The Perfect Beet Salad (Easy Ukrainian Red Beet Salad)
This Beet Salad is the most perfect recipe, with festive colors and flavors that are perfect for fall and winter. You're sure to love this Ukrainian favorite!
Keyword Beet Salad, Ukrainian Red Beet Salad
Prep Time 45 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 14
Author Valya's Taste of Home
Ingredients
Vinaigrette Salad with Avocado Oil Dressing Ingredients
Vinaigrette Salad Dressing and Seasoning Ingredients
¼cup– Avocado or Olive oil
½tsp.– black ground pepper or to taste
1tbsp.– sea salt or to taste (plus 1 tbsp. for cooking beets and 1 tbsp. for cooking potatoes with carrots)
Instructions
How to Make Beet Salad
Let’s prep our potatoes and carrots first. Trim off stems, wash and place the potatoes and carrots into a small pot.
Cover with water and add 1 tbsp. and boil for 25 minutes. Drain and let them cool before peeling and dicing.
Now follow the same cooking instructions for beets as well. I’ve cut each beet into 4 pieces to speed up the cooking process. The reason why we don’t boil beets with the other veggies is that beets release color and will stain all your other veggies too.
Alternatively, you can also roast beets in the oven. Cover each whole beet with aluminum foil and roast them on a baking sheet for 45-60 minutes at 400 F. The time depends on the size, so make sure they are fork-tender before getting them out.
After the cooked vegetables have cooled down, peel the skin and dice the veggies. Then place all the diced vegetables into one large bowl.
Next, mix all ingredients together. Sprinkle salt, and pepper and add avocado oil. Mix very carefully again otherwise, the boiled vegetables will lose their shape and the potatoes can become mashed.
Cover the bowl with a lid and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight for the best-tasting result. Mix the salad before serving. Your delicious Beet Salad is ready to be served!
Notes
You may also bake beets in the oven. Cover each whole beet with aluminum foil and bake at 400 F (200 C) for 45-60 minutes depends on the size.