These recipes have become popular on Instagram: TOP 5 trendy dishes from social media

These Instagram recipes have become popular, and anyone can try them out in their own kitchen without much effort.

Social media has become a fertile ground for professional chefs and cooking enthusiasts who have created great recipes for delicious, simple, and healthy dishes that you can make yourself. All you need to do is follow the instructions and get inspired. OBOZREVATEL has prepared five recipes from Instagram that are worth paying attention to.

Couscous from Sardinia

This Mediterranean dish from Italy has taken root in that area, although it is actually of Eastern origin. This food is a good example of a combination of cultures that gives rise to new facets in cooking.

Ingredients for the recipe:

• 300 g of already cooked couscous;

• 150 g of chickpeas;
• 2 zucchini;
• 1 bell pepper;
• 2 carrots;
• Celery;
• 1 onion;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• Wild fennel to taste;
• Mixed spices - powder (coriander, cinnamon, cloves, star anise);
• Vegetable broth;
• Olive oil;
• Salt to taste.

Preparation:

1. Cook the chickpeas and fry them in oil with fennel.

2. Dice all the vegetables and put them in a pan to stew with the spices, then add the chickpeas.

3. Pour the vegetable broth into the pan - it should cover all the vegetables and simmer for 5-7 minutes over medium heat.

4. At the end of cooking, add all the spices and cooked couscous and mix.

Tender yakitori skewers

Photos of this Japanese dish can often be found on social media, as they are actively shared and liked. It's time to learn how to make it easily at home.

We will need:

• 500 g of chicken fillet;
• 3 tablespoons of teriyaki sauce;
• 2 tablespoons of honey;
• 5 grams of ginger;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
• Wooden skewers for kebabs

Recipe:

1. Cut the fillet into long strips.

2. Chop the ginger and garlic, mix with honey and teriyaki sauce.

3. Marinate the chicken pieces in the sauce, leaving them in the refrigerator for 5-7 hours.

4. Thread the fillets on skewers in waves and fry on a grill pan on all sides.

Croissant with poached egg, salmon and avocado

This gourmet breakfast recipe has become a favorite among Instagram users.

To make it for yourself or to please others, you will need the following ingredients:

• 1 ready-made croissant without filling;
• A quarter of an avocado;
• Cherry tomato;
• 30 g of salmon slices;
• 1 leaf of lettuce;
• 1 egg;
• Vinegar;
• 200 ml of boiling water.

Preparation:

1. First, make a poached egg very quickly in the microwave: pour water with 1 tsp of vinegar into a large cup. Gently break the egg on a separate saucer and pour it into the cup. Microwave this for 1 minute.

2. Cut the cherry tomato into slices, the avocado into slices, and wash the lettuce leaf.

3. Assemble the croissant: cut it lengthwise, put a lettuce leaf, then the avocado, and salt it. Next, add tomatoes and salmon, and then an egg. Pepper the croissant.

4. Make a cut in the egg to allow the yolk to flow, and then cover it.

Tomato cream soup

This recipe was not invented yesterday, but it has been popular on social media for a long time.

What you need for its preparation:

• 300 g of tomatoes;
• 1 onion;
• 20 ml of oil;
• A couple of basil leaves;
• Pepper/salt/herbs - to taste.

Recipe:

1. Dip the tomatoes in boiling water for 3 minutes and then in cold water. Then peel the tomatoes.

2. Finely chop the onion and fry it in a deep bowl until translucent.

3. Core the tomatoes and cut them into slices.

4. Add the tomatoes to the onion and fry over low heat until they release their juice.

5. Season with salt and pepper and add herbs.

6. Remove the tomatoes from the heat and blend them with a blender, then bring to a boil again, and then pour the soup into bowls, garnishing with basil.

Crazy Cake

The American cake has become popular in other countries due to the fact that it has a very simple composition, but it turns out to be delicious. The dessert was invented during a period of shortage, when people could not afford much, which explains its simplicity.

What you need for the cake:

• 4 cups of milk;
• 2.5 tablespoons of sugar;
• 4 tablespoons of baking powder;
• 2 cups of flour;
• 6 tablespoons of cocoa;
• 1 egg.

Ingredients for the cream:

• 2 cups of milk;
• 1 cup of sugar;
• 3 tablespoons of flour;
• 1 egg.

Recipe:

1. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa and baking powder;

2. Pour the dry mixture with warm milk and mix;

3. Pour the dough into the mold and place in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees;

4. Cream: boil milk, whisk sugar, flour and egg in a separate bowl. Pour this mass into the milk and stir it over low heat until the cream thickens to the desired consistency.

5. Cut the cake lengthwise into 2 or 3 pieces, grease them with cream and decorate the finished cake at your discretion.