Salad with Shoestring Fried Potatoes
Very quick, very simple, very tasty, and very festive! You can make this salad with shoestring fried potatoes and cucumber in no more than 30 minutes. It’s a great appetizer made from simple ingredients and looks wonderful on a праздничный table.
Updated : 18 December, 2025
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
2
Potato
2
Salted cucumbers
300 grams
Ham
1.5
Onions
50 grams
Olive
4
Chicken eggs
150 grams
Ketchup
to taste
Dill
235 milliliters
Sunflower oil
to taste
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How to make a salad with shoestring fried potatoes and cucumber? Prepare the ingredients. Hard-boil the eggs and let them cool. Wash and pat dry the potatoes. Peel them and grate using a Korean carrot grater. If you don’t have one, use a regular medium grater.
Step 2
Transfer the grated potatoes to a colander and rinse under cold running water. When the water runs clear, spread the potatoes evenly on a towel to dry.
Step 3
Peel the onion and slice into thin half-rings. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add 2 Tbsp unrefined vegetable oil.
Step 4
Add the sliced onion to the hot oil and sauté until golden, stirring well.
Step 5
Cut the ham into thin matchsticks. Instead of ham, you can use any other sausage, boiled meat, or smoked meat.
Step 6
Divide the ham into two equal parts and place one half into a salad bowl.
Step 7
Add the fried onion on top of the ham and smooth it out evenly with a spatula, covering the meat.
Step 8
Wash and pat dry the cucumbers. Cut into thin matchsticks and add as an even layer, smoothing it out.
Step 9
Add a layer of ketchup over the cucumbers - I pipe it in a crisscross pattern.
Step 10
Next, add a layer of chopped cooked chicken eggs. Top with the second half of the ham and level the layer.
Step 11
Wash and pat dry the dill. Chop it finely.
Step 12
Spread the chopped dill over the ham. Make another ketchup “net” over the herbs.
Step 13
Heat refined sunflower oil in a deep skillet until very hot. Add the potatoes and fry, stirring with a spatula, until done. Transfer the fried potatoes to a paper towel to remove excess oil. Add the potatoes to the salad bowl in an even layer.
Step 14
Decorate the top with olives, herbs, and egg, as you like.
Step 15
Enjoy!
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