The fact that cabbage and lettuce, for their medicinal and nutritional properties, have been highly valued at all times, is known to many. But the fact that Peking cabbage can replace these two products is surely not even all experienced housewives know.
Beijing cabbage (peking or Chinese cabbage) appeared in the stores of our country relatively recently, but it has already taken a strong place in the diet of vegetarians, vegans, fasting and adherents of healthy eating.
Vegetarian salads from Peking cabbage will help diversify the diet, make it more useful and low-calorie. This is just a godsend for losing weight!
The benefits of Chinese vegetable
Peking cabbage is indispensable for:
- atherosclerosis;
- heart failure;
- lack of appetite;
- severe stress or depression;
- chronic fatigue;
- hair loss;
- constipation;
- different types of diabetes;
- high or low blood pressure;
- weakened immunity (including after the disease);
- anemia;
- blood poisoning;
- avitaminosis or allergies;
- high physical exertion;
- baby food.
Beijing does not need heat treatment, it is better to eat vegetables raw. Ideally - in vegetable vegetarian salads. Per 100 grams of vegetable - only 16 kcal. She easily burns extra pounds and fat without damage to health.
In Beijing cabbage there is a lot of fiber, which is not digested in the body, therefore, when it is consumed, there is a rapid saturation. Therefore, nutritionists recommend regularly include in your diet vegetarian salads from Peking cabbage.
We offer to watch a video about the benefits of Peking cabbage:
Harm
Chinese salad still has contraindications. It is not recommended to use Chinese salad for people with high acidity of the stomach, pancreatitis or colitis.
You can not eat Chinese salad with gastric bleeding. Also cabbage is contraindicated in food poisoning and diarrhea to prevent deterioration.
Vegetarian recipes without chicken meat, photo
There are a lot of recipes for vegetarian salads from Peking cabbage, below - the best of them. All of them are suitable for vegetarians, and vegans and fasting people can replace regular mayonnaise with lean ones, and instead of cheese from milk, take it with a vegan equivalent or soybean curd tofu.
With corn and cheese
Will be required:
- Beijing cabbage - 300 gr.
- Processed cheese - 100 gr.
- Canned corn - 0.5 cans.
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Green onions - 50 gr.
- Salt.
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking:
- Coarse grate cheese.
- Peking cabbage nashinkovat.
- Cucumber cut into cubes.
- Drain liquid from corn.
- Chop green onions.
- In a bowl, mix all the ingredients of the salad, season with mayonnaise.
With champignons
The peculiarity of this dish is in the use of raw mushrooms.
Take:
- Beijing cabbage - 0.5 pcs.
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Natural tofu - 300 g
- Champignons - 200 g.
- Salt and pepper.
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon.
Cooking:
- Wash vegetables and mushrooms and chop them.
- Tofu grate.
- Mix all the ingredients in a deep salad bowl, add salt, pepper and vegetable oil.
We offer to see how to make a salad of Peking cabbage and mushrooms:
With asparagus
Salad required:
- Beijing - 0.5 head.
- Asparagus in Korean - 400 g
- Olive oil.
- Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
Cooking:
- Squeeze lemon juice, mix with olive oil.
- Pekanku finely chop, mix with asparagus
- Season the salad with lemon-oil mixture.
With green peas
For the salad you need to take:
- Peking cabbage - 0.5 head.
- Rice (dry) - 50 g.
- Canned peas - 100 g
- Fresh parsley - 1 bunch.
- Mayonnaise - 50 ml.
Cooking:
- First you need to cook rice. Pour it into a thick-walled pot. It is necessary for uniform boiling of the grits. Pour 125 ml of pure water. Cook over low heat, cover with a lid, until all the water has evaporated. Add spices if desired.
- While the rice is boiling, wash and chop the cabbage.
- Add peas and finely chopped parsley.
- Mix everything with rice and put mayonnaise.
With arugula
Spicy arugula will add a special piquancy and unusualness to the salad.
Required Products:
- Beijing cabbage - 280 g
- Arugula - 25 g.
- Tomato - 310 g
- Bulgarian pepper - 80 g
- Soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l
Cooking:
- Wash vegetables.
- Tomato cut into cubes, pepper - straw, cabbage chop.
- Arugula pick hands.
- Mix all ingredients with dressing.
With bread
Crispbread in a salad will replace croutons, thereby reducing the calorie content of the dish.
It is necessary to take:
- Chinese cabbage - 0.5 pcs.
- Rye Bread - 100 g
- Canned pineapples - 580 g
- Sweet Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.
- Canned corn - 340 g.
- Mayonnaise lean - 100 g
Cooking:
- Drain syrup from pineapples, cut them into cubes.
- From the can of corn, too, drain the liquid.
- Chop the cabbage, cut the pepper into strips, break the loaves into small pieces.
- Mix vegetables and pineapples, season with mayonnaise.
- Before serving, lay slices of bread on top. Spread them at the last moment so that they remain crispy and not softened.
With sesame
Ingredients:
- Peking cabbage - 400 g
- Sesame to taste.
- Garlic - 1 clove.
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Olive oil - 5 tbsp. l
- Spices, salt, pepper.
- Herbs are dry.
- Sugar - 0.5 tsp.
Cooking:
- Prepare a dressing of salt, sugar, ground pepper, herbs, garlic and olive oil. Set aside insist.
- Meanwhile, chop the cabbage.
- Cut cucumber into thin semicircular slices.
- Fry the sesame in a hot frying pan until golden brown.
- Mix cucumber and cabbage, season with oil mixture and sprinkle with sesame.
With pepper
Components for cooking salad:
- Beijing cabbage - 300 g
- Red Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
- Pineapples in syrup - 200 g
- Carrots - 0.5 pcs.
- Favorite crackers - 1 pack.
- Garlic - 2 teeth.
- Corn - 1 bank.
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking:
- Carrot grate large.
- Pepper cut into strips.
- Peking cabbage and chopped greens.
- Drain liquid from canned, cut pineapple into cubes.
- Crush garlic in the press.
- All mix, fill with mayonnaise.
With crackers
Crackers will make the salad even tastier and more satisfying, and when used at home - even more useful.
Would need:
- Peking cabbage - 200 g
- Bread - 2 slices.
- Radish - 100 g
- Red onions - 1/2 head.
- Carrots - 100 g
- Parsley - 3 sprigs.
- Green onions - 3 feathers.
- Olive oil - 3 tbsp. l
- Oil for frying.
- Lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l
- Salt pepper.
Cooking:
- Bread cut into cubes and fry until golden. Allow to cool.
- Radish and clean carrots and grate.
- Peking cabbage and greens chopped.
- Onion cut into half rings.
- Mix everything, fill with a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice. Salt and pepper.
We offer to watch a video on how to prepare a salad with Chinese cabbage and crackers:
Quick recipes
They will be useful when the salad must be prepared very quickly and with a minimum of ingredients. All you have to do is cut the vegetables and add the dressing..
With tomatoes and mayonnaise
- Peking cabbage - 1 kochanchik.
- Tomatoes - 250 g
- Crackers (which are more like or home) - 100 g
- Favorite greens - 1 bunch.
- Mayonnaise - 100 g
- Salt to taste.
With green onions and vinegar
- Peking cabbage - 25 sheets.
- Green onions - 3 feathers.
- Vinegar - 1 tbsp. spoon.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons.
How to serve?
Vegetarian salads from Peking cabbage are best served, sprinkled with finely chopped greens. Such salads are good for everyday diet and for the holiday table.
Salads can be decorated with cherry tomatoes and pomegranate seeds. A good serving option - portioned, in tartlets or on lettuce leaves.
On the basis of the above-described salads, it is also possible to cook others by adding your favorite vegetables and seasonings. Vegetarian salads from Peking cabbage will delight you with their taste and appearance, and due to their high content of vitamins and microelements, they will be especially useful in spring.