The undeniable benefit of Chinese cabbage lies in its vitamin properties. The composition of Chinese cabbage includes A and K, which improves eyesight and blood clotting. It also contains dietary fiber, which is not digested by our body. This helps to “unload” the intestines and improve its performance.
The calorie content of Chinese cabbage is only 16 kcal, proteins - 1.2gr, fats - 0.2gr, and carbohydrates - 2gr. At the same time, Beijing cabbage belongs to products with negative caloric content, that is, more energy is spent on its digestion by the body than it receives.
Ham has a bright taste that goes well with Peking cabbage. It is a source of beneficial protein and animal fat. Carbohydrates in it are completely absent! The nutritional value of ham is 270 kcal, 14g of proteins, and 24g of fat. Salads from ham and Chinese cabbage perfectly fit into the daily diet of losing weight, as well as be able to diversify low-carb and protein diets.
Be sure to use in the preparation of the white part of the leaf of Chinese cabbage, because it contains all the beneficial trace elements.
The article will tell you how to cook a variety of salads from Chinese cabbage, give very simple recipes with cheese, crackers, other products, show photos of ready-made dishes and promise that it will be incredibly tasty!
Cooking Instructions and Photos
Consider several options for cooking salads from Peking cabbage and ham.
With crackers
Always add croutons before use, otherwise they will be sodden. Also ham goes well with cheese. You can take in the store ready-made product with the taste of cheese. Or make yourself out of the loaf.
How to make crackers by yourself:
- A loaf of white bread cut across or take ready-made sliced.
- Each slice of bread is cut into three parts so that would make long bread strips, then cut into small cubes from these strips.
- Pour on a baking sheet, sprinkle with olive oil and send to the oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees, stirring occasionally, so that they do not burn.
"Khrustinka"
We will need:
- 1 head of cabbage;
- 200 grams of ham;
- 2 eggs, crackers;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- dill for decoration;
- You can use low-fat yogurt for dressing.
Cooking method:
- We divide the cabbage of cabbage into sheets and wash thoroughly.
- Next, cabbage and ham shred on a small strip.
- Boil the eggs, separate the white from the yolk and also cut the white into longitudinal parts.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, mix.
- We spread on plates, making a small depression in the middle.
- There we put a spoonful of low-fat yoghurt for dressing, sprinkle on top of the dressing with dill.
- Spread croutons all over the "area" of salad.
Reference! If you are cooking for yourself and do not want to spend extra time on the serve, then just mix all the ingredients in a deep plate, separate from the crackers.
"Kaleidoscope"
We will need:
- 1 head of cabbage;
- 150g ham;
- 1 large tomato;
- 50g cheese;
- crackers, if necessary;
- as well as salt and pepper;
- You can use mayonnaise as a dressing.
Cooking:
- We sort the cabbage into bleaching leaves and thoroughly wash it, cut it into straws.
- Ham cut into cubes.
- The tomato is also washed and cut into cubes.
- We rub cheese on the smallest grater.
- Separately mix the chopped cabbage and our dressing.
- Spread on a plate.
- In a separate bowl, in the meantime, mix the ham and tomato, spread on top of the cabbage, salt and pepper.
- In the middle lay out our croutons, sprinkle with cheese. Salad ready!
With cucumber
Green Meadow
A simple fresh option is the preparation of ham salad and Chinese cabbage.
We will need:
- head of cabbage;
- 200 grams of ham;
- one big cucumber (about 300 grams);
- greenery;
- salt pepper;
- olive oil;
- juice of one half lemon for dressing.
Cooking method:
- Lettuce leaves are separated, washed and cut into small strips.
- Ham and pre-washed cucumber also cut into strips.
- Mix the ingredients, dressing and spices.
- Serve salad, sprinkle with herbs.
Reference! Leave the skin of a cucumber or not - depends on your desire. To make it more convenient to cut the cucumber into strips, you can use a peeler.
"May freshness"
It will take:
- 1 head of cabbage;
- 200g ham;
- one big cucumber;
- 2 eggs;
- 50g of any cheese;
- for dressing: a few cloves of garlic, salt, pepper and low-fat yogurt.
Cooking method:
- Wash vegetables.
- Cabbage cut into strips.
- Lugurets-squares.
- Ham and pre-boiled eggs also cut into cubes.
- Cheese three on a coarse grater.
- For dressing, mix salt, pepper, yogurt and garlic, grated on a fine grater.
- We mix all ingredients. When serving, you can decorate with greens.
With corn
"Mary"
A simple salad in haste, for its preparation will need:
- Peking cabbage 300g;
- 250g ham;
- 300g canned corn;
- salt pepper;
- mayonnaise for refueling.
Cooking:
- we wash the cabbage and cut it into ham together with the ham;
- mix together with corn, dress with mayonnaise, add spices.
Salad ready!
"Ray of Light"
Ingredients:
- head of cabbage;
- 200g ham;
- 2 eggs;
- 150g canned corn;
- one small cucumber;
- mayonnaise.
The way of making this salad is "layered." Prepare the ingredients as follows:
- Chop cabbage finely (first cut into longitudinal stripes, cut into small squares after these strips), and also try to cut the ham as small as possible.
- Boil the eggs and separate the yolk from the protein. Protein finely crumbled, leave the yolk for decoration.
- Cucumbers cut into half rings, they also need us for serving.
- We spread the layers as follows: a layer of cabbage, a layer of ham, a layer of corn, a layer of egg. We coat each new layer with a spoon of mayonnaise. Tea or dining room - depends on the diameter of the container in which you are preparing the salad. We coat the last layer of protein with mayonnaise, sprinkle with crumbled yolk on top, lay out cucumbers on the edges of the salad. Thus, we get a delicious chamomile salad.
Important! This salad can also be served not in a large dish, but in portions. For this fit glasses - rocky whiskey. In this case, the entire cooking sequence is observed in the same way, only cucumbers will need to be “stuck” around the circumference of the salad, otherwise they will close our beautiful center.
With cheese
"Ladies Caprice"
Ingredients:
- head of cabbage;
- 200g ham;
- 100g of cheese;
- one egg;
- salt pepper;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
- Washed cabbage leaves and ham cut into strips.
- Rub cheese on a coarse grater, boiled egg also cut into strips.
- Mix all ingredients. Add salt, pepper and mayonnaise to taste.
"Sun"
Ingredients:
- 400g sheets of Peking cabbage;
- 200g ham;
- 150g corn;
- 200g of any mushrooms (forest ones are better);
- 100 grams of cheese;
- walnuts or pine;
- spring onions;
- salt pepper;
- mayonnaise.
Reference! This salad can be made mixed, and you can get a puff.
- Cooking method:
- Putting it in the following order:
- 1 - Slaw;
- 2 - finely sliced ham;
- 3 - mushrooms;
- 4 - corn;
- the top layer is ground walnuts or pine nuts and spring onions for decoration.
- We coat each layer with mayonnaise and sprinkle with cheese.
- Divide the grated cheese so that it would be enough for 3 parts, that is, laid out the cabbage, missed with mayonnaise, sprinkled with cheese.
- Next, lay out the ham and repeat the procedure as well.
- Corn coat with only mayonnaise! This is necessary so that the walnuts are well kept on the surface of the salad. Serve as a separate large dish, and portions in glasses.
With pineapple
"Zigzag of luck"
We will need:
- 400g of cabbage leaves;
- 300g ham;
- 150g of any hard cheese;
- 4-5 rings of canned pineapple;
- 2 eggs;
- spring onions;
- mayonnaise;
- salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
- Cabbage and ham cut into strips.
- Pineapple and boiled egg squares.
- Separately mix the cabbage, ham and egg, season with mayonnaise, spread on a plate.
- Spread pineapple on top and sprinkle with green onions. Salad ready!
"Arrows of Cupid"
Ingredients:
- 400g of lettuce leaves;
- 150g ham;
- 100g of hard cheese;
- 150g corn;
- 100g of walnuts;
- 100g of prunes;
- 200g of pineapple;
- low-fat yogurt for dressing;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Cooking:
- Salad make layers:
- 1 - Slaw;
- 2 - minced ham;
- 3 - corn;
- 4 - finely chopped prunes;
- 5 - finely chopped pineapple;
- 6 - walnuts.
- We coat each layer with yogurt and sprinkle with cheese, only then we spread the next layer. That is, the grated cheese is divided into 5 parts.
- We do not coat the last layer of walnut!
- At will it is possible to decorate with pineapple pieces when serving.
With tomatoes
Scarlet Dawn
Ingredients:
- one head of Chinese cabbage;
- 150-200g turkey ham;
- 2 medium tomatoes;
- Chees Feta;
- 200g olives;
- one medium cucumber;
- olive oil for dressing.
Cooking:
- Chinese cabbage cut into strips, ham, tomatoes, cucumbers and cheese cut into small squares.
- Olives can be cut in half as desired.
- All mix and dress with olive oil. We salt, we pepper.
"Gentle"
Ingredients:
- 400g Chinese cabbage;
- 200 grams cherry tomatoes;
- 100g of Parmesan cheese or any other hard cheese;
- crackers;
- for dressing: low-fat yogurt and garlic.
Cooking method:
- Cherry tomatoes cut into quarters, grate cheese on a fine grater, ham-squares, and cabbage - straw.
- For dressing, mix low-fat yogurt along with crushed garlic.
- Mix all ingredients. Serve, sprinkled with croutons and cheese.
With bell pepper
"Gems"
Ingredients:
- 5-7 leaves of cabbage;
- 150g chicken ham;
- 1 ripe red bell pepper;
- spring onions;
- olive oil;
- salt and spices to taste.
Cooking:
- All ingredients are cut into strips, onions - slices.
- Stir, refuel.
- It turns out simple and fresh salad.
"Antoshka"
Ingredients:
- cabbage 5-6 sheets;
- one green apple;
- 150g chicken ham;
- 1 red bell pepper;
- 150g corn;
- for dressing - low-fat yogurt.
Cooking:
All the ingredients, except for corn, just cut into strips, mix and fill with yogurt.
With egg
One of the easiest options for snacking. This salad is saturated with proteins and healthy fats, which is perfect for high-protein diets and body drying.
Ingredients:
- head of cabbage;
- 300g ham;
- 1 cucumber;
- 100g of cheese;
- 3 eggs;
- yogurt.
Cooking method:
- Boil eggs, cheese three on a coarse grater.
- Cut all the ingredients into thin straws, mix, salt, pepper and fill with low-fat yogurt.
With peas
"Carousel"
Ingredients:
- cabbage 300g;
- turkey ham 150g;
- half a can of peas;
- one medium cucumber (150-200gr);
- olive oil.
Cooking:
- Cabbage cut into strips, ham-squares.
- Add the peas, salt, pepper, fill with oil. It turns out a light protein salad in a hurry.
"Fad"
Ingredients:
- 400g Chinese cabbage;
- 200g ham;
- one medium carrot;
- one medium cucumber;
- half a can of peas;
- cucumber (can be pickled);
- 2 eggs;
- for dressing, you can use mayonnaise or low-fat yogurt.
Cooking method:
- Cut the cabbage into strips, then cut this straw in half.
- Boil carrots and eggs and cut them into squares.
- Ham and cucumber are also starting in squares.
- Stir, add peas and dressing to taste.
Thus, we have a dietary version of the classic "Olivier".
How to serve dishes?
Salads of ham and Chinese cabbage will be beneficial to look at any serving. Due to the colors of green and pink, these salads look great in glasses - Rox, especially if you make the dish in layers and with the addition of cheese.
All recipes given in the article are dietary, especially if you replace mayonnaise with low-fat yogurt. You can also make homemade mayonnaise based on yogurt. To do this, you need: yogurt, mustard spoon, one yolk, salt. We mix everything in a blender and use it as a dressing.