Romanian Beef Salad(Salata De Boeuf)
Romanian Beef Salad (Salada de boeuf) is considered a traditional recipe for Christmas, New Year's, and Easter. The salad is also widely popular in the Balkans/Eastern Europe. Root vegetables, cooked beef, or chicken mixed with pickled vegetables and mayo are the main ingredients.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 456kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound cooked beef (boiled) Chicken, turkey, or even ham are also accepted.
- 1 pound potatoes cooked
- ½ pound carrots cooked
- 1 parsnip cooked
- 1 small celeriac cooked
- ½ cup green peas cooked
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3-4 tablespoons mustard
- 1 cup pickles chopped
- 1 cup red peppers in vinegar chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
Optional for decorating the salad:
- olives pickled vegetables, boiled eggs, parsley leaves, etc.
Instructions
- Dice the cooked meat, and vegetables (potatoes, carrots, parsnip, celeriac) and place them in a large salad bowl.
- Drain the pickled vegetables very well, dice them, and add them to the rest of the ingredients.
- Add mayo and mustard, season with salt and pepper, and mix everything.
- Season with more salt and pepper if necessary.
- Traditionally, the top of the salad is smoothed out with a spatula, then a thin layer of mayo is spread to cover the surface, then decorated.
- Refrigerate, then serve. The leftovers are good for 3-4 days.
- Serve the salad cold.
Notes
Beef:
For this salad, look for a beef cut that's lean and will become tender when boiled. You're not searing or roasting the beef, so there's no need to go for cuts that are meant for those cooking methods. Here are some good options: Chuck, flank, or shank.
The beef is usually boiled in water with a bit of salt. Once it's tender, it's cooled, diced, and added to the salad. If no beef is available, use chicken, turkey breast, or even ham.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 456kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 529mg | Potassium: 894mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 5445IU | Vitamin C: 50mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 3mg
