Olivieh Salad - Persian Chicken Salad
The Persian Salad Olivieh is an easy and quick version of the Russian potato salad that also includes chicken breasts.
Ingredients
- 300 grams chicken breast
- 4 potatoes
- 2 carrots
- 1 cup sweet peas
- 1 cup pickled cucumbers finely diced
- 3 eggs
- 1 onions
- 1/2 cup mayonaise
- 1 lime
- bay leaf optional
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cook the chicken breast, potatoes, carrots and sweet peas in salted boil water.
- Finely dice the pickled cuucmbers. Shredd the chicken breast, and x potatoes and carrots.
- Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl.
- Let the mixture cool overnight.
Notes
- You can add paprika, corn, ham or sausages to the Olivier salad.
- You can not add carrots and sweet peas if you don't like the taste.
- Do not grate the pickled cucumbers. You are going to end up with a watery Olivier salad if you add grated pickles to your mixture.
- In case you want to have a healthier version of Olivier salad, you can substitute some of the mayonnaise with yogurt.