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Salată de Boeuf: Romanian Beef Salad
Salată de Boeuf is a classic Romanian beef salad combining boiled vegetables, cooked meat, and peas with finely chopped pickled cucumbers, all coated in homemade mayonnaise made from egg yolk, mustard, lemon juice, and olive oil. The salad is garnished with olives and pickled bell pepper slices, offering a creamy, tangy, and savory dish with a mix of soft and crisp textures, typically served as a cold appetizer.
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings:
6
servings
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Romanian
Ingredients
Salad:
- 2-3 potato
- 1 parsnip
- 2 carrot
- 100 g cooked chicken or cooked beef
- 3 pickled cucumbers
- 50 g pea
Homemade Mayonnaise
- 1 egg yolk
- 50-60 ml olive oil
- 2 teaspoon mustard
- 1/2 lemon juice
Garnish
- olive
- bell pepper pickled, sliced
- salt
- black pepper
Instructions
Instructions:
- Boil the vegetables and meat, then remove and allow to cool. Once cooled, chop them up finely.
- Chop the pickled cucumbers finely and add to the bowl.
- Boil the peas well and add them to the salad.
- Prepare the mayonnaise with egg yolk, mustard, lemon juice, salt, pepper and oil and put it over the salad.
- Beef salad can be garnished with olives, cucumber slices and parsley.
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