With the advent of canned corn on store shelves, crab salad became popular, which, along with herring under a fur coat, is present on almost every New Year's table. Recently, there are new recipes for classic crab salad. The most popular and delicious are:
- with corn and cucumber;
- with the addition of rice;
- with cabbage;
- with pickles.
1 serving of salad contains 520 kcal and 31 grams of fat. All the ingredients necessary for cooking can be found in any store.
Recipe 1. Crab Stick Salad
For a classic recipe for 6 servings, you will need:
- 600 g of crab sticks or crab meat;
- 350 g canned corn;
- 6 chicken eggs;
- 120 g of cooked rice;
- 250 g mayonnaise;
- 2 small heads of onions;
- a pinch of salt;
- greens for serving.
For cooking, you need about 40 minutes of free time and the products listed above.
Making classic crab salad
So, the whole cooking process can be divided into stages:
- First you need to cook rice. Pour the washed cereal into the pan, add 1 liter of water and add salt. You need to cook for about 25 minutes from boiling water in a container, constantly stirring so that nothing burns and there is no unpleasant smell. To give the rice a snow-white color, pour 1 tablespoon of lemon juice into the porridge at the end of cooking. As soon as the rice is ready, the liquid must be drained, and the cereal should be washed with boiled warm water.
- For a classic salad with crab sticks and corn, before cooking, rinse the eggs with water (with soap and water) and put in a container with cold water. Boil them for about 10 minutes from boiling until the yolk hardens completely. Useful advice: after hot time, place the eggs under ice water. So the shell is very easy to leave, and the cleaning process will be much easier.
- Crab sticks must be removed from the packaging and the cellophane wrapper. Cut into small pieces with the eggs, peeling them from the shell.
- Onion in a classic crab salad with corn gives juiciness and blends perfectly with the rest of the ingredients, adding piquancy to the taste. It needs to be cut into very small cubes.
- Jars of canned corn must be opened with a can opener and drain the juice. Before adding to the salad, it is better to sort out the corn and clean it from bad seeds.
- The final and final step is to combine all the chopped ingredients in a large bowl. Next, you need to season it all with mayonnaise, salt, pepper and garnish with herbs.
Recipe 2. Classic crab salad with rice
This dish is universal. It is suitable for a festive feast, as well as for an everyday table. Also, the salad is very easy to prepare, while it is tasty and nutritious. Thanks to the vibrant colors of the ingredients, it will become the star of any dinner or lunch. For cooking, you will need the following ingredients:
- 250 grams of crab sticks;
- 5-7 eggs;
- 150 grams of rice cereal;
- 200 grams of canned corn;
- mayonnaise;
- salt;
- 1 head of medium-sized onion.
It takes a little time and creative inspiration to make a classic crab salad.
Cooking Rice Salad
- Initially, it is necessary to defrost crab sticks. While they are thawing, you can do the eggs. After thorough washing, they must be placed in a container of water and put on the stove. You need to cook them to a state of "hard-boiled" (about 10 minutes). When the eggs are ready, pour cold water for better further cleaning.
- Next, you need to do rice. About 1.5 liters of water are poured into the pan, salted and put on fire. At the time of boiling, rinsed several times, pour into boiling water. Cook for 17 minutes, stirring constantly. Rice should not stick together. For a classic crab salad, you need crumbly.
- Cooked rice is laid out in a colander and washed with warm boiled water, and then cooled to room temperature.
- Thawed crab sticks are cut into small cubes. The egg is also chopped very finely. You can use the egg cutter. It is important that the smallest pieces of shell that do not crunch on the teeth do not get into the salad.
- All sliced products are poured into a large container (basin, pan, salad bowl). Corn is added to them. Juice from canned corn must be drained, and the corn should be checked for spoiled grains.
- Chives and green onions are cut into small pieces and added to chopsticks, corn and eggs. The cooled rice is also mixed with other products.
- It remains to fill the salad with mayonnaise and let it brew in the refrigerator.
- Before use, you can decorate a serving of food with a sprig of greens.
Recipe 3. Crab Cucumber Salad
This variation of the famous salad is very simple and quick to prepare. Literally 10 minutes are required for its preparation. This dish is suitable if you need to quickly and tasty feed the guests. The ingredients for the preparation are as follows:
- 240 grams of crab sticks;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- half a can of canned corn;
- 1 PC. fresh cucumber;
- a pair of stalks of green onions;
- mayonnaise to taste;
- salt pepper;
- 2-3 bundles of dill.
It is better to keep crab sticks just in case in the freezer and constantly replenish their supply in case of sudden guests. Before preparing the salad, pour the frozen product over with boiling water.
Cooking Cucumber Salad
- Crab sticks are removed from the packaging and the cellophane shell and cut into cubes larger than average.
- Chives and dill are chopped very finely and added to the chopsticks. It is worth remembering that there should not be a lot of greens, as unpleasant bitterness may appear.
- Boiled eggs must be peeled and diced.
- Corn from a can is laid out in a container with chopped ingredients. Before this, the liquid from the jar must be drained. You need to buy unsweetened corn so as not to spoil the taste of the salad.
- Next, a fresh cucumber is cut into small pieces.
- All chopped products are mixed, salted. The salad is seasoned with mayonnaise. It is only necessary to fill the portion if the salad is prepared for several days.
Recipe 4. Salted Cucumber Salad Recipe
Such a salad has a very interesting taste, as salted are added to it, in addition to fresh cucumbers. Also aroma and piquant taste gives bell pepper. For salad you need:
- 230 grams of crab sticks;
- 1 jar of corn;
- half a glass of rice;
- 2 pieces of pickled and fresh cucumbers;
- 1 large bell pepper;
- mayonnaise, salt, pepper and herbs to taste.
Making such a salad is very similar to making a classic crab salad recipe with corn.
Cooking Salad with Pickles
This recipe resembles a classic crab salad with cucumber.
- Rice must be washed and boiled.
- Thaw crab sticks and cut into small pieces. Then you need to mix the sticks and rice in one large container.
- Next, chop the bell pepper, pickled pickles and fresh cucumbers in small slices and add them to the salad bowl.
- Corn from the jar is dumped along with chopped herbs to the rest of the ingredients. The salad is very colorful and fragrant!
- Finally, dress the dish with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Serving can be in a special form.
Recipe 5. Crab salad "Tenderness"
This salad is an analogue of a usual salad of crab sticks, but its trick is to arrange the ingredients in layers in the composition of the dish. For the salad you need:
- 180 grams of crab meat sticks;
- 0.5 cans of corn;
- 2 cucumbers;
- 3 boiled eggs;
- 160 grams of hard cheese;
- dressing mayonnaise;
- spice.
To prepare a salad, you must follow the instructions:
- Boil the eggs, and then finely chop together with the crab sticks and cucumbers, but then do not mix them.
- Since the salad will be laid out in layers, the first will be a layer of cucumber.
- Next, grease with mayonnaise and put crab sticks.
- Before laying out the next layer, lubricate the surface of the layer with mayonnaise again.
- An egg is rubbed onto a mayonnaise net, and cheese is placed on top.
- The final layer of corn, on top of which you can make a beautiful pattern of mayonnaise and sprigs of greens.
- You can serve the dish on a plate, like a piece of cake.
Crab Salad Tips
- First, crab sticks for salad need to be cut into larger pieces. This is necessary in order to better feel the structure of the product, to make maximum emphasis on the main crab taste.
- Secondly, for salad the most preferred option is to use long-grain rice, since it does not stick together in lumps, but remains friable.
- To make the rice white and not yellow, it is necessary to add a little lemon juice during the cooking process, which will bleach the cereal.
- To give the salad a fresher, but at the same time light taste, you need to add fresh cucumber.
- For lovers of unusual dishes, you can add an apple drizzled with lemon juice to preserve color. From this recipe, you can exclude rice.
- For piquancy and enhance the taste, it is necessary to sprinkle it with ground black pepper when serving the dish.
- If guests or family do not like rice groats, then it can be replaced with boiled potatoes, cut into small cubes.