In the middle of winter, sometimes you really want to be in the midst of summer and among the sun's rays! This will help a bright and delicious tropical mango salad with crispy Chinese cabbage. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Easy to prepare, dietary, original and colorful Peking cabbage salad with mango and olive oil dressing with lemon juice will appeal to everyone, especially those who follow nutrition and care about health. The products are in perfect harmony with each other in taste and structure. A simple yet effective dressing brings the finishing touch to a masterpiece. The salad turns out to be crispy thanks to the cabbage, and the mango slices create an interesting contrast with their softness. The salad has a very bright and incredible taste. Exotic ingredients of the dish will not leave anyone indifferent. This dish will be a great side dish for boiled chicken breast or steamed chicken cutlets.
As practice shows, canned mango in a salad does not justify itself, tk. the taste of the fruit is completely absent. Therefore, it is better to buy fresh and ripe mangoes. Today we use ripe fresh Egyptian mango, but Thai or Vietnamese will do. Thanks to the use of Chinese cabbage, the salad is very nutritious and very easy on the stomach. In addition, cabbage has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, if you are tired of Olivier, fur coat or mimosa, then use the proposed recipe and prepare a healthy salad.
See also how to make Chinese cabbage and crab stick salad.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 125 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Peking cabbage - 7-8 leaves
- Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
- Olive oil - for dressing
- Mango - 1 pc.
- Salt - pinch or to taste
Step by step preparation of Peking cabbage and mango salad, recipe with photo:
1. Remove the required number of leaves from the Chinese cabbage. Wash them, dry them with a paper towel and chop them into thin strips. Be sure to cut the dense white areas of the leaves where they attach to the base of the stump. Since it is in these places that the maximum amount of vitamins and juiciness is contained.
2. Wash and dry the mango with a paper towel. Slice off the skin, cut out the pit, and cut the flesh into cubes. How to properly peel a mango, you can read in a step-by-step recipe with a photo by finding it on the pages of the site. To do this, use the search string.
Take mango ripe, soft and aromatic. If the fruit is very hard, then it is not yet ripe. Leave it at room temperature for a few days to ripen.
3. Combine the cabbage with the mango in a deep bowl.
4. Season salad with salt and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
5. Then pour in olive oil, which can be replaced with vegetable, pumpkin, sesame and other oils.
6. Stir the Chinese cabbage and mango salad well. Chill it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes and serve.
See also a video recipe on how to make a mango salad.
