Vinaigrette Salad Without Pickles
A bright, healthy beet salad with sauerkraut, carrots, and potatoes. No pickles, just pure vegetable flavor!
Updated : 04 July, 2025
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
500 grams
Potato
200 grams
Beetroot
150 grams
Carrot
1
Onion
0.25
Lemon
70 milliliters
Vegetable oil
200 grams
Sauerkraut
150 grams
Green peas
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Advices
Advice
Root vegetables are best washed under running water using a brush or a stiff sponge.
Preparation
Step 1
You can adjust the amount of sauerkraut and lemon juice to your taste to get the desired tanginess in the salad.
Step 2
First, cook the vegetables. Wash the potatoes and carrots thoroughly, place them in a pot, cover with cold water, and cook on the stove until tender. Check readiness with a toothpick. Drain the water and let the vegetables cool.
Step 3
In a separate pot, boil the beets. To preserve their color, add a spoonful of vinegar to the pot. I personally prefer roasting beets in an air fryer or oven for vinaigrette. Cool the beets after cooking.
Step 4
Peel the onion. Red or white onions work well. If using standard yellow onion, pour boiling water over finely chopped onion for a few seconds to remove bitterness. Peel the potatoes and carrots as well.
Step 5
Peel and dice the beets into small cubes. I used a vegetable chopper for convenience. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the beets and mix.
Step 6
Dice the potatoes and carrots into cubes of about the same size. Place them in a separate bowl.
Step 7
Drain the liquid from the canned peas. Squeeze the sauerkraut to remove excess brine. Add the chopped onion, sauerkraut, and green peas to the bowl with potatoes and carrots.
Step 8
Mix the remaining vegetable oil with freshly squeezed lemon juice and use it as the dressing. Stir everything together.
Step 9
Add the beets to the rest of the salad ingredients.
Step 10
Mix the salad thoroughly again. Taste and adjust with salt or more lemon juice if necessary.
Step 11
Let the salad sit for a while to allow the flavors to meld, then serve. Vinaigrette without pickles is very tasty!