Ready-made seafood cocktails can be found in almost any market, frozen or canned. The combination of assorted seafood is suitable for baking, marinating and frying, as well as for preparing stews, soups and sauces. We will talk about some recipes for preparing a sea cocktail below.
Marinated sea cocktail - recipe
The most popular marinated seafood recipe is ceviche, a dish in which various sea creatures are doused with plenty of citrus juice and served with finely chopped vegetables.
Ingredients:
- frozen sea cocktail (meat of crabs, shrimp, scallops) - 780 g;
- red onion - 25 g;
- tomatoes - 115 g;
- hot pepper - to taste;
- lime juice - 45 ml;
- - 35 ml;
- a handful of parsley.
Preparation
As a rule, recipe options for preparing a frozen seafood cocktail are indicated directly on the packaging, but for this recipe it will be enough to use the specified defrosting recommendations. After defrosting seafood, pour citrus juice over them, season with salt and pepper and set aside. Take care of the vegetables: cut the red onion and tomatoes into as small cubes as possible, add hot peppers and chop the herbs. Mix everything together, pour over oil.
Sea cocktail salad in oil - recipe
Ingredients:
- sea cocktail in oil - 1 jar;
- lime juice - 15 ml;
- potatoes - 65 g;
- onion greens - 2-3 feathers;
- garlic clove;
- a handful of parsley;
- sweet pepper - 55 g;
- a handful of cherry tomatoes;
- salad mix - 2 tbsp.;
- olive oil.
Preparation
Take a tablespoon of the oil in which the seafood was sealed and mix it with 30 ml of olive oil. Squeeze out the garlic clove.
Boil the potatoes and divide them into thin slices. Divide the tomatoes in half and cut the bell peppers into thin strips. Place a handful of salad mix at the base of the dish, spread the tomato halves, sweet peppers and parsley leaves on it. Next, place thin slices of potatoes and sprinkle everything with onions. Finally, distribute the seafood cocktail and pour the prepared dressing over everything.
Sea cocktail - recipe for cooking in the oven
The star of any crowded party is a variety of snacks that are easy to eat with your hands. Among others, all kinds of dips are especially popular, in which it is convenient to dip crackers or chips. We’ll talk about a variation of this dip with a sea cocktail in this recipe.
Ingredients:
- sea cocktail - 280 g;
- hard cheese - 115 g;
- cream cheese - 230 g;
- onions - 45 g;
- - 115 g;
- sour cream - 115 g;
- spinach leaves - 1 tbsp.;
- sweet pepper - 85 g;
- Worcestershire sauce - 15 ml.
Preparation
Sauté chopped vegetables in a drop of oil. Add assorted seafood to the vegetable frying, and after a minute - spinach leaves. When the spinach wilts, remove the pan from the heat. Whisk mayonnaise and sour cream with cream cheese, season and mix with seafood. Place everything in a ceramic mold of suitable volume and sprinkle with hard cheese. Bake for 20 minutes at 210 degrees.
Sea cocktail soup - recipe
Ingredients:
Preparation
After frying the onions and garlic, pour wine over them, add tomato paste and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add seafood cocktail and citrus juice, then pour vegetable broth over everything and simmer over low heat until the seafood is ready. Serve with a handful of greens. A seafood cocktail dish according to this simple recipe is served immediately, along with a slice of white bread.
Sea cocktail is good from any side. It is tasty, nutritious, healthy and low in calories. You can make a huge variety of different salads with seafood, both dietary and hearty. They go well with vegetables, fruits, cereals, beans, mushrooms and other ingredients.
Almost any seafood cocktail salad has a pleasant and original taste. This component enriches the body with many useful elements and can positively affect human health. If you use it regularly.
The main medicinal property of seafood is to regulate brain activity. Do you want to have great intelligence? Replenish your diet with seafood, and in the near future your brain activity will become faster and more efficient.
Sea cocktail has a beneficial effect on the digestive, nervous, and cardiovascular systems. It contains many antioxidants, due to which this product can slow down the aging process. It is useful for diabetics as it significantly reduces blood sugar levels.
With a sea cocktail you can prepare a lot of salads, both festive and ordinary. The price of this product is low, so you can pamper yourself with delicious salads every day.
Italian salad with sea cocktail and white wine
Do you want to have a romantic dinner? You won't find a better dish! This wonderful light salad is ideal for dates and candlelit dinners.
To prepare the Italian salad you will need the following products:
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 bunch of arugula
- 300 g shrimp
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 4 tbsp. spoons of olive oil
- 1 lemon
- salt, pepper and other seasonings - to taste
This recipe uses Chardonnay wine, but you can choose any variety that suits your taste. Let's start preparing the Italian salad:
- Add bay leaf to the wine, put on fire, bring to a boil.
- Pour the pre-cooked seafood cocktail into the wine removed from the stove. There it should soak for about 10 minutes.
- Pass the seafood through a colander and drain the wine.
- Prepare a dressing with olive oil, salt and lemon juice.
- Wash and dry the arugula and place on a serving plate.
- Place sea cocktail on top of arugula.
- Pour over the dressing, no need to stir.
For serving, you can use lemon slices or other tropical fruits.
Salad “Sea Fantasy”
The salad is simple and quick to prepare. But it will be appropriate on any holiday table.
To prepare the “Sea Fantasy” salad, take the following products:
- Seafood Cocktail
- Hard cheese
- Mayonnaise
- Canned corn
- Fresh cucumbers
- Onion
The proportions and method of preparation are described in the video.
Salad "Sea Bottom"
A universal dish, perfect for everyday meals and for holiday celebrations.
For cooking you need the following products:
- 220 g seaweed
- 1 can of canned pink salmon
- half a red onion
- 3 chicken eggs
- 250 g crab sticks
- 300 g peeled shrimp
- mayonnaise
Pink salmon can be replaced with other canned fish with a similar taste. Layered salad, it is prepared like this:
- Boil eggs and shrimp.
- Place the cabbage in a salad bowl.
- Finely chop the onion and place the second layer on top of the cabbage.
- Open the canned food, mash the fish with a fork, and place in a third layer.
- The fourth layer is chopped crab sticks.
- The fifth layer is crushed eggs.
Grease the top layer with mayonnaise, and place shrimp on top of it. They serve as both a flavoring agent and a wonderful serving dish.
Cocktail and asparagus salad
An unusual salad with a fresh and piquant taste.
The composition includes the following products:
- 500 g sea cocktail
- 450 g asparagus
- 200 g green salad
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 lemon
- 6 tbsp. spoons of olive oil
- 5 g cayenne pepper
- Sea salt and spices - to taste
The method of preparing the salad is demonstrated in the video.
Salad with sea cocktail and white beans
This salad is rich in a variety of ingredients. There are seafood, vegetables, fruits, and legumes here. When combined, these products give an interesting taste.
To prepare the salad, you need to stock up on the following products:
- 1000 g mussels
- 500 g salmon fillet
- 400 g white beans
- 300 g shrimp
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 sweet pepper
- 1 white onion
- ½ lettuce leaf
- ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp. spoon of grainy mustard
- 1 bunch of dill
- 70 ml olive oil
- salt pepper
The recipe is not the easiest; to prepare such a dish, you need to be patient and have some free time. But the result is worth it - your household will probably be pleasantly surprised by such a tasty treat. The salad is prepared like this:
- Make a dressing from mustard, lemon juice and olive oil.
- Chop the onion, pepper and tomatoes into cubes. Pour into a salad bowl or other bowl, pour over the dressing, stir and leave to marinate.
- Clean the shrimp, remove heads and other unnecessary elements.
- Fry the salmon over medium heat, using olive oil for frying. Fry for 5-7 minutes on one side, then turn over and do not remove from heat for another 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Cool the fried fillet and cut into large cubes.
- Sort the mussels, removing those that do not close when tapped. Clear selected ones. Cook in unsalted water over medium heat until the mussels open.
- Add canned or boiled beans to the bowl with vegetables and stir.
- Place large pieces of lettuce leaves on a serving plate, sprinkle with lemon juice and add a little pepper.
- Place vegetables on a lettuce leaf, then shrimp, and then vegetables again on top.
- Sprinkle with chopped dill.
The salad can be eaten five minutes after preparation - during this time it has time to soak in the dressing. Do not rush to pour out the liquid remaining after cooking mussels - you can cook a wonderful fish soup from it.
Vegetable salad with sea cocktail
The dish is very useful for both the figure and the general condition of the body.
The composition includes the following components:
- Seafood Cocktail
- lettuce leaves
- green onions
- onion
- Green pepper
- tomatoes
- lemon juice
- olive oil
- chilli
After watching the video, you will learn how to prepare a delicious and balanced dietary salad from these products.
Salad with sea cocktail “Juicy”
There are few ingredients in this recipe, but they go together very well. It takes about half an hour to prepare, and the dish itself is satisfying and tasty.
To prepare the “Juicy” salad with seafood, you need the following ingredients:
- 500 g champignons
- 500 g sea cocktail
- 1 bunch of green onions
- 1 yellow or red bell pepper
- 1 pack of mayonnaise
Champignons are considered a traditional salad ingredient, but if you prefer other mushrooms, you can use them instead of champignons. Preparing the salad:
- Boil the mushrooms and cut into large pieces.
- Boil the seafood cocktail in salted water and cool. Cook for no more than 5 minutes.
- Chop the pepper into small cubes, finely chop the onion.
- Combine the ingredients in a salad bowl, add mayonnaise, mix.
The salad is served immediately after cooking. It can be decorated with parsley or other herbs, but it looks very appetizing even without serving.
Salad with sea cocktail and olives
The recipe is simple, but the salad turns out tasty and nutritious. It can be prepared regularly.
The following components are needed for it:
- Seafood Cocktail
- cucumbers
- tomatoes
- iceberg lettuce or leaf lettuce
- cottage cheese
- olives
- olive oil
- garlic
- cloves, rosemary - to taste
In the video, the preparation of this salad is demonstrated from start to finish.
Salad “Gift for the Hostess”
The salad is very tender and light, although it is dressed with mayonnaise. It looks great on the holiday table, but you can also treat yourself to it without a special occasion.
- 700 g squid
- 250 g shrimp
- 150 g leeks
- 6 boiled egg whites
- 5 tbsp. spoons of red caviar
- 2 tbsp. spoons of mayonnaise
- 5 tbsp. spoons of cream (fat content - 33%)
The Hostess Gift salad takes just over half an hour to prepare. It is certainly worth your time to enjoy this culinary miracle. The dish is prepared in the following sequence:
- Clean the squid, boil in salted water, cool. When cool, cut into small strips.
- Thaw the shrimp, heat them in the microwave and peel them.
- Cut the onion into thin rings.
- Make a dressing from whipped cream, caviar and mayonnaise. Leave some of the caviar for serving.
- Combine all ingredients in a salad bowl, pour over the dressing, and stir.
For serving, pieces of squid carcass, carrots, green onions and red caviar are used. It looks very festive and beautiful.
Salad "Duet"
This dish will be the highlight of any holiday table. It looks simply amazing, and tastes just as good.
- 500 g shrimp
- 100 crab sticks
- 3 canned pineapple rings
- 2 chicken eggs
- mayonnaise
- salt, allspice and bay leaf - to taste
To prepare the Duet salad, you need to follow these steps:
- Boil and finely chop the eggs.
- Grind crab sticks and pineapple.
- Wash the tomato, remove the skin, cut into cubes. To make the skin easy to remove, the tomato can be scalded with boiling water.
- Boil shrimp in boiling water, adding salt and spices. Remove shells.
- Combine all ingredients in one bowl, add mayonnaise, mix.
- Place on a serving plate and garnish with shrimp and pomegranate seeds.
“Duet” salad is ready, bon appetit!
Salad with sea cocktail and eggs
A simple salad with a light, pleasant taste.
Consists of the following products:
- 360 g marinated squid
- 200 g crab sticks
- 3 chicken eggs
- 1 large tomato
- mayonnaise, salt and dill - to taste
The process of preparing this salad is as follows:
- Open the jar of squid, drain the juice, and place the squid in a salad bowl.
- Finely chop the crab sticks and also place them in the salad bowl.
- Chop the tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs into small cubes.
- Salt, add dill, season with mayonnaise. Mix.
The salad will not suffer if you use crab meat instead of crab sticks. Mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream if you want a less calorie dish.
Homemade Caesar Salad
There are many different variations on the theme of Caesar salad, each of which has its own distinctive features. If you add a seafood cocktail to the traditional composition of this, the salad will only benefit from this - after all, the meat of sea creatures is no less nutritious than chicken.
To prepare Caesar we will take the following products:
Proportions, cooking sequence and other additional information about this recipe are contained in the video.
Hot salad with sea cocktail
The peculiarity of this salad is that it can be served both cold and hot.
To prepare this salad, you need to acquire the following products:
- 500 g sea cocktail
- 125 g rice
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 50 g canned or sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil
- half a glass of raisins
- lemon juice, pepper and coriander for dressing
- green olives, physalis and herbs - for decoration
The process of preparing a salad comes down to the following steps:
- Finely chop the onions and tomatoes, grate the carrots.
- Fry vegetables in vegetable oil for 3-4 minutes, then add sea cocktail to them and simmer for 7-10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat, add spices.
- Drain the liquid formed after stewing into a separate bowl.
- Steam raisins in boiling water.
- Cook the rice.
- Add rice and raisins to the bowl with the broth so that they are well saturated with liquid.
- Take a serving dish and start laying out the ingredients. There is rice in the center, seafood and vegetables around it, some greens around the edges.
This dish is best served warm, but it is also very tasty when served cold.
A set of seafood products includes frozen shrimp, mussels, squid and octopus. It can be purchased at many large stores. Sea cocktail dishes are presented in a wide range, but the most popular and light option are various salads.
How to make a delicious sea cocktail salad
If you have an idea to pleasantly surprise and deliciously feed family members or friends, then it is better to cook something unusual. For example, you can make a salad with a sea cocktail, which has an original taste and nutritional value. It is also very useful for the body and a slim figure, since seafood contains many vitamins. Before preparing a variety of dishes from a frozen sea cocktail, you need to prepare it in advance. There are two ways to do this:
- Boil shrimp, mussels, octopus, and squid in boiling water for no more than three minutes. Salt the water, add bay leaves and peppercorns.
- You can prepare a seafood cocktail for salads in a well-heated frying pan with sunflower oil. It is also not recommended to fry the “gifts” of the sea for more than 3-4 minutes, otherwise the squid and octopus will look like rubber.
With vegetables and cheese
Salad with seafood cocktail plus vegetables and cheese is a very tasty, satisfying dish that will cause a storm of positive emotions. To prepare it you need the following ingredients:
- tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
- cheese – 150 gr.;
- fresh cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- seafood – half a kilogram;
- olives – 12 pieces;
- garlic - a few cloves;
- lettuce leaves – 6 pcs.;
- soy sauce - two tablespoons.
Preparation:
- Pour seafood into a heated frying pan and wait until the ice comes off.
- Then fry the cocktail in oil, after draining the water.
- Chop the tomatoes and cucumbers into circles, grate the cheese.
- Crush the garlic under a press and mix it with soy sauce.
- Place lettuce leaves beautifully on a plate and place tomatoes on top, which need to be coated with dressing.
- Next layers: cucumbers, olives, cheese, fried shrimp, mussels, octopus, squid.
- Pour dressing over all ingredients, garnish with any herbs, and serve.
With Chinese cabbage
Another good, hearty option is a salad with seafood and Chinese cabbage. Products needed for the dish:
- Chinese cabbage – 1 piece;
- cocktail – 450 grams;
- green onions;
- rice – 2 tbsp. spoons;
- sour cream – 2-3 tablespoons;
- ground black pepper.
Preparation:
- Boil or fry the assortment in a minimum amount of vegetable oil.
- Boil the rice too.
- While everything is cooling, you need to finely chop the Chinese cabbage and finely chop the green onions.
- Place the ingredients in one deep container, add low-fat sour cream, pepper, salt, and mix thoroughly.
- Salad with healthy seafood cocktail is ready.
With fresh cucumber and egg
You can try to cook an interesting dish that perfectly combines seafood, eggs and cucumbers. This delicious, filling snack is quick and easy to make. Surprise your household with an unusual meal on a weekday. Required ingredients:
- eggs (whites) – 2 pieces;
- sea “reptiles” – 400 grams;
- sour cream – 3 tablespoons;
- cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- green onions (feathers), chopped parsley - 2 tablespoons each;
- lemon juice – 1 small spoon;
- lemon zest – part.
To prepare a salad with a sea cocktail, you must adhere to a certain algorithm:
- Boil seafood with lemon juice and add a little salt.
- Drain the water, wait for the cocktail to cool, and cut its components into pieces.
- Chop the cucumbers into large slices, cut the whites into cubes.
- Place seafood, eggs, cucumbers, herbs, lemon zest, sour cream in a bowl and mix.
With arugula and cherry tomatoes
A spicy salad of sea cocktail in oil with the addition of cherry tomatoes and arugula will not leave anyone indifferent. This dish is ideal for a holiday feast. Products:
- assorted seafood – 400 g;
- arugula – 150 g;
- cherry tomatoes – 10 pieces;
- cheese – 60 grams;
- garlic – 1 clove;
- pine nuts – 20 pieces.
Salad dressing:
- soy sauce – 2 tbsp. spoons;
- honey – 1 teaspoon;
- olive oil – 3 tablespoons;
- lemon – 2 slices.
The cooking procedure is as follows:
- Rinse the arugula with running water, dry it and place it in one layer on a wide plate.
- Place cherry tomatoes on top, previously cut in half.
- Fry the assortment until done with chopped garlic, put it on the tomatoes, and grated cheese on top.
- Make the dressing by mixing honey, olive oil, sauce, lemon.
- Season and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
With marinated seafood and seaweed
You can also prepare an extraordinary, but tasty salad, which simply contains a “sea” of useful substances. For the dish we will need a marinated seafood cocktail, sold in almost every supermarket. Products for the “vitamin” salad:
- seaweed - 1 jar;
- marinated shrimp, mussels, squid, octopus – 350 grams;
- pitted olives – 1 package;
- cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- soy sauce – 2 tablespoons;
- olive oil - to taste;
- ground black pepper.
The cooking process is very simple:
- Cut the cucumbers into small pieces, mix them with a selection of seafood, cabbage, olives (drain the liquid in advance).
- For a tasty, aromatic dressing, you need to combine unrefined olive oil, sauce, and black pepper.
- Add it to the salad and distribute it carefully.
- Before serving, you can decorate the finished dish with olives and herbs.
Very simple and tasty recipe with corn and mayonnaise
The recipe for a dish that will become a bright, fresh addition to your everyday meal includes not only assorted seafood, but also many other delicious ingredients. For cooking we need the following products:
- boiled eggs - 3 pieces;
- canned corn - cans;
- tomato – 3 pcs.;
- set of seafood – half a kilo;
- mayonnaise;
- greenery.
Preparation:
- The assortment is poured into a pan and filled with hot water. Bring to a boil, then cook for three to four minutes.
- At the same time you can boil the eggs.
- We take a container for the dish, pour corn, chopped eggs, seafood cocktail, and diced tomatoes into it.
- Season the dish with a small amount of mayonnaise.
- Decorate with chopped fresh herbs and taste.
Warm frozen seafood cocktail salad with cream
An incredibly tasty and original warm salad with sea creatures is prepared both in a frying pan and in a slow cooker. If you follow the recipe, it will turn out juicy and appetizing in any preparation. List of ingredients:
- set with frozen seafood – 600 grams;
- cream – 150 ml;
- onion – 1 piece;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- olive oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
- soy sauce – 3 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
- Fry pre-frozen mussels, shrimp, squid and octopus in a frying pan with olive oil.
- Add finely chopped garlic and onion and fry for another three to four minutes.
- Add cream, sauce, salt and pepper to the future dish.
- Mix all the products and simmer over medium heat for about five minutes (make sure the cream does not boil).
- Warm salad is ready to eat.
- It is better to serve rice as a side dish.
Sea salad with squid, shrimp and crab sticks
A seafood salad can always be supplemented with crab sticks, because such a combination will not spoil the taste, rather the opposite. An easy, incredibly tasty dish that cooks very quickly. You need to stock up on the following products:
- crab sticks – 350 grams;
- assorted seafood – 400 g;
- eggs – 3 pieces;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- lemon juice;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- mayonnaise.
Preparation:
- First you need to boil the mussels, shrimp, and squid.
- Cut them into small pieces.
- Chop the boiled eggs, cut the crab sticks into cubes.
- Onions need to be marinated with lemon juice, salt, and sugar. It will turn out very tasty!
- Mix all the products and season with mayonnaise.
- Decorate with various herbs, crab sticks, and cool slightly before serving. Bon appetit!
Video recipes for salad with seafood cocktail
To quickly and correctly prepare salads with seafood, you can use video recipes. A detailed video will help you make a delicious, original Mediterranean Pearl salad; another video is an interesting master class from a professional chef. After watching “live” lessons on cooking seafood dishes, you will have a real chance to please your family and friends with an exquisite, unusual lunch or dinner.
Master class from the chef
Mediterranean pearl salad recipe
Seafood today is no longer a delicacy. They can be purchased year-round and at an affordable price in almost any supermarket. Especially if you use frozen platters. Such products will become the basis for delicious sea cocktail salads.
Ingredients:
- cocktail in brine – half a kilo;
- fresh medium cucumber – 1 pc.;
- leek – 100 g (white part only);
- large egg - 1 pc.;
- kefir (fat) – 3 dessert spoons;
- lettuce and parsley - 1 bunch;
- salt.
Preparation:
- Cut the leek into small rings.
- Drain the brine from the canned seafood cocktail. Mix some of it with onion. Leave it like this for 8 – 9 minutes.
- Lightly beat the contents of the raw egg. Send a couple of spoons of the remaining brine to it. Pour into a dry frying pan and stir with a spatula. Fry the pieces until browned.
- Roughly chop the cucumber and mix with other products. Add the cocktail itself without liquid, as well as the greens torn by hand.
Season the treat with a mixture of salted kefir and the same brine (a couple of large spoons).
From frozen sea cocktail
Ingredients:
- frozen seafood – 600 g;
- fresh cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- cherry – 6 – 7 pcs.;
- pitted olives – 10 pcs.;
- garlic - a few cloves;
- lettuce leaves – 6 pcs.;
- grated cheese – 2/3 cup;
- soy sauce – 2 dessert spoons.
Preparation:
- First, place the frozen seafood in a dry frying pan. While stirring the cocktail, wait until all the melted ice has evaporated.
- Only after this add a small amount of any fat to the frying pan. Fry the assortment on it until done.
- Chop fresh vegetables randomly. The salad with miniature cherry and cucumber slices looks especially impressive. Also cut the olives. You can choose options with fish/cheese filling instead of seeds.
- Mix the ingredients (including pre-shredded cheese). Add mashed garlic to them.
Place frozen seafood cocktail appetizer on lettuce leaves. Pour over the sauce.
With Chinese cabbage
Ingredients:
- juicy head of Chinese cabbage – ½ part;
- sea cocktail (canned) – 150 g;
- fresh cucumber – 1 – 2 pcs.;
- boiled eggs – 2 pcs.;
- sour cream (thick) – 2 dessert spoons;
- salt and pepper.
Preparation:
- Rinse the vegetable. Dry the leaves. Cut off the soft part from them and chop into thin long strips. You should not use the hard white center of the leaves for such a treat..
- Add canned seafood to the cabbage. Be sure to drain the liquid from them first.
- Add randomly chopped fresh cucumbers and cubes of cooled boiled eggs there.
- Mix everything, salt and pepper to your taste.
Season seafood salad (sea cocktail) with thick sour cream. You can taste it right away.
Salad with arugula and sea cocktail
Components:
- arugula – 300 g;
- frozen cocktail – 550 g;
- honey – 2 dessert spoons;
- pomegranate sauce – 2 dessert spoons;
- pine nuts (peeled) – 1 handful;
- feta – 130 – 150 g;
- vinegar (balsamic) – 2 dessert spoons;
- lemon – ½ pc.
Preparation:
- Be sure to choose high-quality greens for such a treat. Its leaves should be crisp, without any stains or signs of rotting. Simply wash the arugula and tear it with your hands.
- Pour boiling water over the cocktail and leave for 3 minutes. Then drain all the liquid. Fry the defrosted product in hot olive oil until the whole assortment is completely cooked.
- Heat the peeled nuts in a dry frying pan until lightly browned.
- Cut the pickled cheese into medium pieces.
- For the sauce, mix citrus juice, squeezed from half the fruit and strained from the seeds, with honey. Add balsamic and pomegranate sauce.
- Place the greens on the plate first. Spread cheese and cooled nuts on top.
- Next - seafood. Pour the sauce over everything.
If you wish, you can not cool individual components of the dish, but serve it warm. To do this, the sauce will need to be slightly warmed.
With corn and eggs
Ingredients:
- assorted seafood – half a kilo;
- crab sticks – 5 – 6 pcs.;
- boiled eggs – 3 pcs.;
- corn - ½ tbsp. (canned food);
- tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
- salt, mayonnaise and herbs.
Preparation:
- Equally cut the tomatoes, cooled eggs and fish sticks into cubes.
- Drain the marinade from the corn kernels.
- Boil assorted seafood in salted water for 3 – 4 minutes.
- Mix all. Season with salty sauce.
Arrange the appetizer in portions and garnish with herbs.
Cooking with olives and tomatoes
Ingredients:
- sea cocktail – 350 g;
- arugula – 1 bunch;
- olives – 5 – 6 pcs.;
- bay leaves – 3 pcs.;
- dry white wine – 100 ml;
- olive oil – 5 dessert spoons;
- cherry tomatoes – 2 handfuls (sweet);
- lime – 1 pc.;
- salt, Italian seasonings.
Preparation:
- Bring the wine with bay leaves to a boil. Chardonnay or anything similar will do.
- Boil assorted seafood for 2 minutes in boiling water in a separate bowl. Transfer it while still hot to boiling wine. Leave for 8 - 9 minutes.
- Place the finished assortment in a colander. Wait for all the alcohol to drain. Remove bay leaves.
- To make the dressing, combine lime juice, oil and salt.
- Chop the olives into halves, chop the cherry tomatoes randomly (you can even leave them whole).
- Place arugula on a plate. Arrange the remaining prepared ingredients on top in random order.
Pour the dressing over everything and sprinkle with seasoning. No need to stir.
Sea cocktail salad in oil
Ingredients:
- assorted seafood in oil – 250 g;
- corn (canned food, sweet) – ½ tbsp.;
- boiled eggs – 5 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- any cheese – 70 g;
- onion – 1 head;
- salt, mayonnaise.
Technology:
- Chop the onion into small cubes. Pour boiling water over it for 6 – 7 minutes. This will remove the bitterness from the vegetable.
- Chop the boiled eggs, cheese and cucumbers a little larger (but also into cubes).
- Place the assorted seafood in a colander. Leave a little oil for dressing.
- Mix all. Add corn kernels and squeezed onion.
Salt the dish and season with a mixture of mayonnaise and the reserved oil from the cocktail.
With fetax cheese
Components:
- sea cocktail in oil – 350 g;
- lettuce – 350 g;
- cherry tomatoes – 300 g;
- fetax cheese – 200 g;
- pine nuts – 60 g;
- lime - half;
- mustard – 1 small. spoon;
- sugar – 1 small. spoon;
- salt, oregano, garlic.
Preparation:
- To prepare a salad according to this recipe, you need to immediately drain the oil from the seafood. Leave them in a colander.
- Mix three large tablespoons of butter with mustard, juice from half a lime, sugar, oregano, salt and garlic (dry, mashed) to taste.
- Pour the washed and torn salad and nuts into a large dish.
- Chop the cherry in half. Cut the cheese into medium cubes. Add these ingredients to the salad.
- Add seafood.
Mix everything well and season with aromatic dressing.
A seafood cocktail can include a variety of seafood. For example, only shrimp and squid, or mussels, octopus, cuttlefish, and clams. Therefore, before purchasing, you must carefully study the composition of the package and choose the option to your liking.