Having appeared not so long ago on the shelves of our stores, many housewives fell in love with crab sticks. Not a single feast is complete without salads with chopsticks made of white surimi fish. They are sold ready-made, the hostess can only defrost the fish product, clean it from plastic wrap and cut into small circles or cubes. In addition, crab sticks go well with any other foods in salads. Often they are used to prepare "Olivier" instead of sausage or meat, and they also wrap a variety of snacks in them and put them on a large dish with rolls.
The article will introduce readers to original recipes for dishes with crab sticks. You will learn how to cook a crab salad with and without corn, with the addition of eggs and rice, potatoes and carrots, cucumbers, both fresh and pickled. You can put the ready-made salad on the festive table in a mixed form in a large salad bowl or lay it on a flat dish in layers.
Classic recipe
Crab salad with corn is very popular. Making it pretty simple. Since rice is part of it, boil it in advance so that it cools down before starting work. Let's take a closer look at what ingredients are included in its composition:
- Crab sticks - 300 grams.
- 1 can of canned sweet corn.
- 4 boiled eggs.
- 2 medium sized fresh cucumbers.
- Half a glass of rice.
- 1 onion.
- Greens - dill or parsley (optional).
- For dressing - mayonnaise, salt, black pepper if desired.
How to cook a crab salad with corn, we will consider further in the article.
Cooking
The taste of the salad depends on the quality of its components, so when buying crab sticks, take only proven goods. Rice should be crisp and white. It is most convenient for a salad to buy it in boxes with several bags of packaged cereals inside. Rice is boiled directly in them and it turns out very tasty, besides, the grain separates well from the grain.
Hard boiled eggs. Do not forget to immediately fill them with cold water in order to conveniently and quickly peel them.
Cucumbers are simply washed and diced. Some housewives peel them from the skin and take out the juicy portion with seeds. Only dense pulp is left, but this is not necessary.
Onions can be used. To do this, peel it, wash and cut into small cubes. Beautifully refreshes the color of the salad green onions. For this amount of ingredients, 1 bunch will be enough. It is washed and cut into equal small pieces, like the rest of the greens.
Corn, choose small and sweet. After opening the can, pour the liquid into the sink, and pour the corn into a salad bowl. There will be a crab salad with rice, corn and egg, salt, pepper and season with 2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise. It turns out incredibly tasty, satisfying and refreshing spring salad. Pour it into a beautiful salad bowl and decorate to your taste. You can leave a couple of yolks to sprinkle the top or a few twigs of greenery for decorating it. Now you know how to cook a crab salad with corn according to the classic recipe. But there is still a huge variety of interesting combinations of products in salads. Let's consider some of them.
Appetizer salad
A salad of crab sticks, eggs and green onions is prepared very quickly and simply. It is enough to boil 3-4 eggs, cut into small pieces a 200-gram pack of crab sticks and several branches of green onion-feather. Grind everything, pour into a bowl, salt, add a pinch of black pepper if desired and season with mayonnaise.
Stir, and the delicious cornless crab stick salad is ready! It can be put on a plate for meat and porridge or mashed potatoes, spread on a piece of bread for breakfast or dinner for tea.
No rice salad
This version of the salad contains ingredients that we already know from the classic recipe, but it does not include rice, herbs and onions. For its preparation you will need such products:
- Canned corn - 1 can.
- 3-4 eggs.
- 2 fresh cucumbers.
- 3 tbsp. l Mayonnaise Sauce.
- Spices - salt and black pepper.
How to Make Crab Salad with Corn
The preparation of the dish is incredibly simple and fast. Boil hard boiled eggs in advance and chop them on a plate with a regular table fork. Remove the protective packaging from the crab sticks and cut into small pieces. Drain the corn from the can through a colander to get rid of excess fluid. Wash the cucumber, cut off the ends and also chop.
Send all the ingredients to the salad bowl, salt, pepper and season with the sauce. This delicious and light salad is sure to appeal to all family members.
Cheese Option
The following salad has an original flavor. Its composition includes such products:
- 200 grams of crab sticks.
- 2 medium carrots.
- Half a can of sweet corn.
- 100 grams of your favorite hard cheese.
- 4 eggs.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l
- Spices - salt, pepper.
- Parsley - a few twigs.
Cooking salad
Before preparing crab salad with corn, boil carrots and eggs in separate containers. When the products have cooled, chop them and pour into a salad bowl. Hard cheese is best grated. Pull the crab sticks out of the freezer in advance so that they can defrost without water. Peel them from packaging polyethylene and cut them into small pieces.
Open a jar of corn and sprinkle half with a spoon with holes so that no liquid gets into the salad bowl. It remains to salt everything, if desired, sprinkle with black pepper and mix with mayonnaise. Garnish the top of the salad with sprigs of parsley. If you want to increase the amount of greens, then cut a little into the salad itself.
Layered option
Salad with potatoes, crab sticks and corn can be served in layers in transparent wide glasses. Each layer is perfectly visible visually and adds aesthetics to the feed. First prepare the necessary products:
- 300 grams of surimi sticks;
- 4-5 medium sized potatoes;
- 3 juicy carrots;
- 4 hard boiled eggs;
- a can of canned corn;
- for greasing layers - mayonnaise.
- salt and pepper (to taste).
Make a salad
Wash the vegetables with a brush from the remnants of the soil and put in a pan, fill with water to cover and cook until cooked. When the plug freely enters the potato, then it is ready. Then the water is drained and put the pan on the table with the lid open for cooling. When the vegetables have cooled, they are peeled and finely diced. For puff salad, many housewives love to rub them on a coarse grater.
Wash the eggshell under wastewater, and then boil them for 3-4 minutes after boiling. After turning off the fire, you need to drain the water and put the eggs under a stream of cold water. This is necessary so that the shell is easily cleaned. Then separate the yolks from the proteins and grind them into separate containers.
For crab salad with corn, thaw the surimi sticks in a natural way, without soaking in water. To do this, remove them from the freezer in advance. After defrosting, remove the plastic wrap from each stick and cut into small pieces with a knife.
Pour the corn into a colander to get rid of the liquid. When all the ingredients have been prepared, lay the salad in portioned glasses in layers.
Layout Order
To make a layered salad of canned corn with crab sticks in glasses look spectacular, all prepared and crushed products are laid out in the same thickness layers, and alternating colors.
- The first layer on the bottom of the glass is placed potatoes.
- Next is the turn of bright orange carrots.
- Place the squirrel next to it.
- The next layer is canned sweet corn.
- Sprinkle chopped crab sticks.
- The top is made out with a small crumb of the yolk.
Each layer (except for corn) is salted, and if desired, and pepper. Then smeared with a thin layer of mayonnaise. If you want a lighter version of the salad, you can mix sour cream with mayonnaise in equal proportions. For effective serving, you can put a sprig of dill or parsley in each glass on the top layer or cut a flower from boiled carrots.
Tomato salad
Often there are recipes for crab salads with corn and fresh cucumber, but a combination of fish sticks and tomatoes is equally tasty. Such a salad turns out to be beautiful in appearance and quite juicy.
For cooking, you need the following ingredients:
- 200 grams of crab sticks;
- 2 tomatoes (you can take one red and the second yellow);
- hard cheese - 100 grams;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tbsp. l canned corn;
- mayonnaise to taste.
The salad is made in just a few minutes, since all the ingredients are already ready-made. It remains only to finely chop them into a large salad bowl. Tomatoes are cut before serving, so as not to drip juice. Cheese grated on a coarse grater. Garlic is squeezed through the garlic into mayonnaise, mixed and only then season the salad. Because of the tomatoes, it turns out juicy, so a little sauce is needed. Salt can not be added at all or very little. If you like spicy salads, season it with any spices. If desired, fresh greens can be added to the season.
Cream Cheese Salad
Prepare the following salad ingredients with crab sticks and corn:
- 4 eggs;
- 200 grams of surimi sticks;
- 1 cream cheese
- half a can of corn;
- 1-2 fresh cucumbers;
- several sprigs of green onions;
- dill greens - half a bunch;
- 2 tbsp. l mayonnaise;
- salt to taste.
Boil hard-boiled eggs in advance and cool them under wastewater. Cut them into cubes and send them to the salad bowl. Grind crab sticks and cream cheese to about the same size. To cut it well, hold it in the refrigerator for a while. When all the ingredients have been added, add mayonnaise, salt and mix well. The salad is rich in vitamins and looks like a spring, it turns out to be very tender and refreshing.
Meat salad with crackers
A delicious original salad is obtained if smoked chicken is added to crab sticks and corn. You can use a filet or a regular ham, just peel off and cut off all the remaining fat and veins. You will need to additionally purchase such products:
- 300 grams of smoked meats;
- 200 grams of surimi sticks;
- a glass of crackers;
- 4 tbsp. l tablespoons of canned corn;
- mayonnaise.
Chicken meat is diced, as are crab sticks. Rusks can be bought ready-made at the bakery, or you can cut fresh white bread into cubes and dry in the oven.
Crispy slices fall asleep in a salad bowl to the rest of the products. Remove the corn from the tin can with a spoon with holes so that the glass is excess liquid. Since all products are purchased ready-made, you do not need to add salt to the salad. Mix everything with mayonnaise. Let stand for at least 10 minutes so that the crackers are soaked in sauce and can be served.
Chinese cabbage salad
Beijing cabbage is much softer than white cabbage, so it is often used for salads. Consider the components necessary to get started:
- Peking cabbage, cut into thin strips - 100 grams;
- 200 grams of crab. sticks;
- half a can of canned corn;
- 2 hard boiled eggs;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- salt and mayonnaise for dressing.
Boil eggs in advance and cool them under running water. Peel and chop with a fork on the plank. Before adding to the salad bowl, shake the cabbage with your fingers to soften. Cut the chopsticks and cucumber in equal slices. Strain the corn through a colander. Combine all the components together in a salad bowl, add a pinch of salt and a couple of spoons of mayonnaise. Stir and serve immediately.
Now you know many recipes that make a salad of crab sticks and corn. You can dream up and add your favorite foods, such as mushrooms or an apple. Delight your loved ones with new salads and bon appetit!