Mussels can be added to the salad: boiled, fried, baked, pickled, raw (yes, don't be surprised, there are lovers!). The most correct approach is the one in which the mussels are poured with lemon juice and put in a dish without heat treatment. Gourmets recognize only so processed shellfish. Arguing with them is more expensive for yourself, and this does not mean at all that boiled or fried mussels taste worse!
The five most commonly used ingredients in mussel salad recipes are:
First, the so-called. noble processing of mussels is boiling them in water with the addition of dry white wine and a set of dry spices. They get a special aroma and taste, become perfect ingredient. Although you can find any other recipe for boiled mussels for salad, especially since there are a lot of them. And you don't have to use wine. Especially if the kids will eat the salad too.
The second heat treatment is frying in a pan in olive oil, also with the addition of spices. You can replace olive oil with any other vegetable oil, as well as choose a set of spices exclusively for yourself.
We will not consider baking in the oven - this process in itself is complicated for salads. It is recommended to choose one of the two or be content with canned mussels, already prepared, processed. In some cases, they do not even need to be cut into small pieces - they are already packed in jars of the optimal size.
Five of the fastest mussel salad recipes:
In mussel salad recipes, you can add any vegetables to your taste, fresh herbs, marinades, pickles, boiled cereals, fruits, beans, peas, eggs, berries. Also other seafood like caviar, crabs, squid, shrimps, sea platter, fish fillet. They are good with both fresh and canned foods. And you can season salads with them with any sauce, including mayonnaise.
Salad with mussels can be made warm by frying all the ingredients in a pan. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, pine nuts. Make puff or mixed, for the holidays and for everyday life. It saturates well and provides the body with useful substances.
Salad with mussels is a delicious, classic, European salad, which is often prepared by housewives for dear guests. To prepare this salad of mussels, you do not need to have special skills. You can even cook it for breakfast.
Mussels should be 6-7 cm in size, this will prevent them from becoming tough when cooked.
Can be used in salad egg instead of quail, simply after boiling it, you will need to cut it into smaller pieces. You can also use cherry tomatoes instead of regular tomatoes, they will give the salad a more appetizing look.
The preparation of this salad takes about 15 minutes - it is very convenient and tasty.
How to cook a salad with mussels - 15 varieties
Salad with mussels "Traditional"
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 300 gr.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
- Basil - 2-3 sprigs
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Tomato - 1 pc.
- Lime - 1 pc.
- White dry wine- 50 gr.
- Soy sauce
- Olive oil
- Quail eggs - 4 pcs.
- Sesame - 2 pinches
- Green salad leaves - 300 gr.
- Wash all the vegetables, peel the mussels, boil the egg.
Cooking:
Take a frying pan and put it on the stove to heat it up.
- Cut the onion and garlic into very small cubes and fry, with the addition of olive oil, for half a minute, until a soft, golden crust appears.
- Add mussels, dry white wine to the pan and simmer for 2-3 minutes until the alcohol has evaporated.
- Remove the pan from the stove and leave the mussels to cool.
- For salad dressing, mix olive oil, a little soy sauce, basil, lime juice (do not use lemon juice, because lime juice is more aromatic and softer.)
- bell pepper cut into thin strips, cut the tomato into slices.
- Put in a salad bowl green salad, add chopped pepper, tomato, season everything with the previously prepared sauce. We mix everything with our hands (when mixing, do not press hard on the lettuce leaves so that they do not lose their airiness).
- Take a flat dish and spread the salad diagonally, lay the mussels on top.
- Decorate lettuce cut in half quail eggs. Sprinkle the salad with a little sesame seeds.
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels and cucumbers
A very simple salad recipe that does not require much effort and time. The salad is hearty and delicious!
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 300 gr.
- Cucumber - 2 pcs.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Mayonnaise
- Salt pepper
Cooking:
- Cut the cucumbers into strips, boil the mussels, chop the onion very finely.
- We spread everything in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise, add salt and pepper to taste. Salad ready!
To give the salad a more pronounced taste, you can put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to brew.
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels baked with cheese and garlic
It can be served as an appetizer or on its own. Very convenient, tasty and unusual.
Ingredients:
- Frozen mussels - 300 gr.
- Onion - 2 pcs.
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Cheese - 150 gr.
- Sunflower vegetable
- Salt pepper
Cooking:
- Put frozen mussels on a heated pan.
- Finely chop the onion and garlic.
- When the mussels are defrosted, drain the water and add sunflower oil, put the pan back on the stove.
- Now add chopped onion and garlic to the pan, salt and pepper to taste, cook everything over moderate heat for 10 minutes.
- We rub the cheese on a fine grater, sprinkle the finished mussels with cheese, turn off the heat, cover with a lid and leave the cheese to melt. The dish is ready.
Salad with mussels and Chinese cabbage
It's lightweight and delicious salad, suitable for those who have no time to invent something, but want to surprise. Appetizing dish.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 300 gr.
- Beijing cabbage - 300 gr.
- Carrot - 1 pc.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Boiled chicken egg - 2 pcs.
- Cheese - 50 gr.
- Sunflower oil
- Olive oil
Cooking:
- We rub the carrots on a grater, chop the onion and send everything to fry in a heated pan with sunflower oil, salt and pepper.
- We cut chinese cabbage cut the egg into small cubes.
- Put chopped cabbage, egg, carrots fried with onions in a salad bowl, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, mix.
- Grate the cheese, sprinkle over the salad.
- Lay boiled mussels on top. Salad ready.
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels "Dietary"
This is a low calorie salad that does not contain meat products. Tasty, and most importantly - useful. Very appetizing.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 200 gr.
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.
- Large tomato - 2 pcs.
- Pickled cucumber - 1 pc.
- Mustard - 1 teaspoon
- Sugar, salt, pepper
- Apple cider vinegar - 1 teaspoon
- Sunflower oil
- Greenery
Cooking:
- Boil potatoes, cut into cubes when ready.
- Boil the mussels (to beat off the fishy smell from the mussels, add bay leaf, allspice and onions when cooking).
- Salted cucumber cut into strips.
- In a salad bowl, mix the chopped potatoes with pickled cucumber, here we put finely chopped onions and boiled mussels.
- To prepare salad dressing, we take a spoonful of mustard, a spoonful of sugar, a little salt, pepper, quite a bit apple cider vinegar, sunflower oil. We grind all this until a homogeneous mass.
- Add the dressing to the salad, mix everything. We decorate with greenery. Salad ready!
For serving, take a large tomato, cut it into two halves, cut out the core and put the mussel salad into it. We put a lettuce leaf on a plate, and on it stuffed with lettuce tomato.
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels "Corsica"
Very beautiful, bright and tasty salad, all your guests will cheer up. For special gourmets, you can add a little honey to the salad dressing.
Ingredients:
- Mussels in oil - 100 gr.
- Lemon - 1 pc.
- Lettuce leaf - 120 gr.
- Mustard - 0.5 tsp
- Cherry tomatoes - 150 gr.
- Egg - 2 pcs.
- Olive oil
- iceberg lettuce leaf
- Green onion - 30 gr.
- Dill - 30 gr.
- Salt, cumin, mayran
- Red pepper
Cooking:
- Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands and put them in a salad bowl.
- Cut the tomatoes into two halves, add to the salad bowl.
- Put the mussels in the next layer.
- Cut the green onion diagonally to make feathers. Finely chop the dill. Pre-boiled eggs, cut into four parts.
Preparing salad dressing:
- In a small bowl, mix 0.5 teaspoons of mustard, 2 teaspoons of lemon juice, 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Add cumin - a little, red pepper - to taste, salt. We mix everything again.
- Add dressing to salad and mix. Salad ready!
For decoration, salad, sprinkle green onion, dill. Arrange the sliced egg along the edge of the salad bowl.
Salad with mussels "Festive"
A salad with mussels that is not difficult to prepare will delight you and your loved ones. To taste, it will not yield to more than one dish on your table.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 150 gr. (+ a few things to decorate the salad)
- Egg - 4 pcs.
- Iceberg salad - 200 gr.
- Dill - 20 gr.
- Canned peas - 200 gr.
- Red onion - 0.5 bulbs
- Mustard - 2 teaspoons
- Mayonnaise
Cooking:
- Put chopped into a bowl: onion, dill, lettuce, boiled egg, boiled mussels, canned peas. To mix everything.
Preparing salad dressing:
- Mix mayonnaise with mustard, add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add dressing to salad and mix everything together. Transfer everything to a salad bowl. Salad ready!
- We use mussels for decoration.
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels and avocado
According to the ingredients included in this salad, it can be called vitamin. It is lightweight and very useful.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 100 gr.
- Avocado - 1 pc.
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Olive oil - 25 ml.
- Salt pepper
Cooking:
- Cut the tomatoes into large cubes. Peel the avocado and also cut into large cubes, put everything in a salad bowl. We put the boiled mussels there.
- Chop the garlic very finely.
Making the salad dressing:
- Put the garlic in a small bowl, add lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour dressing over salad and mix well. Salad ready.
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels and rice
Original and hearty salad. Suitable for any table, both for a festive and for every day.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 500 gr.
- Rice - 130 gr.
- Tomato - 1 pc.
- Dill - 20 gr.
- Parsley - 20 gr.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Vinegar 7% - 0.5 tsp
- Sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons
- Bay leaf
- Ground black pepper
Cooking:
- Boil mussels, rice, egg.
- Finely chop the greens, slice the tomato, finely chop the mussels
- Add salt, black ground pepper, 0.5 tsp 7% vinegar, 2 tbsp sunflower oil, rice. We mix everything.
- To decorate the salad, finely chop the egg and sprinkle the salad with it, then sprinkle with herbs. Put the tomatoes on top and sprinkle with herbs again. Salad ready!
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels and cheese
Simple products, a very simple recipe, a minimum of time. Wonderful taste.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 300 gr.
- Cheese - 100 gr.
- Tomato 1 - pcs.
- Dill - 30 gr.
- Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
- Soy sauce
Cooking:
- We clean the tomato from the skin, remove the core and cut it into cubes. Put in a salad bowl.
- Add boiled mussels, finely chopped greens.
- We rub the cheese on a grater, send it to a salad bowl.
- Dressing salad with lemon juice soy sauce taste. Salad ready!
Salad with mussels "Delicious"
Simple, light and tasty salad with mussels. Its preparation will not take you much time. And the result will exceed all your expectations.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 150 gr.
- Tomato - 2 pcs.
- Lettuce leaf according to your taste - 300 gr.
- Lemon juice
- Olive oil
- Salt, sesame - to taste
Cooking:
- Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands and place in a salad bowl.
- Cut the tomatoes into small slices (you can use cherry tomatoes, they will give your dish a more beautiful appearance), put in a salad bowl with a layer on a lettuce leaf.
- The next layer lay out pre-boiled mussels.
- Sprinkle the salad with lemon juice, add olive oil, salt and sesame seeds. We mix. Salad ready!
Good appetite!
Salad with mussels and tuna
Original, tasty, nutritious - that's what you can say about this salad. It is very easy to cook it.
Ingredients:
- Mussels - 200 gr.
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Chinese salad - 200 gr.
- Radishes - 100 gr.
- Canned tuna - 150 gr.
- Cherry tomatoes - 150 gr.
- Canned corn - 200 gr.
- Green onion - 30 gr.
- Olive oil
- Salt, pepper - to taste
Cooking:
- Cut cucumber, radish, Chinese lettuce, cherry tomatoes, green onion. Put everything into a bowl.
- Adding canned corn, boiled mussels, tuna. Refueling olive oil, salt and pepper. We mix everything.
- We shift everything into a salad bowl. Salad ready!
Good appetite!
No one festive table not without a salad! This is both a table decoration and a wonderful snack. WITH crab sticks many different dishes were invented, especially appetizers and salads. One of them for gourmets and seafood lovers is the original portioned salad with crab sticks and mussels. Indeed, everything original is simple. Nothing complicated, but the taste is amazing! You can easily prepare such a salad in portioned salad bowls or put it beautifully in a common dish.
Salad with crab sticks and mussels: ingredients
- Crab sticks - 200 gr
- Mussels in oil or own juice- package
- Fresh cucumber - 1 large or 2 small
- Boiled eggs - 3 pcs.
- Soft cheese or brynza - 100 gr.
- Mayonnaise
- dill greens
- Tea boat of lemon juice
Salad with crab sticks and mussels: preparation
Salad with crab sticks and mussels is laid in layers, and the layers are smeared with mayonnaise. The first layer is diced fresh cucumbers and a tablespoon of mayonnaise (if you put the salad in individual salad bowls).
Then put chopped crab sticks or crab meat and again a spoonful of mayonnaise. 
Chopped boiled eggs will follow, but this time we do not put mayonnaise.
Now we rub the cheese, or cheese, as you like. We fall asleep in salad bowls and add a spoonful of mayonnaise.
Gently and beautifully level the surface and put the mussels.
Salad, according to this recipe, is prepared quickly, and even those who do not have a special love for seafood will like it. Vegetable salad with mussels and crab sticks thanks to mussels and crab sticks is light, tasty and nutritious. And green onions, lettuce and parsley give the dish a touch of freshness.
You will need:
Canned mussels - jar 200 g
Crab sticks - 200 g
Eggs - 2 pcs.
Potato - 300 g
Canned green peas - 100 g
Carrot - 200 g
Pickled cucumbers - 200 g
Mayonnaise - 150 g
Green onion - bunch
Parsley greens - a bunch
Lettuce leaves - a few pieces
Salt, ground pepper - to taste
Fresh tomatoes - 2 pcs.
Cooking vegetable salad with mussels and crab sticks
1. Remove the mussels from the jar and cut into slices. Crab sticks cut into rings.
2. Boil the potatoes in their skins, peel, cool and cut into slices.
3. Hard boil eggs, cool, peel and cut into slices.
4. Pickled cucumbers, boiled carrots, cut into small cubes.
5. Lettuce, parsley, green onions, wash and chop.
6. Combine prepared products from the list of ingredients, salt, pepper to taste, add mayonnaise and mix.
7. Decorate the salad with egg slices, tomato slices and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
Bon appetit and delicious salad!
Interesting to know
Mussels are bivalves that live on the ocean floor. Mussel meat has reduced calorie content and a high content of protein, vitamins and trace elements, which makes it indispensable for dietary nutrition.
Mussels are not only nutritious, but also useful. Tender soft mussel meat is pleasant to the taste. Canned mussels have gained particular popularity, of which there are several types: in their own juice, in tomato sauce, with added oil.
Salad with seafood "Neptune's Kiss" of shrimp, squid, mussels, crab sticks and eggs in the original cognac dressing
The salad recipe includes an original dressing of cognac, ketchup and mayonnaise, which will emphasize refined taste your dish.
Required products:
- squid - 2 pcs.,
- mussels - 250 gr.,
- crab sticks - 250 gr.,
- shrimp - 250 gr.,
- chicken egg - 4 pcs.,
- fresh cucumber - 1 pc.,
- cognac - 1 tbsp.,
- ketchup - 1 tbsp,
- garlic - 3 cloves
- sunflower oil
- mayonnaise
- Dill
Recipe for a salad of squid, crab sticks, mussels, shrimp and eggs:
- To prepare the "Kiss of Neptune" it is necessary to boil squid, shrimp, eggs, mussels in salt water. When all the products are cooked, it is necessary to cool them. If the squid and shrimp are not peeled, then peel them.
- Chop the crab sticks into cubes, cut the squid into strips that are not large, chop the eggs into strips as well. If the shrimp are large, they need to be chopped.
- Mussels also chop, but before that fry in vegetable oil about 15 minutes. We do not immediately add them to the salad, but squeeze them into the pan, where they fried the garlic and let it brew.
- Add the cucumber last, preferably just before serving. Cut it, and set it aside separately, so that it would stack and only after that throw it into the salad.
original dressing recipe
- Prepare salad dressing from cognac, ketchup and mayonnaise. To do this, mix them: 1 tbsp. spoons of cognac and ketchup (it is better to take spicy) and mayonnaise to taste (as much as you need so that the salad is not dry).
- Sprinkle chopped herbs on top. Ready.
