Beautiful and tasty, nutritious and low-calorie, hearty and aromatic - salad with vegetables, crab sticks, shrimps and poached egg. How to cook it, will tell you a step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Breakfast and dinner are mandatory. All doctors talk about this, claiming that in the morning the body needs a charge of energy in order to have enough strength for the whole day, and in the evening you cannot go to bed with a feeling of hunger, so as not to acquire diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. However, many people prefer to have a cup of coffee with a tiny sandwich in the morning, and skip meals in the evening. The reason for not wanting to have breakfast is laziness to cook something in the morning, and in the evening - the fear of gaining extra pounds. And, meanwhile, there are many delicious, appetizing and healthy breakfasts and dinners that are not difficult to prepare for and do not harm the figure. Don't believe me? Then check out the salad recipe with vegetables, crab sticks, shrimp and poached egg. Take no more than 5 minutes and you will have a gourmet breakfast or dinner on your table that deserves the highest praise! Such a salad in the morning will saturate and energize well, and in the evening it will satisfy the feeling of hunger without adding a single gram of extra kilogram. The vegetable component can be varied and changed to your taste, and a special "highlight" of the dish is poached egg - the French version of boiled eggs. Their main highlight is that eggs are boiled without shells. It is not difficult to cook them correctly if you know the basic rules and follow the tips.
This salad is perfect not only for breakfast and lunch, but also for a snack or addition to a side dish, for example, porridge, meat steak, boiled potatoes … And if you want to lose weight, then eat it regularly. It will cleanse and saturate the body without adding extra pounds.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 153 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Crab sticks - 100 g
- Boiled-frozen shrimps - 100 g
- Olive oil - for dressing
- Tomatoes - 1 pc.
- Greens (cilantro, basil, parsley, dill) - several sprigs
- Cucumbers - 1 pc.
- Eggs - 2 pcs. (1 piece for one serving)
- Salt - pinch or to taste
Step by step cooking salad with vegetables, crab sticks, shrimps and poached egg, recipe with photo:
1. How to boil poached eggs you can find several step-by-step recipes with photos on the website pages. To do this, use the search string. Poached eggs can be boiled in a double boiler, in a bag, in water on the stove, in the microwave, or steamed. In this recipe, I suggest using a microwave. To do this, empty the contents of the egg into a cup of water.
2. Season the eggs with a small pinch of salt and microwave the eggs at 850 kW for 50-60 seconds. However, cooking times may differ from one appliance to another. Therefore, keep an eye on their readiness. As soon as the protein coagulates, the poached is considered ready.
3. Pour boiling water over the shrimps and leave for 3-5 minutes to thaw.
4. Wash the tomatoes, dry with a paper towel and cut into medium-sized wedges.
5. Wash cucumbers, dry, cut off the ends and cut into thin half rings.
6. Defrost crab sticks naturally without using a microwave oven and water. To do this, remove them from the freezer in advance. Then remove the wrapping from them and cut into cubes.
7. Wash greens, dry and finely chop.
8. Peel the shrimp and cut off the head.
nine. Put all products, except for poached eggs, in a deep salad bowl.
10. Season salad with salt, sprinkle with olive oil and stir.
11. Divide salad into serving bowls.
13. Place the poached egg on top of the salad. Sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired. Serve the prepared salad with vegetables, crab sticks, shrimps and poached egg immediately after cooking.
See also a video recipe on how to make a shrimp and crab stick salad.
