumber.

First boil the egg, let cool and cut into cubes. Lettuce leaves should be cut so that the straw was as long as possible. The same should be and cucumber slices, so slice them recommended a special nozzle from the peelers. Onion-half rings. Put it in a small bowl. There also pour in 5 tablespoons of water and one teaspoon vinegar. Leave the onions to marinate for 10-15 minutes. Greens just cut into large chunks. As for the crab sticks, they can be cut into cubes or in order to maintain the overall concept, long strips.

Collect crab salad with Chinese cabbage by a simple mixing of all ingredients. In the last step sprinkle with grated cheese. As for refills, we suggest that for this recipe use a homemade mayonnaise sauce.

Kale with squid and crab

Incredibly fast to cook crab salad with Chinese cabbage and squid. The dish is almost entirely composed of seafood, supplemented with vitamin “a pekinku”. You can fill with mayonnaise from a supermarket or a more gentle diet and homemade sauces.

List of products

• 180 gcanned squid.
• Three eggs.
• Rice noodles.
• 220 g of Chinese cabbage.
• Filling — your choice.

How to cook

The Highlight of this dish is Chinese rice noodles, cooked to a state of al dente. It is very important noodles do not digest that inside she was a little hardish. After cooking in order not to bother cutting the noodles before putting it in the pan it is recommended to break into pieces 4-5 cm.

This delicious salad with Chinese cabbage is the dish of the variable. For example, if canned squid from the jar you "don't trust", you can always replace them with frozen. Of course, with the preparation have to Tinker, but it's worth it. In any case, whichever you choose a product it must be cut into thin wedges.

Eggs boil, pour ice-cold water and clean. Cut them in half and then each half into half-circles. Leeks also need to chop sticks. Chop cabbage, add salt and a little abenaim hands.

Mix All ingredients, dressed salad with Chinese cabbage and seafood mayonnaise sauce. You can decorate the dish with the carrots and nuts.

Cabbage with Apple and corn

In this recipe we suggest you use a creamy dressing that emphasizes and complements all salads and snacks. It should be noted that different combination of cheeses with the addition of heavy cream is always a win-win.

Required products

• Cucumber.
• Large Apple.
• 210 grams Chinese cabbage.
• 160 g canned corn.
• Cheese (two or three kinds with different tastes).
• 80 ml of kefir.
• 25 ml of cream.
• 2 cloves of garlic.
• Fresh Basil.

Description of the cooking process

In one large bowl to mix all the ingredients for salad with Chinese cabbage and corn. Apple can't peel, just slice it into equal cubes. Cucumber do the same." The pekinku" cut long strips. Drain excess liquid, measure out 160 grams of corn and add to the dish.

Prepare dressing. Blendery in a bowl pour the specified amount of yogurt, and will make the garlic clove. Mix well. Pour the finely chopped Basil and diced cheese. Again, turn on the blender for a few seconds. Experienced Housewives say that better for this dish to take fragrant cheese. Its salty and quite spicy flavor will be perfect to set off the sweetness of the vegetables.

Diet fish salad with Chinese cabbage and sweet corn

This dish will turn out extremely juicy, tasty, refreshing and, most importantly, low-calorie. It can be served as a festive table in the form of snack, and to introduce a daily Breakfast menu or as a dietary dinner.

List of ingredients

• Crisp fresh cabbage — 220
• 180 g canned tuna.
• Olive oil.
• Cucumber.
• 160 g canned sweet corn.
• A Few cherry tomatoes.
• Lemon juice.
• Fresh greens.
• Pinch of salt.

How to cook salad

To start prepare a beautiful dish. At the bottom put chopped small cubes cabbage. This will be the first layer, which will need to pour sweet canned corn.

The Following "member" salad with Chinese cabbage is canned tuna. Suggest to pay special attention to the choice of this ingredient. Try to buy those canned fish, which are specified by the manufacturer,"live" near the sea or ocean. For example, ever fresh herring, sardine, mackerel is Packed at the plants located in cities that do not have nearby water bodies. It will be imported frozen fish. If to speak about the canned food of this type, it is better to give preference to producers from, say, Murmansk, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok, etc. with regard to such fish as tuna, the hostess suggest to pay attention to canned goods, produced or manufactured on behalf of other firms in Thailand.

For a layer of small tuna spread with cucumber sticks. Decorate and at the same time complemented the salad was delicious sweet cherry tomatoes. As you can see, layers, we were no proslavili. Because the dish we diet, by the end of the cooking, we just sprinkle the salad with a mixture of lemon juice, oil, herbs. By the way, this salad can be a great filling for sandwiches and sandwiches.

Reviews

The Hostess in one voice say that the Chinese cabbage – lifesaver when you need to quickly whip up something easy, but hearty and delicious. Judging by the reviews, Asian vegetable is often used, mix with various products and like even capricious gourmets younger age, and this is a very important indicator of the “skill”.