Want to really surprise your guests, but all the dishes are already fed up? Even the beloved by many traditional "Olivier" does not cause the same enthusiasm? Try a new recipe: make a salad with orange and crab sticks and you will be on top!
What's the secret?
But there really is no secret. This dish is quite simple in its execution, it does not require any financial or time expenses, but in the end it turns out to be an excellent light, juicy and very tasty snack. But before we start studying recipes and cooking, let's find out how to choose the right ingredients. For the salad, we need oranges. They must be ripe, sweet, and their peel - not too thick.
Crab sticks are better to take chilled, then they will not be watery, which means that your salad will not “float”. Another ingredient is canned corn. Give preference to well-known brands or to a product that you already liked. The main thing is that the corn is not hard. So, we begin to prepare a delicious salad with orange and crab sticks. Here are some popular options.
Recipe number 1
For this dish you will need: crab sticks - 250 g, canned corn - a jar weighing 150 g, sweet orange, 3 boiled eggs, a clove of garlic and a little mayonnaise.
After cooling, peel and finely chop eggs. Do the same with crab sticks. Open a jar of corn, drain the liquid, and pour the corn into a salad bowl. The orange needs to be washed, peeled, and then carefully remove all the films and partitions, leaving only the pulp, which must be carefully cut with a sharp knife. Put all prepared foods in a salad bowl, squeeze a clove of garlic and season with light mayonnaise. Serving such a salad with orange and crab sticks can be done both on a common dish and in portions, decorated with greens and slices of citrus.
Recipe number 2
And here is another original recipe by which you can cook a wonderful salad. Crab sticks, orange, corn are the main ingredients. In addition to them you will also need: fresh cucumber, 100 g of hard cheese, mayonnaise for dressing. Wash the orange and cucumber thoroughly. Peel the fruit, remove the septum, finely chop the flesh. With a sharp knife, peel the peel and finely chop it. Dice crab sticks, do the same with cheese. Do not try to grate the cheese on a grater, your salad will turn into porridge! All products are only cut. Put in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise and mix. Cheese salad with orange and crab sticks is ready!
Recipe number 3
If you have planned a long feast, snacks can not do. Here you need more powerful artillery. Here for this occasion there is a tasty simple salad. Crab sticks with orange remain the main ingredients, add boiled chicken breast, hard cheese - 100 g, the same amount of prunes, hard-boiled eggs - 2-3 pcs., A bunch of fresh green onions and mayonnaise for dressing. We will lay out in layers in a deep rectangular shape with a flat bottom. The first layer is chicken, which must be cut into cubes. The second is a green onion, the third is a finely chopped prune, well washed in water and wrung out. Then we lay out a layer of grated eggs, on top - crab sticks cut into cubes, then oranges. We crown everything with cheese grated on a coarse grater. When all the ingredients have been laid, put the salad in the refrigerator for several hours, and before serving, carefully turn it on a flat dish and remove the form. You will get a wonderful hearty puff salad that can only be greased with mayonnaise. Bon Appetit!