Romanian Beef Salad

A classic beef salad, very tasty, which I learned in the Romanian version, with pickles, and seems to me the most successful. I've seen many beef salad recipes where green peas are also used, but I still prefer not to. So, it's optional - do as you like and as you're used to.

Ingredients
Potatoes
3 pieces
Carrots
3 pieces
Celery root
1 piece
Beef/porc meat
300 g
or chicken
Pickled cucumbers
5 pieces
Pickled green tomatoes
5 pieces
Red peppers in vinegar
3 pieces
Mayonnaise
500 g
Step by step
Step 1

Wash well and boil the potatoes, the carrots and the celery. After boiling for about 30 minutes, cool them in cold water and peel.

Cook the pork/beef meat. Because it takes longer - 1 hour or 1 hour and a half, it would be good to prepare it in advance. Or, if you want faster, use chicken breast, it only needs 30 minutes to boil.

Romanian Beef Salad - Step 1
Step 2

Cut all the vegetables, the pickles and the meat into small cubes and place in a larger bowl.

Romanian Beef Salad - Step 2
Step 3

Prepare homemade mayonnaise, or you can use the store-bought one (in this case the taste of the salad changes a lot, depending on its quality).

For this salad, I recommend using homemade mayonnaise.

Romanian Beef Salad - Step 3
Step 4

Add the mayonnaise to the finely chopped ingredients.

Romanian Beef Salad - Step 4
Step 5

Mix very well, season with salt. If you like it more sour, you can add more pickles.

Romanian Beef Salad - Step 5
Step 6

Arrange the salad on a plate, garnish with pickles, olives etc.

It's tastier if served after 2-3 hours, when all the flavors have blended in.

Enjoy!

Romanian Beef Salad - Step 6
Quantity: 2 kg ()
Prep time:
30 min
Difficulty: easy
Ready in: 60 min