In our country, crab sticks quickly gained popularity, many salads can not do without them in the composition. But the scope of this product is not limited to salads only. For example, you can cook cutlets from crab sticks. Side dishes for such a dish do not differ from those that are served with meat or fish. Another undoubted advantage of crab stick cutlets is their budget cost.
Cooking nuances
- basically, such a dish is made from minced meat, which, in turn, is made from crab meat;
- for the stuffing itself, the sticks can be chopped on a coarse grater or in a meat grinder;
- so that they are not dry, you need to add products that add juiciness;
- bake minced crackers for breading, oatmeal, soaked bread, semolina, eggs;
- juices add refried onions, hard cheese, sour cream or mayonnaise;
- for a richer taste, you can knead in half with minced meat or fish;
- cooking methods also vary, starting from frying and ending with steaming.
Cheese cutlets
Components:
- good quality crab sticks - 200 grams;
- wheat breadcrumbs for breading;
- hard Russian cheese - 250 grams;
- a chicken egg is one of medium size;
- garlic - a pair of cloves;
- ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
- The chopsticks are chopped on a coarse grater. Hammer in an egg and crushed garlic. Hard Russian cheese is also ground on a grater. Add salt, ground black pepper if necessary. From the resulting mincemeat form cutlets of any shape you like. A pan with vegetable oil is heated.
- Each of them is rolled in breadcrumbs and put in a pan.
- As soon as a golden crust appears on one side, turn on the other side and fry until cooked. Cutlets from crab sticks are ready. Enjoy your meal!
With the addition of sausages
Crab sticks are also served with sausages.
Components:
- chicken eggs - 6 pieces of medium size;
- crab sticks - 5 pieces;
- milk sausages - 2 pieces;
- semolina - a few tablespoons;
- mayonnaise - no more than a tablespoon;
- wheat flour - 2 tablespoons;
- onions - half the head.
Cooking method:
Chop onion fried until soft. Four eggs are boiled, crushed together with sausages and crab sticks. All components are mixed, adding a spoonful of mayonnaise, remaining raw eggs, flour with semolina. Cutlets are formed from minced meat and fry them. This recipe for crab stick cutlets does not include the addition of breadcrumbs.
Chicken
Components:
- oat bran - a tablespoon;
- minced chicken - 250 grams;
- onions - the middle head;
- chicken egg;
- crab sticks - 100 grams;
- oatmeal - faceted glass;
- milk is optional.
Cooking method:
Oat bran is poured with milk and left to swell for fifteen minutes. Minced chicken mixed with chopped onions. Grated sticks are mixed with minced meat, chicken egg is added there. Swollen bran is also added to the stuffing. A lot of pepper, salt, if necessary. Form cutlets and roll in oatmeal. The oven is heated to one hundred and eighty degrees and sent there form with cutlets for twenty-five minutes. Enjoy your meal!
Potato crab
Components:
- potatoes - 300 grams;
- hard Russian cheese - 50 grams;
- crab sticks - 120 grams;
- carrots - one small size;
- egg.
Cooking method:
The potatoes are peeled and cut into slices, boiled. As soon as it is cooked, it is ground into mashed potatoes and set to cool. The chopsticks are chopped with a knife into medium pieces. The hard cheese is ground on a coarse grater, and the carrots are rubbed on a fine grater. All crushed products are combined with mashed potatoes and mixed thoroughly. Cutlets are made from the mass and fried in a pan with sunflower oil. These crab sticks with cheese do not need to be crushed for breading or flour.
With cauliflower
Components:
- crab sticks - 200 grams;
- garlic - a pair of cloves;
- breadcrumbs - if necessary;
- hard Russian cheese - 200 grams;
- sour cream - a tablespoon;
- mustard - a tablespoon;
- two chicken eggs;
- salt to taste;
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- cauliflower.
Cooking method:
Hard cheese and crab sticks are grated on a grater. Add croutons for breading, about three tablespoons, and crushed garlic to the crushed products. Mustard, sour cream and two chicken yolks are added. The chopped green onion is added to the products and mixed thoroughly. If necessary, add salt and black pepper. With wet hands they form cutlets and put them in a slow cooker in the “Baking” mode. While the meatballs are fried, a plate for cooking steamed is set up. I put in it cauliflower, disassembled into inflorescences, cooked for ten minutes.
Fish
A lot of photos of crab stick cutlets prepared according to this recipe are published by satisfied housewives. And it is justified, because they turn out very juicy and tasty.
Components:
- fillet of pollock or hake - kilogram;
- crab sticks - 200 grams;
- potato - one large;
- egg;
- sour cream with a fat content of 15% - 50 grams;
- dried bread - 2 slices;
- butter - 50 grams;
- milk - 150 milliliters;
- flour - 150 grams;
- dried basil - optional;
- ground black pepper - a third of a teaspoon;
- ground paprika - half a teaspoon.
Cooking method:
Finely chopped onions are fried in a pan. Pour the bread with milk and leave for a while. Fish fillet is scrolled through a meat grinder along with crab sticks. Next, fried onions, bread squeezed from milk are passed through a meat grinder.
Sour cream is poured into the resulting mixture, the egg is broken. Grated potatoes are also mixed in the minced meat. Sprinkle with spices and spices, but very carefully add salt.
Cutlets are made from minced meat in any shape. Each is first rolled in flour, and then put in a pan. It is recommended to cook in medium mode, so that they do not burn. On one side, fry for about seven minutes.
For a snack
This recipe for "cutlets" made from crab sticks with cheese will create an excellent appetizer.
Components:
- two processed cheese "Friendship" type;
- crab sticks - 200 grams;
- garlic - a large clove;
- mayonnaise - at will;
- chicken eggs - 3 pieces of medium size;
- breadcrumbs as needed.
Cooking method:
We begin to study the unusual recipe for "cutlets" from crab sticks (you can find the photo of the finished dish above).
Processed cheeses are grated on a coarse grater and mixed with high-fat mayonnaise. Garlic clove is passed through a press and added to cheese. The sticks are thawed first, and then unfold. On the expanded stick, evenly apply the cheese mixture, and then fold again. Send to the refrigerator for half an hour.
Chicken eggs are beaten into a homogeneous mass, and the pan is put on fire. Chilled crab rolls are cut into a thickness of 1.5 centimeters. Each piece is dipped in beaten eggs, bread crumbs for breading. Fry until browning on each side of the roll. Enjoy your meal!
There are still many recipes for crab stick cutlets, so you can experiment with combinations as much as you like without limiting your imagination.
Such a delicious dish will be appropriate both on the festive table and on weekdays. Everyone who has already prepared them according to one of the recipes presented above is very pleased with the delicious result of their labors.