Spicy herring salad

Spicy herring salad

Appetizers

A flavorful and spicy herring salad, perfect as an appetizer or a starter.

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Discover this spicy herring salad, a unique and colorful appetizer that will delight your guests. The herring are fresh and cut into pieces before being combined with vegetables and herbs for a distinctive flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time—
  • Resting20 min
  • Total30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsalad
  • Estimated cost$9.44 $2.36 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.21
  • $3.35
  • $3.19
  • $0.03
  • $0.03
  • $0.18
  • $0.12
  • $0.25

Decoration

  • $1.68
  • $0.40

Prices from US supermarkets for 9 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Rinse the herring and pat them dry on paper towels. Cut them into evenly sized pieces and the onion into thin slices. ≈ 8 min
  2. Dice the tomatoes, peel them, and cut them into small pieces. Also, dice the hot peppers and the marinated bell peppers, and combine everything in a salad bowl. ≈ 8 min
  3. Combine the mustard, sugar, cayenne pepper, salt, garlic salt, oil, and vinegar. Add the chopped dill and chives, and the horseradish. ≈ 4 min
  4. Pour cette marinade, pour the it over the salad, mix well, and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes. Adjust the seasoning as needed.
  5. Place the ingredients in a clean bowl and garnish with tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and parsley. For a cold buffet, arrange the ingredients in hollowed-out tomatoes placed on a bed of lettuce. ≈ 10 min
  6. Serve with buttered grey bread and a beer, or with freshly picked apples. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Spicy herring salad

  • 1 onion$0.21
  • 2 tomatoes$3.35
  • 2 marinated bell peppers$3.19
  • 1 tablespoon of strong mustard$0.03
  • salt$0.03
  • garlic salt$0.18
  • 6 tablespoons of lemon vinegar$0.12
  • 4 tablespoons of oil$0.25
  • 1 tomato$1.68
  • 1 hard-boiled egg$0.40

Total$9.44

that's $2.36 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 6 to 8 portions of herring (fresh or salted)
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 marinated hot pepper
  • 2 marinated bell peppers
  • 1 tablespoon of strong mustard
  • A pinch of sugar
  • 1 small pinch of cayenne pepper
  • salt
  • garlic salt
  • 6 tablespoons of lemon vinegar
  • 4 tablespoons of oil
  • One small bunch of dill
  • One small bunch of chives
  • 1 teaspoon of grated horseradish
  • 1 tomato
  • Half a bunch of parsley
  • 1 hard-boiled egg

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