New simple tasty salads can include completely different ingredients. However, most modern housewives give their preference to proven snacks, for the preparation of which simple and affordable products are required. Such dishes include the famous crab salad.
Making a delicious crab salad
The recipe for such a salad is known to many housewives. After all, it is done easily and quickly, but it turns out incredibly tender, satisfying and tasty. It can be safely served both to a simple dining table and to a festive dinner.
So how are delicious crab stick salads made ? Recipes of such snacks are implemented very easily and quickly. The main thing is to stock up on all the necessary components, namely:
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- frozen crab sticks (you can use crab meat) - 200 g;
- Beijing cabbage - a few leaves;
- long rice - 3 large spoons;
- sweet corn (canned) - a standard jar;
- white onions - a large head;
- large juicy carrots - 1 pc.;
- salt and black pepper - apply to taste;
- high fat mayonnaise - add as you wish;
- fresh dill - a few branches.
We prepare the ingredients
Before making a delicious “Crab” salad, it is necessary to process all of the listed components in turn. First, boil the eggs and carrots. They are placed in a pan, poured with water and pour salt. After boiling, the ingredients are cooked a different amount of time. Eggs are removed after 7 minutes, and carrots - after 30. Finished products are peeled and chopped in small cubes.
After the steps described, take long rice, wash it thoroughly, put it in boiling salt water and boil until soft. After this, the cereals are thrown into a sieve, washed, shaking hands, and shaken off strongly so that the glass is excess liquid.
After heat treatment of the presented ingredients, they begin to prepare the remaining products.
The delicious “Crab” salad can include the use of both crab sticks and crab meat. Whichever product you choose, you should defrost it first. Only then can the ingredient be cut into small cubes. Similarly, chop and white onion. As for the leaves of Beijing cabbage, they are rinsed in warm water, dried and cut into long and thin straws.
At the end of the preparation of the ingredients, a jar of sweet corn is opened and the whole brine is drained from it. Fresh dill is also chopped separately.
The process of forming a delicious dish
The most delicious “Crab” salad is formed simply. To do this, take deep dishes and alternately lay the following products in it: Peking cabbage straws, cubes of crab sticks, boiled eggs, as well as long rice, chopped dill, sweet corn and sweet onions.
After all the ingredients are in a bowl, they are flavored with black pepper and seasoned with bold mayonnaise. In this composition, the products are thoroughly mixed with a large spoon and sent to the refrigerator. After 30 minutes, a delicious crab salad will be fully usable.
How to serve at the festive table?
As you can see, there is nothing complicated in preparing the salad of crab sticks in question. After a delicious and nutritious snack is formed and cooled, it can be safely presented to the festive table. To do this, distribute the salad in small bowls or small plates and decorate with sprigs of fresh parsley.
Eat a delicious crab salad before the main hot lunch with a slice of bread.
To summarize
Crab salads can be prepared not only according to the above recipe. For example, some housewives make them with the addition of components such as sea or white cabbage, store crackers, fresh or pickled cucumbers, tomatoes, canned beans (red, white), smoked sausage, and more.
As for dressing, most often snacks with crab sticks are dressed with mayonnaise. Sometimes it is pre-mixed with fat sour cream (in equal proportions).