Whitefish Salad with Toasted Bagels Recipe

1      Reviews by:    Elaine Schneider   Whitefish Salad with Toasted Bagels Recipe, a traditional deli favorite, uses smoked whitefish, celery, spring onions, mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, lettuce, pepper and parsley to create this tasty salad recipe served on lettuce with bagels. 3419

INGREDIENTS

• 1 smoked whitefish or halibut, skinned and boned
• 2 celery sticks, chopped
• 1/2 red, white or yellow onion or 3-5 spring onions (scallions), chopped
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 3 tbsp sour cream
• juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon
• 1 head lettuce
• ground black pepper
• 2 tsp chopped fresh parsley, to garnish
• toasted bagels, to serve

DIRECTIONS

• Break the smoked fish into bite-size pieces. In a bowl, combine the chopped celery, onion or spring onion, mayonnaise and sour cream, and add lemon juice to taste.
• Fold the fish into the mixture and season with pepper. Arrange the lettuce leaves on serving plates, then spoon the smoked fish salad on top. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with bagels.