Salad with crab sticks and crackers is a light and easy to prepare dish that even an inexperienced chef can make. It is worth noting that it is often used as a daily snack. They serve salad to the table along with various soups, side dishes, meat and other hot dishes.
How to make a salad with crab sticks and crackers?
To prepare such a light dish, you must prepare the following products:
- frozen crab sticks (crab meat can be purchased) - 200 g;
- canned sweet corn - 1 standard jar;
- fresh cucumbers - 3 pcs.;
- high-calorie mayonnaise - 100 g (add at discretion);
- wheat or rye bread - 3 small slices;
- refined olive oil - 2 large spoons;
- fresh garlic - 2 small cloves;
- dried herbs, small salt, ground pepper and other aromatic seasonings - to taste.
Ingredient preparation
Before you make a salad with crab sticks and crackers, you should process all the components. First of all, you need to dry the bread. To do this, cut it into small cubes, season it with refined olive oil, sprinkle with small table salt, ground pepper and other aromatic seasonings, and then mix thoroughly so that the spices and vegetable fat are evenly distributed throughout the product. After that, chopped bread should be placed in a microwave or oven and completely dried.
It is worth noting that the salad with crab sticks and crackers turns out to be juicy and tasty due to the fact that it contains such a fresh vegetable as a cucumber. It must be washed well, peeled (if necessary), and then cut into even cubes with sides of 0.8 centimeters. Similarly, thawed crab sticks need to be cut . It is also recommended to grate fresh cloves of garlic separately on a small grater and drain the liquid from canned corn.
The process of forming a dish and serving it to the table
There is nothing easier than preparing the presented salad: crab sticks of corn, crackers and cucumbers are laid out in a common container, and then mixed with fatty mayonnaise and grated garlic. The dish is ready! Serve it to the table in a beautiful salad bowl immediately after cooking.
Salad with crackers and beans
It should be noted that such a snack with crab sticks can be prepared in different ways. For a similar salad, we need such products:
- frozen crab sticks - 200 g;
- canned beans of any color - 1 standard jar;
- hard cheese - 110 g;
- high-calorie mayonnaise - 100 g (add at discretion);
- flavored crackers purchased in the store - 2 small packages;
- fresh garlic - 3 cloves.
Cooking process
How to make such a delicious and fragrant salad? Beans, crackers, crab sticks, chopped into small cubes, grated hard cheese and garlic must be combined together, seasoned with high-calorie mayonnaise and mix thoroughly. As a result, you should get a fragrant and very tasty mass that can be served not only for lunch, but also presented to the festive table. To do this, put the dish in a salad bowl and immediately offer it to guests. If there is still a lot of time before their arrival, then you should not refuel it in advance. After all, wheat or rye crackers will soak and swell, as well as lose their crisp properties and attractive appearance.
It is worth noting that a salad with canned beans and grated cheese is much more satisfying than using corn and cucumbers.