Seafood is a necessary part of the diet of any person, everyone knows about their benefits. Unfortunately, the gifts of the oceans are not cheap, so many housewives actively use their substitutes. For example, instead of crab meat, crab sticks can be added to salads.

This original product is made from ground white fish meat. The sticks are a ready-made product that does not require heat treatment; many salads can be prepared on their basis today. Below are the most popular and affordable dishes.

Classic salad recipe with crab sticks and rice

Since sticks came to Russia from the East (Japan and China), the best "companion" for them is rice. This cereal is adored by the Japanese, it is considered very useful. That is why it (together with crab sticks) forms the basis classic salad below is his recipe.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks(or the so-called crab meat) - 250 gr.
• Sea salt.
• Canned corn - 1 can.
• Onions - 1-2 pieces, depending on the size.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Rice - 100 gr.
• Mayonnaise - to the taste of the hostess.

Cooking algorithm:

1. The first step is to boil chicken eggs and fig. Rinse the grits, bring water (1 liter) to a boil, put the washed rice, salt, stir, cook until tender. Secret: if at the end of cooking cereals add a little lemon juice, then it will acquire a beautiful snow-white color and slight sourness.
2. Cooking process - 20 minutes (with constant stirring). Drain in a colander with small holes, rinse, cool to room temperature.
3. Boil the eggs in water (salted) until hard boiled (10 minutes). Transfer the eggs to cold water to cool, peel.
4. Clean the crab meat from the film. Clean the turnip, wash.
5. You can actually start making the salad. For this crab sticks, onion and cut the boiled eggs (you can cut them into small cubes).
6. Open the canned corn, drain the water.
7. Put the ingredients in a large enough container. Before serving, the salad must be salted, then seasoned with mayonnaise or mayonnaise sauce.
8. Serve chilled. Such a salad can act as a side dish for meat, fish or be an independent dish.

Crab salad recipe with fresh cucumbers - photo recipe

Familiar and familiar to everyone crab salad easy to update by adding fresh vegetables to the ingredients. Fits great here fresh pepper, onion or cucumber.

It is with the latter that it is worth preparing crab salad in the first place. It turns out it is especially fragrant and juicy. It's also nice that the cucumber cubes crunch. This will surely appeal to children and other vegetable lovers.

Your mark:

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Quantity: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Crab sticks: 300 g
• Fresh cucumbers: 200 g
• Eggs: 4 pcs.
• Corn: 1 b.
• Mayonnaise: to taste

Cooking instructions

First you need to leave the crab sticks warm for a while so that they defrost. Or use this microwave oven. Then we release them from the packaging. For this salad, cut them into equal cubes.





Wash fresh cucumbers, cut off the stem and inflorescence. We cut them into cubes.



Pour the chopped cucumbers into the dishes for the crab sticks.



The eggs that we hard-boiled a little earlier will also be cut into cubes, like the previous ingredients.



Pour them into a bowl where we will mix our salad.



Add the last ingredient - corn. Drain all the juice from it first. Otherwise, the salad may come out too wet. After all, cucumbers will also give their juice.



Add mayonnaise.



Mix thoroughly, taste, and only after that it may be necessary to salt.



We shift the salad from the saucepan into a beautiful dish and put it on the table.

How to cook crab salad with corn

Canned corn is second only to rice in terms of compatibility with crab sticks. It sets off the fishy aroma of sticks, gives the salad a pleasant sweetness and juiciness. Here is one of the easiest salads to prepare, popular with Russian housewives.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 400 gr.
• Canned corn - 350 gr.
• Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 5 pcs.
• Onion (feather) - 1 bunch.
• Rice - 100 gr.
• Parsley - 1 bunch.
• Salt.
• Dill - 1 bunch.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Such a simple dish can be made without rice (less work) or with rice (more work, but also yield). Rinse the rice with water, dip in salted boiling water, cook until fully cooked (20 minutes or a little less). In order not to stick together and not burn, constant stirring is required.
2. Boil the eggs until fully cooked, state - hard boiled, time - 10 minutes. Drain water from corn. Rinse greens, dry.
3. You can proceed, in fact, to the preparation of the salad. First sticks, eggs cut into small or medium cubes. Chop greens.
4. In a deep salad bowl, mix corn, rice, chopped sticks, eggs. Salt, lightly season with mayonnaise. This should be done just before serving, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

White, yellow and green colors lettuces look very bright, festive, spring-like!

Delicious crab salad with cabbage

Russian housewives, unlike Japanese ones, actively use ordinary white cabbage combined with crab sticks. Indeed, these two products complement each other, cabbage makes the salad more juicy, and sticks give the dish a pleasant fishy flavor. In addition, the cost of the initial ingredients is quite low, so even students can cook it.

Ingredients:

• White cabbage - 200-300 gr.
• Crab sticks - 200 gr.
• Onion (small head) - 1 pc.
• Canned corn - ½ can.
• Lemon - ½ pc.
• Salt.
• Mayonnaise sauce (mayonnaise) - a few tablespoons.

Cooking algorithm:

1. For this salad, you do not need to boil vegetables, so you can start cooking almost before eating. Chop the cabbage, ideally into thin strips (novice housewives will have to practice, experienced ones have already mastered this rather complicated technological process). The thinner the cabbage is cut, the sooner it will release the juice, and moreover, the dish looks more appetizing.
2. Cut the sticks crosswise or into medium-sized cubes.
3. In a deep salad bowl, put chopped cabbage, chopped sticks, half a can of corn.
4. Peel the onion, rinse under the tap, cut into cubes, their size depends on the skill and desire of the hostess. You can scald it with boiling water, then its sharp taste will disappear.
5. Take half a lemon and squeeze the juice into a salad bowl, or sprinkle the prepared ingredients. Lightly salt, mix gently, add mayonnaise.

You can immediately salt the chopped cabbage, crush it a little. Then it will be more tender and juicy, and at the end of cooking it is no longer necessary to add salt.

Crab salad with tomatoes

Cheese and tomatoes are two products that go well together. But experimenting housewives have found that crab sticks can make a “pleasant company” for this couple. A little effort, a minimum of products and a wonderful salad becomes a real decoration of the dinner.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks (crab meat) - 200 gr.
• Tomatoes - 300 gr. (4-5 pieces).
• Hard cheese (such as "Dutch") - 250-300 gr.
• Garlic - 2 cloves.
• Mayonnaise (to the taste of the hostess).

Cooking algorithm:

1. Tomatoes must be washed. Peel the garlic, rinse, squeeze it into mayonnaise, let it brew a little.
2. You can start preparing the salad: it is better to use a glass salad bowl, because the salad looks very nice “in section”.
3. Cut tomatoes and sticks at the request of the "cook" - into small cubes, straws. Grate the cheese using a grater with medium holes.
4. Place half of the crab sticks in a glass salad bowl, grease with garlic mayonnaise. Top with a layer of tomatoes, mayonnaise, a layer of cheese.
5. Then once again repeat the crab sticks, a layer of mayonnaise, tomatoes, a layer of mayonnaise. The top "cap" of the salad should be made of cheese.
6. It is good to decorate such a salad with fresh herbs - parsley, dill or onion feathers.

Salad with crab sticks and cheese

Crab sticks are a unique product, they go well with many vegetables, eggs and cheese. Below is one of the easiest recipes to prepare, a novice hostess will also get yummy.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 240 gr.
• Hard cheese (such as "Dutch") - 200 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 4-5 pcs.
• Salt.
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves (depending on size)
• Corn - 1 can.
• Mayonnaise.

Cooking algorithm:

1. First you need to boil the eggs - you need to put them in boiling water, slightly salted, so that they do not burst.
2. The cooking process is 10 minutes, then they are quickly lowered into ice water, this helps when removing the shell. Clean, cut.
3. Cut the so-called sticks into plates. Grate the cheese.
4. In a deep bowl, mix the sticks, boiled eggs, corn, cheese. Salt lightly.
5. Peel the garlic, rinse, pass the slices through a press into mayonnaise.
6. Dress salad with mayonnaise-garlic dressing. Let it brew (up to 15 minutes).

How to make crab bean salad

Interestingly, instead of canned corn, many housewives just as well use ready-made beans packaged in cans. And the most skilled cooks prefer to cook beans (or beans) for salad on their own. Admittedly, this will take a lot of time.

Ingredients:

• Finished canned beans- 1 bank.
• Crab sticks (or meat) - 200-240 gr.
• Salt.
• Greens - a bunch of dill, parsley.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Mayonnaise (can be replaced with mayonnaise sauce).

Cooking algorithm:

1. Pre-boil fresh eggs (cooking time until hard-boiled - 10 minutes). Ready eggs cool, peel. Cut into cubes (large or medium - as desired).
2. Remove crab sticks from packaging, cut each into cubes or slices.
3. Rinse the greens, dip in ice water for 10 minutes, dry. Drain water from beans.
4. Put the cooked ingredients into a deep beautiful salad bowl - eggs and plates of crab sticks, add beans and very finely chopped greens there. Salt, season with mayonnaise.

A salad that uses red beans looks especially beautiful. On top, additionally decorate the salad using greens or cherry tomatoes, cut into 2 or 4 parts.

Salad "Red Sea" with crab sticks

Another dish, based on crab sticks, consists of affordable products, is easy and quick to prepare. It received the name "Red Sea" because of the color of the main ingredients - sticks, tomatoes and bell peppers, also red.

Ingredients:

• Crab meat (or sticks) - 200 gr.
• Juicy, ripe tomatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Red (bulgarian) pepper - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves.
• Hard cheese - 150-200 gr.
• Mayonnaise sauce (or mayonnaise).
• Salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. You don’t need to pre-cook (fry, boil) anything for a salad, so you can start cutting food right before lunch or dinner.
2. Wash the tomatoes, remove the stalk, cut with a very sharp knife in the form of a long thin straw.
3. Wash the bell pepper, remove the "tail" and seeds, also cut into strips.
4. Then carry out the same operation with crab sticks: peel off the packaging, cut into pieces.
5. Grate cheese (you can choose large or medium-sized holes).
6. Peel the garlic, rinse, crush with a knife, salt to release more juice, move with mayonnaise.
7. In a glass salad bowl, mix the products, season with garlic-mayonnaise sauce, do not add salt.

crab salad recipe with pineapple

It would be nice to use real crab meat for the next salad (canned). If finances are tight, you can replace with ordinary crab sticks, they also go well with pineapples.

Ingredients:

• Sticks - 1 pack (200 gr.).
• Mayonnaise sauce (unsweetened yogurt, mayonnaise).
• Hard cheese - 200-250 gr.
• Onion - 1-2 pcs.
• Canned pineapple pieces - 1 can
• Chicken eggs - 4-5 pcs.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Such a salad looks gorgeous in the form of layers, so the products need to be prepared and then placed in a deep salad bowl.
2. Boil chicken eggs for 10 minutes (hard boiled), cool, cut the whites into cubes, mash the yolks with a fork in a separate plate.
3. Drain the pineapple filling.
4. Grate cheese (grater with small or medium holes).
5. Cut the peeled and washed onion into thin half rings, scald, rinse with water.
6. Put sticks on the bottom of the salad bowl, coat with mayonnaise. Then - squirrels, chopped onion half rings, pineapple cubes, grated cheese. Between the ingredients is a layer of mayonnaise.
7. Decorate the top of the salad with mashed yolk, add a little greenery, your favorite parsley or, for example, dill.

Important: the salad does not need to be salted, on the contrary, thanks to pineapples, it will have a slightly sweet original taste.

How to make crab salad in layers

The same salad can be served in two different ways, the household will not even believe that this is the same dish. The first time you can mix all the ingredients and just season with mayonnaise (sauce).

The second time, you can lay the same products, prepared and chopped, in layers in a salad bowl, each spreading lightly with mayonnaise. Here is a recipe for one of the stick-based salads that looks amazing and tastes amazing.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 200 gr.
• Mayonnaise.
• Apple (sweet and sour) - 1 pc.
• Salt.
• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
• Fresh carrots - 1 pc.
• Cheese (ideally hard varieties) - 150 gr.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Eggs will require the most time for cooking - they need to be salted with water, boiled for 10 minutes, cooled, peeled. Separate from each other by cutting into different containers, proteins and yolks.
2. Chop the sticks into strips.
3. Wash the apple, cut into strips.
4. Peel, wash, grate the carrots (grater with large holes).
5. Put in a salad bowl in turn - sticks, apples, proteins, yolks, carrots, cheese. At the same time, grease each layer with mayonnaise.
6. Sometimes you can find the same recipe, only instead of mayonnaise, unsweetened yogurt is offered. Then the dish becomes truly dietary.

Delicious salad with crab meat and mushrooms

The original recipe suggests using crab sticks and canned champignons. A rather rare combination, but why not try to conduct a creative experiment in the kitchen and surprise the household.

Ingredients:

• Sticks - 200 gr.
• Champignons - 400 gr.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Pepper, salt, vinegar.
• Chicken eggs - 5-6 pcs.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil for frying.
• Mayonnaise.
• Greens for decorating the dish.

Cooking algorithm:

1. According to this recipe, the onion needs to be pickled. To do this, cut it into strips, put in a porcelain bowl. Salt, add sugar, pour apple (ideally) vinegar.
2. Stew carrots in oil until soft, cool.
3. Remove the packaging from crab sticks, cut into plates or cubes.
4. Boil the eggs for 10 minutes in salted water, remove the shell, cut into cubes.
5. WITH canned champignons drain the fill, cut into slices.
6. Mix the prepared products in a deep bowl, then carefully transfer to a beautiful salad bowl.
7. The dish is ready, you can invite relatives and friends to taste the new original salad!

Crab salad with apples

For a salad that contains crab sticks, rice and corn are most often chosen as “partners”. But, if you add just one apple, then the taste of the dish will change dramatically. The salad will be more tender, dietary.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 240-300 gr.
• Rice (long grain) - 150 gr.
• Corn - 1 can.
• Sweet and sour apple - 1-2 pcs.
• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
• mayonnaise and salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. The first step is to boil the rice: rinse it, dip it in salted boiling water, cook for 15-20 minutes (until cooked), stir all the time so as not to stick together. Drain the water, rinse the rice, leave to cool.
2. Boil eggs - 10 minutes, also cool, peel.
3. Cut sticks, boiled eggs and apples in the same way - into strips.
4. In the same container, add rice, corn kernels.
5. Season with mayonnaise, salt a little.
6. A little greens turn an ordinary salad into a masterpiece of culinary art, which will undoubtedly be appreciated by friends and colleagues.

Spicy salad recipe with crab sticks, cheese and garlic

The so-called crab meat or its analogue, crab sticks, is a neutral product, it does not have a pronounced taste and aroma. That is why garlic is often found in salad recipes, it gives flavor and spice to the dish.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks -340 gr.
• Corn - 1 can.
• Eggs - 4-5 pcs.
• Greens (dill) - 3-5 branches.
• Hard cheese - 200 gr.
• Garlic - 3-4 cloves.
• Mayonnaise.
• Salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Boil fresh eggs (the norm of time is 10-12 minutes). Cool, clean.
2. Cut eggs, cheese, sticks into cubes.
3. Squeeze garlic into mayonnaise, leave for 10 minutes to infuse.
4. Mix all chopped ingredients in a salad bowl, add corn and chopped dill.
5. Gently mix, then season with mayonnaise, a little salt.
6. The light aroma of garlic stimulates the appetite, and therefore the salad disappears in the blink of an eye.

Healthy crab salad with carrots

Naturally, crab meat is much more useful than sticks called crab, but it is quite expensive. On the other hand, completely different products (more affordable in price and availability) help to make the salad useful. For example, a salad recipe with canned corn and fresh carrots.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 1 pack.
• Canned milk corn - 1 can.
• Boiled eggs - 4-5 pcs.
• Carrots - 1-2 pcs.
• Mayonnaise.
• Sea salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Everything is extremely simple. Peel the carrots, rinse from dirt, chop into very thin strips or grate.
2. Boil chicken eggs, grate.
3. Throw the corn on a sieve.
4. Cut sticks into slices.
5. In a container, mix the components of the salad, pour mayonnaise, mix again.
6. Now arrange in bowls or in a salad bowl, sprinkle with herbs.

Unusual Korean crab salad

"Carrot-cha" is a well-known product, popular in the East. In this form, the favorite vegetable is good on its own, as a snack and as part of various dishes.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 200-250 gr.
• Carrots in Korean - 250 gr.
• Boiled eggs - 3 pcs.
• Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• Corn - ½ can.
• Mayonnaise (or mayonnaise sauce) - 1 pack.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Cut carrots into small enough pieces, cucumbers and crab sticks into strips, boiled eggs into cubes.
2. Drain ½ can of corn in a colander.
3. Mix everything, sprinkle with salt, mayonnaise, mix again.
4. Sprinkle the salad with fresh herbs (chopped finely), the dish of the day is ready!

How to cook a salad with crab sticks and chicken

Another recipe suggests combining crab sticks and chicken together. Chefs take into account the fact that there is nothing from real crabs in sticks, and a modern product is made from ground fish.

Ingredients:

• Sticks - 100 gr.
• Boiled chicken meat - 100 gr.
• Canned corn - ½ a regular can or a small can.
• Boiled chicken eggs - 3-4 pcs.
• Greens are fresh.
• Salt (you can take sea salt), mayonnaise.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Boil chicken fillet (half breast) with onions, salt, seasonings.
2. Cut the chicken sticks and meat into strips.
3. Throw the corn on a sieve.
4. Boil eggs (10 minutes), cool. Then chop them and onion feathers.
5. Simply mix the products in a salad bowl, add salt, mayonnaise (or unsweetened yogurt), mix again.

Households can try for a long time to guess what ingredients are used in this salad, except for onions and corn.

Delicate crab salad with avocado

Many housewives successfully use rare vegetables and fruits, such as avocados, in cooking. It spices up the familiar.

Ingredients:

• Avocado - 1 pc.
• Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• Crab sticks - 200 gr.
• Hard cheese - 100-140 gr.
• Lemon juice - 1-2 tbsp. l.
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves.
• Oil (preferably olive)
• Sea salt to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. This simple salad is prepared just before serving, wash the avocado and cucumber, peel and chop.
2. Cut crab sticks into slices or cubes, grate cheese or cubes.
3. Refueling - olive oil, lemon, salt, crushed garlic and herbs. Pour over the mixed ingredients with aromatic sauce and serve.

Crab sticks, like a universal soldier in the kitchen, go well with vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, and even chicken. Salads with chopsticks are tasty and fragrant, but they look just gorgeous.

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Surimi, namely they are called in cooking, are a ready-to-eat product. They contain flour, salt, crab or white fish meat. But questions about whether it is necessary to additionally thermally process it are still found on various culinary forums. In this article, we will take a closer look at this issue and give advice on the preparation of this product.

Do I need to cook crab sticks for salad

You do not need to cook them, since all salads with crab sticks are always cold. It is a ready-made product that will make any ingredients delicious, and is combined with various products: eggs, pineapples, cucumbers, tomatoes, and so on.

Do I need to cook frozen crab sticks

This product tolerates freezing well, and it does not affect its taste. The only caveat is that it is necessary to completely defrost them before use. It is best to take it out in advance and put it in a bag on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. This way they won't be watery.

There is no need to cook them this way. Hot crab stick does not have a very pleasant taste, and its appearance deteriorates.

Do I need to cook crab sticks for stuffing

There are lovers of pies with the addition of this product, the fantasy of housewives really knows no bounds. If you mix them with an egg and onions, you get very tasty. Such pies are especially tasty with a cup of fresh coffee (Jacobs coffee 400 price). But there is no need to cook them.

Many people prefer to make stuffed crab sticks. Are they boiled for such a dish, so that it is easier to unfold? No, you just need to soak them in hot water for 5 minutes.

Do I need to cook crab sticks for a child

In general, the question itself needs to be put differently: are they needed in his diet? In terms of benefits, this is an "empty" food. Even if the composition contains 30% of fish meat, then at the same price you can buy natural pollock.

If you still decide to give your child crab sticks, then you do not need to cook them. The only thing to keep an eye on is expiration dates.

Expert - Andrey Mosov, Head of the Roskontrol Expert Direction.

Is there crab in crab sticks?

No. Both sticks and crab meat in packs are just imitations of it. This can be understood immediately by the price. A standard package of crab sticks (200-250 g) is sold from 40 rubles. And the same amount of real crab meat - from 900 rubles. The main ingredient of the sticks is minced surimi, the content of which is from 25 to 60%. Together with it, the composition contains water, starch, vegetable oil, egg white, salt, sugar and natural or identical nutritional supplements(thickeners, flavors, colorants, flavor enhancers).

Surimi itself is prepared from white fish with a minimum fat content: mackerel, pollock, hake, blue whiting. In fact, surimi is a concentrated protein from fish meat, obtained from fresh fillets, cleaned of blood, fat and enzymes.

The more stuffing, the better the texture and taste of the sticks. On the packaging of the correct crab sticks, it must be written that this is an “imitation”.

How are they prepared?

White fish fillets are crushed and washed for a long time under cold water - until only undissolved proteins remain. Further, all moisture is removed from this mass. The output is a tasteless mass, to which salt, spices and sugar are added. As well as preservatives (sorbic acid - E420, pyrophosphates - E450), glutamic acid, phosphates, carrageenan thickener - otherwise the product will not be stored. After that, red stripes are created on the meat using dyes E160c (paprika extract) or E120 (carmine or cochineal extracted from insects). They can also add a special bleach to make the meat look more attractive, titanium dioxide. By the way, E120 can cause allergies in some consumers.

After painting, crab sticks pass through the hob, the temperature of which reaches 100 ˚C.

How much can be stored?

After opening the package, the sticks live in the refrigerator for a maximum of 24 hours. Actually, the shelf life of crab salad with mayonnaise does not exceed a day. Then you can get poisoned.

Is there any benefit?

Yes. They contain sodium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, zinc, iodine. Moreover, crab sticks are rich in vitamins B₁ and B₂. Surimi contains methionine, which improves the process of wound healing and has a positive effect on fat metabolism. Crab sticks are low-calorie - they contain no more than 100 kcal per 100 g of product. Approximate protein content - 6 g, carbohydrates - 10 g. But they cannot be considered an equivalent replacement for fish in the diet due to the large number of additives.

Impurities that are added to crab sticks are less useful: egg powder increases the proportion of protein in the product, and starch allows you to increase the volume and elasticity of crab sticks.

Do you need to boil before eating?

No. This is a ready to use product. Additional heat treatment can spoil the taste, because the sticks have already gone through it before.

Is crab meat safe?

A recent examination (see table) of crab meat showed that in all tested samples of popular brands (Vici, Russian Sea, Meridian / Snow Crab, Santa Bremor, D (Dixie) in one or another To a lesser extent, there are food additives such as dyes (carmines, paprika extract), stabilizers (sodium polyphosphate, E450, E452), emulsifier (E471), flavor enhancers (monosodium glutamate) and a moisture-retaining agent (polyphosphate).

All products are safe, but in some cases they have drawbacks.
Provided by NP "Roskontrol"
The product that received the lowest rating from the organization.

But at the same time, all samples, according to the examination, are safe in terms of microbiological indicators.

The presence of these additives does not mean that the manufacturer has violated the law. But experts are convinced: the less additives in the product, the better it is. In addition, the choice "by composition" depends on how important the presence or absence of these ingredients is for the manufacturer.

Despite the availability and low cost of crab sticks, there are numerous recipes for this product, and it must be admitted that they are very attractive and, most importantly, delicious. Most simple recipes- this is a huge number of salads with crab sticks. For example, the familiar salad with crab sticks and corn. Not a single modern feast can do without it. But dishes from crab sticks are not limited to salads. There are very interesting recipes Judge for yourself: crab stick roll, stuffed crab sticks, crab stick cutlets, fried crab sticks, crab stick tartlets, battered crab sticks, etc.

Due to their original and not very bright taste, crab sticks go well with most products, which allows chefs to invent various dishes even more actively. For example, crab sticks with cheese, pita bread with crab sticks, tomatoes with crab sticks, rice with crab sticks, squid with crab sticks and others have appeared.

Everyone knows that there is no crab meat in crab sticks. But they are so skillfully prepared from surimi minced fish, and at the same time they turn out so appetizing that they deservedly received the name. Delicious crab sticks have become the basis of many dishes due to their ease of use in cooking and excellent taste. Crab stick appetizer is a great quick and original solution for any table. Crab sticks do not need heat treatment, however, some recipes provide for their frying. Crab sticks in batter or just fried crab sticks are proof of this, and they turn out great.

Try for yourself how quickly and easily you can cook any dish of crab sticks. The recipes for these dishes are varied and numerous. For example, cook any salad with crab sticks, you can come up with a recipe yourself, since this product responds to any culinary innovations. And one more thing: take a look at the photos of crab stick dishes. Their photos are so colorful and appetizing that it is impossible to pass by these recipes.

The main advice if you cook crab sticks is that the recipe with a photo should become your guide in the kitchen;

High-quality sticks easily unfold into leaves, do not crumple or tear, even slightly springy;

Buy crab sticks from well-known large manufacturers, they do not use artificial dyes and have the most natural, and therefore useful composition components;

Crab stick dishes are served with sparkling and dry white wines;

The calorie content of a natural product does not exceed one hundred calories per hundred grams of crab sticks, so dishes from them are considered dietary;

If among the composition of the components on the packaging of the sticks “surimi” does not appear at all, then you must understand that these crab sticks are made from soy protein or starch. You will not be poisoned by them, but there is no special benefit there, and their taste will cause you conflicting feelings;

Take a look at the shape of the sticks: if they are wrinkled or cracked, then the technology was most likely violated during their production, or they were stored incorrectly;

Do not be lazy to check the expiration dates and storage conditions. Chilled sticks are stored at temperatures from minus 1 to plus 5 degrees.

Crab sticks are an indispensable semi-finished product in the kitchen. Zalats, appetizers, sauces are prepared from them; they bake pies and just fry them in batter. How to cook dishes from crab sticks original recipes watch and read on.

Crab sticks: what to cook from them / Recipes with crab sticks

Recipe Appetizer of crab sticks "Ocharovashki"

Ingredients:

• 1 pack crab sticks
• 3 eggs
• 100 gr. cheese
• 2 tooth garlic
• mayonnaise
• dill greens

Cooking method:

1. Boil eggs and peel.
2. Separate the whites from the yolks.
3. Grate the yolks and whites on a fine grater into different dishes.
4. Grate the cheese separately.
   
5. Finely chop the dill.
6. Put cheese, dill, garlic and mayonnaise in a bowl with proteins. Mix.
7. Defrost crab sticks, release from packaging.
8. Then the sticks need to be lowered for a few seconds in boiling water or held on steam in a colander.
   Carefully unfold the sticks into a rectangle.
9. Lubricate the rectangles with filling and roll back into a tight tube.
10. Lubricate the edges of the sticks with mayonnaise and dip in the yolks. Serve sticks on lettuce leaves.

Recipe Crab sticks stuffed with shrimps

Ingredients:

• 2 pack crab sticks
• 200 gr. boiled unpeeled shrimp
• 3 eggs
• 2 processed cheese
• 2 tooth garlic
• 3 art. l. mayonnaise
• dill greens
• pepper

Cooking method:

1. Boil shrimp, peel and chop.
2. Boil eggs separately, peel and grate.
3. Grate melted cheeses on a fine grater.
4. Chop the dill.
5. Pass the garlic through a press.
6. Combine eggs, cheese, shrimp, garlic and dill.
   Season the filling with pepper and mayonnaise.
7. Hold crab sticks in boiling water, then carefully unfold.
   Put the filling on the unfolded sticks and spread evenly over the entire surface.
8. Roll the sticks into rolls.
9. Arrange on a platter and decorate as you wish.
10. Place the dish in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. Serve as an appetizer.

• Crab sticks can be stuffed with lightly salted red fish, boiled or smoked squid, fresh cucumbers, mushrooms fried with onions and even sausage.
• The less mayonnaise in the filling, the stronger the roll and the neater the appetizer looks.
• So that the crab stick unfolds and does not break in the process, try to defrost the packaging with them naturally. That is, it is better to leave the package at room temperature and the crab sticks will defrost perfectly without too much help.
• Salt and pepper dishes from crab sticks are not recommended. Therefore, do not get carried away with seasonings, otherwise you risk spoiling the whole dish.

Recipe Crab sticks in beer batter

Ingredients:

• 1 pack crab sticks
• 100 gr. cheese
• 2 tooth garlic
• vegetable oil

For batter:

• 150 ml beer
• 2 eggs
• 1 st. flour (or a little less)

Cooking method:

1. Cheese grate on a medium grater.
   Pass the garlic through a press.
2. Mix garlic with cheese.
3. You can add 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise.
4. Hold the crab sticks over the steam and unfold.
5. Submit cheese filling on sticks and roll into a roll.
6. Prepare a fairly thick batter.
7. The dough should come out like dough for pancakes.
8. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan.
9. Dip sticks in batter and place in hot oil.
10. Fry crab sticks until golden brown on all sides.
11. Put the finished sticks on a napkin to absorb excess fat. Serve with sour cream and a slice of lemon.

Recipe Crab pancakes for beer

Ingredients:

• 5 pieces. crab sticks
• 1 st. flour
• 0.5 st. beer
• dill or parsley
• 1 st. l. vegetable oil

Cooking method:

1. Sift flour.
2. Pour beer into flour, add salt and egg.
3. Mix and add oil.
4. Grate crab sticks on a fine grater.
5. Put the sticks into the dough and mix. Add chopped greens.
6. Bake like a little thin pancakes or pancakes, after greasing the pan with oil. This dish can be well salted. Serve with cold beer.

Recipe Crab sauce for fish or white meat

Ingredients:

• 1 pack crab sticks
• 1 st. cream
• dill greens

Cooking method:

1. Freeze crab sticks.
2. Then remove the package and grate on the smallest grater.
3. Whip half of the cream with a whisk.
4. Put the second half of the cream to the crab sticks and beat for 10 seconds with a blender.
5. Combine both parts of the cream. Salt to taste.
6. Finely chop the greens and put in the sauce.
7. The sauce can be acidified with a few drops of lemon juice.

Experimenting with crab sticks is not for you, since you prefer the usual crab salad? Then watch the video recipe below.

Video recipe "Crab stick salad"

Cook with pleasure and be healthy!

Always your Alena Tereshina.