Russian salad

Diced vegetable mix

Russian salad is a cold dish of diced vegetables—typically potatoes, carrots, and peas—bound with mayonnaise.

Hard-boiled eggs, pickles, and sometimes ham or chicken may be added.

The dish appears at buffets and as a side throughout Europe and Latin America, where it goes by various names: ensalada rusa, Olivier salad, salade russe.

Related

eggs · side dish · beetroot · peas · ham · chicken · dill · mustard · New Year's Eve · Soviet era · food · refrigerating · cold dish · boiling · appetizer · mixing · dicing · mixture

Categories
Opposites
salad composition and preparation

Russian saladgreen salad

Uncooked leafy vegetable dish

garden salad · mixed greens · side salad · tossed salad · Caesar salad

dish temperature and heaviness

Russian saladconsommé

Clarified, concentrated stock

crudités

culinary origin/tradition

Russian saladGreek salad

Mediterranean vegetable and cheese dish

tabbouleh

Family

Russia, Russian, Russification, Russify, salad, salads

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G