Beijing cabbage salad with cheese, croutons and sour cream mustard dressing

A simple and delicious salad with crispy croutons and Chinese cabbage. Delicate taste provides the addition of cheese. As a dressing, we will use sour cream with mustard, which will add a little spice. Salad can be served with meat and fish dishes, as well as a vegetable or cereal side dish.

Ingredients

• Chinese cabbage - 200 g
• Hard cheese - 130 g
• Sour cream 20% - 100 g
• White bread or sandwich bun - 50 g
• Mustard - 10 g (to taste)
• Vegetable oil - 5 ml
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste

Directions

1. Prepare all the necessary ingredients.
2. Sour cream is suitable for any fat content.
3. Choose the mustard of your choice.
4. Crackers can be bought ready-made. If you cook crackers yourself, then use yesterday's white bread so that it does not crumble when cut.
5. Trim the crusts off the bread slices, if desired. Cut the bread into small cubes. Place a frying pan without oil on the fire and heat well. Transfer the sliced ​​bread to a hot pan, sprinkle with vegetable oil and dry over moderate heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes. Transfer the toasted bread to a clean plate and set aside.
6. Rinse the cabbage, dry it and chop it into thin strips. Put the cabbage in a salad bowl.
7. Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater. Add cheese to cabbage.
8. Prepare your dressing. To do this, add mustard, salt and ground black pepper to sour cream. Stir.
9. Add cream mustard dressing to salad bowl. Stir.
10. Before serving the salad, add croutons to the table. Stir again.
11. Chinese cabbage salad with cheese and croutons is ready. It is best to serve it immediately after preparation.
12. Bon appetit!