"Easter Kulich" Salad

Name: "Easter Kulich" Salad
Ingredients: 250 g chicken breast fillet; 150 g boiled potatoes; 100 g canned button mushrooms; 100 g onion; 50 g cheese; 3 eggs; mayonnaise, sour cream; salt, pepper; breadcrumbs; colorful bell peppers or other vegetables

Easter is just around the corner, which means it's time for me to wrap up the fasting recipes and move on to Easter ones. Today, my dear readers, I have something special for you — an unusual, beautiful, and delicious recipe! A salad decorated to look like an Easter kulich (Easter bread)! It's sure to impress your family and guests! I think it goes without saying that you can use any salad you like on the inside — even a simple Olivier salad — and decorate it the same way. I ended up with two "kuliches" as shown in the photo. I'd recommend not making them too large so they're easier to slice and eat. You can also make individual portions — each guest gets their own little "kulich." Whichever way you go, it'll be tasty, beautiful, and fun!

Ingredients:

250 g chicken breast fillet
150 g boiled potatoes
100 g canned button mushrooms
100 g onion
50 g cheese
3 eggs
mayonnaise, sour cream
salt, pepper
For decoration:
breadcrumbs
colorful bell peppers or other vegetables

How to cook "Easter Kulich" salad

Prepare the ingredients. Sauté the onion in vegetable or clarified butter until lightly golden, then add the raw chicken breast fillet cut into small pieces and cook until done (about 4–5 minutes). Season with salt and pepper. Boil the potatoes in their skins and let them cool completely. Hard-boil the eggs ahead of time and let them cool as well.

Prepare the layers. First layer — grate the potatoes on a coarse grater and the cheese on a fine grater, mix with mayonnaise or a half-and-half blend of mayonnaise and sour cream, season with salt if needed, and stir to combine.

Second layer — the chicken breast fillet with onion prepared above.

Third layer — sliced marinated button mushrooms.

Fourth layer — eggs grated on a coarse grater and mixed with mayonnaise.

Assemble the salad inside a ring mold, pressing each layer down firmly! A trimmed tin can or a plastic bottle works great as a ring. Mine has a diameter of 8 cm. Remove the ring, then spoon a bit more of the fourth layer on top to form a dome shape.

Here's what it looks like from the side.

Spread the sides with a half-and-half mixture of mayonnaise and sour cream, then coat with breadcrumbs. Add 1–2 tsp of water to the mayonnaise-sour cream mixture to thin it out slightly, then use it to coat the top of the salad.

Decorate with "sprinkles." I cut letters out of bell pepper, and my sprinkles are also made from colorful bell peppers. Small pieces of any other colorful vegetables work great for the "sprinkles" too.

The "Easter Kulich" salad turns out wonderfully festive and beautiful, as well as hearty and delicious! It makes a perfect centerpiece for your Easter table!