It's time to prepare a New Year's menu, be sure to write in the list of salad "New Year's dragon" to appease the patron

New Year is the holiday that unites all the nationalities of the world in a single impulse. It has absorbed cultures and traditions from all corners of the globe. One of these traditions is the preparation of very special, symbolic dishes. According to the Eastern calendar, the year of the green wooden dragon is approaching. That sounds formidable. We believe that even such a magnificent reptile can be appeased. It will be enough to make a dragon salad for the New Year.



It would be a pleasure for anyone to taste a dish prepared in his honor. Such practices are not uncommon in our culture. So why not give the festive table its flavor this year?

The original dragon salad for the New Year You definitely (and more than once) saw the Malachite bracelet salad. The main composition of the ingredients is usually chicken, eggs, nuts, mayonnaise and kiwi. The combination is wonderful, but familiar. In the coming year, I would like something more unusual, something that no one has ever had. And what if you take the best of this salad - a juicy green scale of fresh kiwi records?

Such decoration does not just create a thematic effect. Kiwi goes well with other ingredients, not just chicken.



Unsplash Salad "Curled Dragon" Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 400g crab sticks
• small can of corn (250 g)
• 1 porey onions
• 1 green apple
• 3 kiwi
• 1 cucumber
• 200g mayonnaise
• black olives (for decor)
• salt and pepper

Preparation

1. Boil chicken eggs hard and then immerse them in ice water - so you will be easier to clean them from the shell.
   
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2. Chop the onions as small as possible. Do not forget to cut rough green feathers, use only the stem. Its taste is much more delicate than that of white onions.
3. Clean the kiwi. It is not necessary to suffer with a potato peeler or, worse, a knife. Just cut the kiwi in half and, using a tablespoon, extract the halves. Then cut the kiwi in half circles. If you want your salad dragon to have round scales, you still have to tinker with cleaning.
   
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4. Cut the cucumber in small cubes. It is advisable to first clean it from hard peel. In the same way, peel the apple and cut it into small cubes.
5. Now mix finely chopped crab sticks, eggs, corn, apple, cucumber, pore with mayonnaise. Add salt and pepper to taste, then choose a large round dish and start decorating.
   
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For the formation of a salad, we recommend putting a glass in the center. Thus, your curled dragon will definitely get the right shape. Lay out the salad mixture, pressing your hands well on the sides so that the surface is not too bumpy. It's kiwi time. Lay thin slices so that they cover the salad with green scales. Voila! Your dragon is ready. And if you want to make it look more credible, follow our instructions. The continuation of the recipe will definitely appeal to creative cooks. To make plates on the back of a winged snake, use pieces of a green apple to form a ridge.
Olives, as you might have guessed, are for the eyes. The most thoughtful can also add to the dragon writhing flames on the sides, carved from sweet red pepper. Pomegranate grains are also suitable for creating fire glare.



Povarenok

This salad has a bright, memorable taste. But it can be made more delicate by replacing crab sticks with boiled chicken breast. For those on a diet, mayonnaise should not be a stumbling block - use salted Greek yogurt instead. We hope that this recipe did not leave you indifferent: I am ready to swear that the dragon will definitely like it. I wish you all the best in the coming New Year!