Herring salad with beans
4 servings
30 minutes
Herring salad with beans is a harmony of flavors that combines tender salty herring with refreshing green beans, rich potatoes, and juicy tomatoes. Its roots trace back to European cuisines where salted fish is traditionally paired with vegetables to create rich and nutritious dishes. A creamy sauce with aromatic herbs and yolks adds depth to the flavor and makes the salad tender. This salad is a wonderful combination of textures and aromas: juicy beans, soft potatoes, piquant herring, and creamy sauce. It is perfect for a festive table or as a nutritious dish in everyday meals. Due to its balance, the salad can serve not only as an appetizer but also as a main course, especially when paired with fresh bread.
1
Carefully clean the pickled herring from bones and cut it into thin pieces.
- Herring: 200 g
2
Boil the potatoes, let them cool, and cut into cubes.
- Potato: 2 pieces
3
Boil green beans in salted water.
- Green beans: 100 g
4
Cut the tomatoes into cubes, removing the flesh first.
- Tomatoes: 2 pieces
5
Combine herring with beans and potatoes.
- Herring: 200 g
- Green beans: 100 g
- Potato: 2 pieces
6
Boil the eggs hard, separate the whites from the yolks. Chop the whites finely and mix with fish and vegetables.
- Chicken egg: 2 pieces
- Herring: 200 g
- Potato: 2 pieces
- Green beans: 100 g
- Tomatoes: 2 pieces
7
To prepare the sauce, mix finely chopped greens and crushed yolk with sour cream.
- Green: 50 g
- Chicken egg: 2 pieces
- Sour cream: 100 g
8
Dress the salad, add salt, and pepper.
- Salt: to taste