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Chicken, crab, and shrimp salad

Chicken, crab, and shrimp salad

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An Azerbaijani-style chicken, crab, shrimp, apple, and carrot salad, bound with sour cream, topped with quail eggs and red caviar.

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Recipe from Araz Yaquboglu, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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The Tacir salad, also known as the “merchant’s salad,” is a festive Azerbaijani salad. It combines meats and vegetables in small, bite-sized pieces.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodCooking in salted water, assembly
  • Estimated cost$38.54 $6.42 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $4.61
  • $26.51
  • $1.70
  • $1.58
  • $0.36
  • $0.03
  • $0.51
  • $0.64
  • $0.35
  • $1.95
  • $0.28
  • $0.02

Prices from US supermarkets for 9 of 12 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash and peel the vegetables. ≈ 8 min
  2. Cook the chicken breast in lightly salted water, then finely chop it.
  3. Peel the quail eggs and cut them in half lengthwise. ≈ 8 min
  4. Clean the crab meat and set it aside. ≈ 8 min
  5. Finely chop the capers, olives, and gherkins. ≈ 8 min
  6. Peel the apple and remove the core. ≈ 8 min
  7. Cut the vegetables, cucumber, carrot, and apple into small, evenly sized cubes using a sharp knife. ≈ 8 min
  8. Place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl. ≈ 4 min
  9. Add the crab meat and chopped vegetables, then mix well. ≈ 4 min
  10. Pour the sauce made with mayonnaise or sour cream mixed with mustard, mix again, and season with salt. ≈ 4 min
  11. Arrange the salad on a bed of lettuce. ≈ 2 min
  12. Decorate with red caviar and quail eggs. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Chicken, crab, and shrimp salad

  • 600 g of chicken breast$4.61
  • 300 g of crab meat$26.51
  • 5 baked apples, cooled$1.70
  • 2 cucumbers$1.58
  • 2 carrots, cooked and cooled$0.36
  • 1/4 cup of capers$0.03
  • 60 g of pitted black olives$0.51
  • 120 g of pickled gherkins$0.64
  • One green apple$0.35
  • 1 head of lettuce$1.95
  • 50 g of mustard$0.28
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt$0.02

Total$38.54

that's $6.42 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 600 g of chicken breast
  • 120 g of crab tail
  • 300 g of crab meat
  • 5 baked apples, cooled
  • 2 cucumbers
  • 2 carrots, cooked and cooled
  • 1/4 cup of capers
  • 60 g of pitted black olives
  • 120 g of pickled gherkins
  • One green apple
  • 1 head of lettuce
  • 1 tablespoon of red caviar (for decoration)
  • 300 g of sour cream (xama)
  • 50 g of mustard
  • 12 quail eggs, cooked and cooled
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt

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