What to cook with crab sticks. Delicious recipes with crab meat

Seafood is a necessary part of the diet of any person, everyone knows about their benefits. Unfortunately, the gifts of the oceans are not cheap, so many housewives actively use their substitutes. For example, instead of crab meat, crab sticks can be added to salads.

This original product is made from ground white fish meat. The sticks are a ready-made product that does not require heat treatment; many salads can be prepared on their basis today. Below are the most popular and affordable dishes.

Classic salad recipe with crab sticks and rice

Since sticks came to Russia from the East (Japan and China), the best "companion" for them is rice. This cereal is adored by the Japanese, it is considered very useful. That is why it (together with crab sticks) forms the basis of a classic salad, below is its recipe.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks (or the so-called crab meat) - 250 gr.
• Sea salt.
• Canned corn - 1 can.
• Onions - 1-2 pieces, depending on the size.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Rice - 100 gr.
• Mayonnaise - to the taste of the hostess.

Cooking algorithm:

1. The first step is to boil the chicken eggs and rice. Rinse the grits, bring water (1 liter) to a boil, put the washed rice, salt, stir, cook until tender. Secret: if you add a little lemon juice at the end of cooking, the cereal will acquire a beautiful snow-white color and slight sourness.
2. Cooking process - 20 minutes (with constant stirring). Throw in a colander with small holes, rinse, cool to room temperature.
3. Boil the eggs in water (salted) until hard boiled (10 minutes). Transfer the eggs to cold water to cool, peel.
4. Clean the crab meat from the film. Clean the turnip, wash.
5. You can actually start making the salad. To do this, cut crab sticks, onions and boiled eggs (you can cut them into small cubes).
6. Open the canned corn, drain the water.
7. Put the ingredients in a large enough container. Before serving, the salad must be salted, then seasoned with mayonnaise or mayonnaise sauce.
8. Serve chilled. Such a salad can act as a side dish for meat, fish or be an independent dish.

Crab salad recipe with fresh cucumbers - photo recipe

The familiar and boring crab salad is easy to update by adding fresh vegetables to the ingredients. Fresh peppers, onions or cucumbers are great here.

It is with the latter that it is worth preparing crab salad in the first place. It turns out it is especially fragrant and juicy. It's also nice that the cucumber cubes crunch. This will surely appeal to children and other vegetable lovers.

Your mark:

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Quantity: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Crab sticks: 300 g
• Fresh cucumbers: 200 g
• Eggs: 4 pcs.
• Corn: 1 b.
• Mayonnaise: to taste

Cooking instructions

First you need to leave the crab sticks warm for a while so that they defrost. Or use the microwave for this. Then we release them from the packaging. For this salad, cut them into equal cubes.





Wash fresh cucumbers, cut off the stem and inflorescence. We cut them into cubes.



Pour the chopped cucumbers into the dishes for the crab sticks.



The eggs that we hard-boiled a little earlier will also be cut into cubes, like the previous ingredients.



Pour them into a bowl where we will mix our salad.



Add the last ingredient - corn. Drain all the juice from it first. Otherwise, the salad may come out too wet. After all, cucumbers will also give their juice.



Add mayonnaise.



Mix thoroughly, taste, and only after that it may be necessary to salt.



We shift the salad from the saucepan into a beautiful dish and put it on the table.

How to cook crab salad with corn

Canned corn is second only to rice in terms of compatibility with crab sticks. It sets off the fishy aroma of sticks, gives the salad a pleasant sweetness and juiciness. Here is one of the easiest salads to prepare, popular with Russian housewives.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 400 gr.
• Canned corn - 350 gr.
• Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 5 pcs.
• Onion (feather) - 1 bunch.
• Rice - 100 gr.
• Parsley - 1 bunch.
• Salt.
• Dill - 1 bunch.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Such a simple dish can be made without rice (less work) or with rice (more work, but also yield). Rinse the rice with water, dip in salted boiling water, cook until fully cooked (20 minutes or a little less). In order not to stick together and not burn, constant stirring is required.
2. Boil the eggs until fully cooked, state - hard boiled, time - 10 minutes. Drain water from corn. Rinse greens, dry.
3. You can proceed, in fact, to the preparation of the salad. First sticks, eggs cut into small or medium cubes. Chop greens.
4. In a deep salad bowl, mix corn, rice, chopped sticks, eggs. Salt, lightly season with mayonnaise. This should be done just before serving, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

White, yellow and green colors of lettuce look very bright, festive, spring-like!

Delicious crab salad with cabbage

Russian housewives, unlike Japanese ones, actively use ordinary white cabbage in combination with crab sticks. Indeed, these two products complement each other, cabbage makes the salad more juicy, and sticks give the dish a pleasant fishy flavor. In addition, the cost of the initial ingredients is quite low, so even students can cook it.

Ingredients:

• White cabbage - 200-300 gr.
• Crab sticks - 200 gr.
• Onion (small head) - 1 pc.
• Canned corn - ½ can.
• Lemon - ½ pc.
• Salt.
• Mayonnaise sauce (mayonnaise) - a few tablespoons.

Cooking algorithm:

1. For this salad, you do not need to boil vegetables, so you can start cooking almost before eating. Chop the cabbage, ideally into thin strips (novice housewives will have to practice, experienced ones have already mastered this rather complicated technological process). The thinner the cabbage is cut, the sooner it will release the juice, and moreover, the dish looks more appetizing.
2. Cut the sticks crosswise or into medium-sized cubes.
3. In a deep salad bowl, put chopped cabbage, chopped sticks, half a can of corn.
4. Peel the onion, rinse under the tap, cut into cubes, their size depends on the skill and desire of the hostess. You can scald it with boiling water, then its sharp taste will disappear.
5. Take half a lemon and squeeze the juice into a salad bowl, or sprinkle the prepared ingredients. Lightly salt, mix gently, add mayonnaise.

You can immediately salt the chopped cabbage, crush it a little. Then it will be more tender and juicy, and at the end of cooking it is no longer necessary to add salt.

Crab salad with tomatoes

Cheese and tomatoes are two products that go well together. But experimenting housewives have found that crab sticks can make a “pleasant company” for this couple. A little effort, a minimum of products and a wonderful salad becomes a real decoration of the dinner.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks (crab meat) - 200 gr.
• Tomatoes - 300 gr. (4-5 pieces).
• Hard cheese (such as "Dutch") - 250-300 gr.
• Garlic - 2 cloves.
• Mayonnaise (to the taste of the hostess).

Cooking algorithm:

1. Tomatoes must be washed. Peel the garlic, rinse, squeeze it into mayonnaise, let it brew a little.
2. You can start preparing the salad: it is better to use a glass salad bowl, because the salad looks very nice “in section”.
3. Cut tomatoes and sticks at the request of the "cook" - into small cubes, straws. Grate the cheese using a grater with medium holes.
4. Place half of the crab sticks in a glass salad bowl, grease with garlic mayonnaise. Top with a layer of tomatoes, mayonnaise, a layer of cheese.
5. Then once again repeat the crab sticks, a layer of mayonnaise, tomatoes, a layer of mayonnaise. The top "cap" of the salad should be made of cheese.
6. It is good to decorate such a salad with fresh herbs - parsley, dill or onion feathers.

Salad with crab sticks and cheese

Crab sticks are a unique product, they go well with many vegetables, eggs and cheese. Below is one of the easiest recipes to prepare, a novice hostess will also get yummy.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 240 gr.
• Hard cheese (such as "Dutch") - 200 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 4-5 pcs.
• Salt.
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves (depending on size)
• Corn - 1 can.
• Mayonnaise.

Cooking algorithm:

1. First you need to boil the eggs - you need to put them in boiling water, slightly salted, so that they do not burst.
2. The cooking process is 10 minutes, then they are quickly lowered into ice water, this helps when removing the shell. Clean, cut.
3. Cut the so-called sticks into plates. Grate the cheese.
4. In a deep bowl, mix the sticks, boiled eggs, corn, cheese. Salt lightly.
5. Peel the garlic, rinse, pass the slices through a press into mayonnaise.
6. Dress salad with mayonnaise-garlic dressing. Let it brew (up to 15 minutes).

How to make crab bean salad

Interestingly, instead of canned corn, many housewives just as well use ready-made beans packaged in cans. And the most skilled cooks prefer to cook beans (or beans) for salad on their own. Admittedly, this will take a lot of time.

Ingredients:

• Ready canned beans - 1 can.
• Crab sticks (or meat) - 200-240 gr.
• Salt.
• Greens - a bunch of dill, parsley.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Mayonnaise (can be replaced with mayonnaise sauce).

Cooking algorithm:

1. Pre-boil fresh eggs (cooking time until hard-boiled - 10 minutes). Ready eggs cool, peel. Cut into cubes (large or medium - as desired).
2. Remove crab sticks from packaging, cut each into cubes or slices.
3. Rinse the greens, dip in ice water for 10 minutes, dry. Drain water from beans.
4. Put the cooked ingredients into a deep beautiful salad bowl - eggs and plates of crab sticks, add beans and very finely chopped greens there. Salt, season with mayonnaise.

A salad that uses red beans looks especially beautiful. On top, additionally decorate the salad using greens or cherry tomatoes, cut into 2 or 4 parts.

Salad "Red Sea" with crab sticks

Another dish, based on crab sticks, consists of affordable products, is easy and quick to prepare. It received the name "Red Sea" because of the color of the main ingredients - sticks, tomatoes and bell peppers, also red.

Ingredients:

• Crab meat (or sticks) - 200 gr.
• Juicy, ripe tomatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Red (bulgarian) pepper - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves.
• Hard cheese - 150-200 gr.
• Mayonnaise sauce (or mayonnaise).
• Salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. You don’t need to pre-cook (fry, boil) anything for a salad, so you can start cutting food right before lunch or dinner.
2. Wash the tomatoes, remove the stalk, cut with a very sharp knife in the form of a long thin straw.
3. Wash the bell pepper, remove the "tail" and seeds, also cut into strips.
4. Then carry out the same operation with crab sticks: peel off the packaging, cut into pieces.
5. Grate cheese (you can choose large or medium-sized holes).
6. Peel the garlic, rinse, crush with a knife, salt to release more juice, move with mayonnaise.
7. In a glass salad bowl, mix the products, season with garlic-mayonnaise sauce, do not add salt.

crab salad recipe with pineapple

It would be nice to use real crab meat for the next salad (canned). If finances are tight, you can replace with ordinary crab sticks, they also go well with pineapples.

Ingredients:

• Sticks - 1 pack (200 gr.).
• Mayonnaise sauce (unsweetened yogurt, mayonnaise).
• Hard cheese - 200-250 gr.
• Onion - 1-2 pcs.
• Canned pineapple pieces - 1 can
• Chicken eggs - 4-5 pcs.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Such a salad looks gorgeous in the form of layers, so the products need to be prepared and then placed in a deep salad bowl.
2. Boil chicken eggs for 10 minutes (hard boiled), cool, cut the whites into cubes, mash the yolks with a fork in a separate plate.
3. Drain the pineapple filling.
4. Grate cheese (grater with small or medium holes).
5. Cut the peeled and washed onion into thin half rings, scald, rinse with water.
6. Put sticks on the bottom of the salad bowl, coat with mayonnaise. Then - squirrels, chopped onion half rings, pineapple cubes, grated cheese. Between the ingredients is a layer of mayonnaise.
7. Decorate the top of the salad with mashed yolk, add a little greenery, your favorite parsley or, for example, dill.

Important: the salad does not need to be salted, on the contrary, thanks to pineapples, it will have a slightly sweet original taste.

How to make crab salad in layers

The same salad can be served in two different ways, the household will not even believe that this is the same dish. The first time you can mix all the ingredients and just season with mayonnaise (sauce).

The second time, you can lay the same products, prepared and chopped, in layers in a salad bowl, each spreading lightly with mayonnaise. Here is a recipe for one of the stick-based salads that looks amazing and tastes amazing.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 200 gr.
• Mayonnaise.
• Apple (sweet and sour) - 1 pc.
• Salt.
• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
• Fresh carrots - 1 pc.
• Cheese (ideally - hard varieties) - 150 gr.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Eggs will require the most time for cooking - they need to be salted with water, boiled for 10 minutes, cooled, peeled. Separate from each other by cutting into different containers, whites and yolks.
2. Chop the sticks into strips.
3. Wash the apple, cut into strips.
4. Peel, wash, grate the carrots (grater with large holes).
5. Put in a salad bowl in turn - sticks, apples, proteins, yolks, carrots, cheese. At the same time, grease each layer with mayonnaise.
6. Sometimes you can find the same recipe, only instead of mayonnaise, unsweetened yogurt is offered. Then the dish becomes truly dietary.

Delicious salad with crab meat and mushrooms

The original recipe suggests using crab sticks and canned champignons. A rather rare combination, but why not try to conduct a creative experiment in the kitchen and surprise the household.

Ingredients:

• Sticks - 200 gr.
• Champignons - 400 gr.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Pepper, salt, vinegar.
• Chicken eggs - 5-6 pcs.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil for frying.
• Mayonnaise.
• Greens for decorating the dish.

Cooking algorithm:

1. According to this recipe, the onion needs to be pickled. To do this, cut it into strips, put in a porcelain bowl. Salt, add sugar, pour apple (ideally) vinegar.
2. Stew carrots in oil until soft, cool.
3. Remove the packaging from crab sticks, cut into plates or cubes.
4. Boil the eggs for 10 minutes in salted water, remove the shell, cut into cubes.
5. Drain the filling from canned champignons, cut into slices.
6. Mix the prepared products in a deep bowl, then carefully transfer to a beautiful salad bowl.
7. The dish is ready, you can invite relatives and friends to taste the new original salad!

Crab salad with apples

For a salad that contains crab sticks, rice and corn are most often chosen as “partners”. But, if you add just one apple, then the taste of the dish will change dramatically. The salad will be more tender, dietary.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 240-300 gr.
• Rice (long grain) - 150 gr.
• Corn - 1 can.
• Sweet and sour apple - 1-2 pcs.
• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
• mayonnaise and salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. The first step is to boil the rice: rinse it, dip it in salted boiling water, cook for 15-20 minutes (until cooked), stir all the time so as not to stick together. Drain the water, rinse the rice, leave to cool.
2. Boil eggs - 10 minutes, also cool, peel.
3. Cut sticks, boiled eggs and apples in the same way - into strips.
4. In the same container, add rice, corn kernels.
5. Season with mayonnaise, salt a little.
6. A little greens turn an ordinary salad into a masterpiece of culinary art, which will undoubtedly be appreciated by friends and colleagues.

Spicy salad recipe with crab sticks, cheese and garlic

The so-called crab meat or its analogue, crab sticks, is a neutral product, it does not have a pronounced taste and aroma. That is why garlic is often found in salad recipes, it gives flavor and spice to the dish.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks -340 gr.
• Corn - 1 can.
• Eggs - 4-5 pcs.
• Greens (dill) - 3-5 branches.
• Hard cheese - 200 gr.
• Garlic - 3-4 cloves.
• Mayonnaise.
• Salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Boil fresh eggs (the norm of time is 10-12 minutes). Cool, clean.
2. Cut eggs, cheese, sticks into cubes.
3. Squeeze garlic into mayonnaise, leave for 10 minutes to infuse.
4. Mix all chopped ingredients in a salad bowl, add corn and chopped dill.
5. Gently mix, then season with mayonnaise, a little salt.
6. The light aroma of garlic stimulates the appetite, and therefore the salad disappears in the blink of an eye.

Healthy crab salad with carrots

Naturally, crab meat is much more useful than sticks called crab, but it is quite expensive. On the other hand, completely different products (more affordable in price and availability) help to make the salad useful. For example, a salad recipe with canned corn and fresh carrots.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 1 pack.
• Canned milk corn - 1 can.
• Boiled eggs - 4-5 pcs.
• Carrots - 1-2 pcs.
• Mayonnaise.
• Sea salt.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Everything is extremely simple. Peel the carrots, rinse from dirt, chop into very thin strips or grate.
2. Boil chicken eggs, grate.
3. Throw the corn on a sieve.
4. Cut sticks into slices.
5. In a container, mix the components of the salad, pour mayonnaise, mix again.
6. Now arrange in bowls or in a salad bowl, sprinkle with herbs.

Unusual Korean crab salad

"Carrot-cha" is a well-known product, popular in the East. In this form, the favorite vegetable is good on its own, as a snack and as part of various dishes.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 200-250 gr.
• Carrots in Korean - 250 gr.
• Boiled eggs - 3 pcs.
• Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• Corn - ½ can.
• Mayonnaise (or mayonnaise sauce) - 1 pack.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Cut carrots into small enough pieces, cucumbers and crab sticks into strips, boiled eggs into cubes.
2. Drain ½ can of corn in a colander.
3. Mix everything, sprinkle with salt, mayonnaise, mix again.
4. Sprinkle the salad with fresh herbs (chopped finely), the dish of the day is ready!

How to cook a salad with crab sticks and chicken

Another recipe suggests combining crab sticks and chicken together. Chefs take into account the fact that there is nothing from real crabs in sticks, and a modern product is made from ground fish.

Ingredients:

• Sticks - 100 gr.
• Boiled chicken meat - 100 gr.
• Canned corn - ½ a regular can or a small can.
• Boiled chicken eggs - 3-4 pcs.
• Greens are fresh.
• Salt (you can take sea salt), mayonnaise.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Boil chicken fillet (half breast) with onions, salt, seasonings.
2. Cut the chicken sticks and meat into strips.
3. Throw the corn on a sieve.
4. Boil eggs (10 minutes), cool. Then chop them and onion feathers.
5. Simply mix the products in a salad bowl, add salt, mayonnaise (or unsweetened yogurt), mix again.

Households can try for a long time to guess what ingredients are used in this salad, except for onions and corn.

Delicate crab salad with avocado

Many housewives successfully use rare vegetables and fruits, such as avocados, in cooking. It spices up the familiar.

Ingredients:

• Avocado - 1 pc.
• Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• Crab sticks - 200 gr.
• Hard cheese - 100-140 gr.
• Lemon juice - 1-2 tbsp. l.
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves.
• Oil (preferably olive)
• Sea salt to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. This simple salad is prepared just before serving, wash the avocado and cucumber, peel and chop.
2. Cut crab sticks into slices or cubes, grate cheese or cubes.
3. Dressing - olive oil, lemon, salt, crushed garlic and herbs. Pour over the mixed ingredients with aromatic sauce and serve.

Crab sticks, like a universal soldier in the kitchen, go well with vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, and even chicken. Salads with chopsticks are tasty and fragrant, but they look just gorgeous.

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Regardless of the recipe of the dish, using crab sticks in cooking, a number of conditions must be observed. Only in this case, the finished dish turns out to be interesting and will surprise guests.

Verified product

It is known that high-quality dishes are obtained only from good products. When buying crab sticks, you need to pay attention to the composition of surimi and the manufacturer. Now there are a lot of overly economical imitation crab sticks in stores. Do not chase the low price if you want to cook a truly original snack.

Proven manufacturers add more than 80% minced fish to surimi. When buying, you should consider the price-quality ratio. In this case, the dish according to any recipe will be a success.

Pre-defrost

Crab sticks are sold both chilled and frozen. In large supermarkets, you can even find the product by weight. They can be stored in the freezer for up to 6 months, so you can buy the required amount for the future.

Frozen crab sticks can just as well be used in cooking. Moreover, for some recipes, it is the frozen product that is more suitable.

The main condition for a quality dish is preliminary defrosting. The exception is those recipes for which frozen surimi is used. Crab sticks should not be subjected to express defrosting in the microwave, so as not to damage the structure. Otherwise, there is a risk of getting a "rubber" dish.

Heat treatment

Crab sticks should not be subjected to long-term processing. Surimi is best used for cold appetizers or dishes that do not require long cooking. If you overexpose the product on fire, the finished dish will resemble porridge in consistency.

What to cook

Crab sticks are an economical product. There are a lot of ready-made recipes, but at the same time, the hostess herself can show her imagination and come up with her own original dish. It remains only to follow the cooking technology.

1. Crab sticks in batter

This is one of those snacks that are quick, easy, and with minimal ingredients. Such a dish is suitable for a festive table or for a family evening snack in anticipation of a hot meal.

• 1 pack of crab sticks;
• 4 tbsp. l flour:
• 2-3 eggs;
• half a lemon;
• salt, pepper, seasonings to taste.

Put the crab sticks in a deep bowl, salt and pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice, set aside. While surimi is soaked in "marinade" prepare the batter. To do this, beat the eggs until foamy, add salt and spices to taste, flour. Mix everything thoroughly.

Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Dip each stick into the batter and place in the pan. Fry until golden brown on both sides.

2. Crab cakes

Such cutlets fly off the table in a few minutes. Their taste is very delicate, and the aroma is crazy. A quick and tasty dinner for the whole family.

For cooking you will need:

• 0.5 kg crab sticks;
• 2-3 eggs;
• 150 g of cheese;
• any greens;
• salt pepper.

To prepare this dish, it is more convenient to use frozen crab sticks.

Cooking:

1. Surimi and cheese must be crushed in a blender. You can do this on a fine grater - this way the cutlets are more airy, but it also takes much more time to cook.
2. Mix the grated ingredients in a deep bowl, add the egg, salt, pepper and chopped herbs. Knead the minced meat with your hands until smooth.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, put the cutlets and fry them until golden brown on both sides.

This recipe is notable for being suitable for girls who follow their figure. If the cutlets are baked in the oven on parchment, there will be very few calories in the finished dish.

3. Lavash roll

Another quick snack. Due to the availability of this dish, it is often put on the table during various celebrations. At the same time, the appetizer itself looks quite elegant.

For cooking you will need:

• 1 Armenian lavash;
• 1 pack of crab sticks or crab meat;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 0.2 kg of cheese sauce or mayonnaise;
• 200 g of cheese;
• greens to taste.

Cooking:

1. Crab sticks and cheese should be chopped in a blender and mixed with cheese sauce, add greens. If necessary, you can add salt, but due to the sauce and cheese, the dish is already moderately salty.
2. Spread the crab-cheese mass evenly over the pita bread, roll into a roll and refrigerate for 2 hours. Cut the finished roll into portioned pieces and serve on the table with greens.

A crab stick appetizer is a great option for a festive table if guests are already on the doorstep. This product is combined with processed cheese, cottage cheese, suitable for filling tartlets. Sticks are sold ready-made and do not require heat treatment. They make bright, mouth-watering and original snacks for every taste.

Snack "Raffaello"

The recipe for the Raffaello appetizer from crab sticks has already become a classic. To prepare it, you will need 250 g of sticks, 3 boiled eggs, 200 g of processed cheese and mayonnaise to taste. The result should be dense balls with red and white powder.

In order for the processed cheese to be easily grated, put it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.

Fried crab sticks stuffed with cheese

There is a simple option on how to quickly cook a hot appetizer of crab sticks. It will need 400 g of the main ingredient, 200 g of processed cheese, mayonnaise, 3 eggs, a few tablespoons of flour, a spoonful of kefir, salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking steps:

Serve stuffed crab sticks with sauces. Honey-mustard sauce with spices, cheese or garlic is suitable for this dish. They are also easy to prepare at home.

Puff pastry fingers

Another simple crab stick appetizer recipe is made with puff pastry. The dish is baked in the oven and can be served hot or chilled. For 250 g of dough, you will need a package of crab sticks (180 g), cheese slices and a mixture of spices.

Cooking steps:

Crab sticks and cheese appetizer is a simple but satisfying dish. It is convenient to take it with you as a snack and it is appropriate to offer guests to the table. Serve with a light homemade honey mustard sauce.

Recipes for appetizers from crab sticks with photos can be found in huge quantities. From this product you can cook cold and hot dishes, sliced, tartlets and many other options. The sticks do not go well with the main dishes of fish or meat, but they are suitable for any cutting or used as an aperitif. Due to their unusual taste, they can be the main ingredient for bright and original snacks.

Amazing rolls with crab sticks - video

Stuffed crab sticks - video recipe

Crab sticks are a tasty and inexpensive substitute for a gourmet delicacy. At the same time, surimi, if the manufacturer did not violate the traditional technology and recipe, is also useful. In addition, their low calorie content allows you not to worry about your figure, even for those who are on a diet. Thanks to all the listed advantages of crab sticks, they often appear on the table of Russians as an ingredient in festive and everyday salads. However, if you still don’t know what can be cooked from crab sticks besides salad, you have lost a lot. After all, this product can serve as the basis for other gourmet snacks and even second courses. The recipes we have collected convincingly prove this.

Cold appetizer of crab sticks "Balls"

What do you need:

• crab sticks - 0.2 kg;
• potatoes - 0.3 kg;
• chicken egg - 5 pcs.;
• cheese "Russian" or similar - 0.2 kg;
• mayonnaise - 100 ml.

How to cook:

1. Frozen surimi, without defrosting, grind on a grater.
2. Boil potatoes, peel, grate.
3. Boil the eggs. Peel, also finely grate.
4. Grind the cheese on a grater with small holes.
5. Mix potatoes, eggs and crab sticks, adding as much mayonnaise as needed to get a base consistency suitable for forming tight balls, no more.
6. Form balls and roll them in grated cheese.

If desired, a few cloves of garlic passed through a press can be added to the base for the balls. Unlike a salad, such an appetizer of crab sticks can be served at the buffet table. Such an appetizer will cost quite inexpensively, although it will turn out tasty and appetizing.

Crab sticks in batter

What do you need:

• crab sticks - 0.4 kg;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - 60 ml;
• milk - 60 ml;
• wheat flour - 70-100 g;
• ground pepper - to taste;
• vegetable oil - how much will it take.

How to cook:

1. Beat the eggs with a whisk, add mayonnaise and milk to them, stir.
2. Sift the flour. Gradually introduce it into the dough, stirring thoroughly until you get a dough that resembles sour cream in consistency. If desired, add pepper, you can hot.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. There should be a lot of it, since deep-fried crab sticks are better to fry in batter.
4. Take the sticks out of the film. If they are frozen, then you need to defrost them in advance. It is absolutely impossible to use a microwave to speed up the thawing process in the case of crab sticks.
5. Dip each stick in the batter, place in the simmering oil and fry for 2-3 minutes over medium heat, leaving the pan uncovered.

Crab sticks in batter is an independent dish. They can be served as a beer snack or just for breakfast or dinner. This dish is quite light.

Cutlets from crab sticks

What do you need:

• crab sticks - 0.4 kg;
• carrots - 0.2 kg;
• onion - 100 g;
• chicken egg - 1 pc.;
• sour cream - 60 ml;
• salt, pepper - to your taste;
• breadcrumbs - as needed;
• vegetable oil - as needed.

How to cook:

1. Grind crab sticks with a blender or meat grinder.
2. Clean vegetables. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrot.
3. From vegetables, surimi, sour cream and eggs, make minced meat, adding salt and pepper to it to taste. Please note that the crab sticks themselves are quite salty, so you need to add minced meat a little.
4. Form small patties, roll in breadcrumbs and fry on both sides.

If desired, crab stick cutlets can be steamed. In this case, you do not have to use oils and breadcrumbs, so the dish will turn out to be dietary. Cutlets can be served as an independent dish or with a side dish of rice or mashed potatoes. They are much more nutritious than lettuce.

Draniki with crab sticks

What do you need:

• potatoes - 1 kg;
• crab sticks or crab meat - 0.2 kg;
• chicken egg - 1 pc. (can be replaced with a spoonful of starch);
• flour - 30 g;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• vegetable oil - how much will go.

How to cook:

1. Peel raw potatoes, grate and squeeze the juice. Let it stand, drain off excess liquid, and return the starch that has settled at the bottom to the potato mass.
2. Grind with a blender or finely chop the surimi. Mix with potatoes.
3. Add flour, egg (or starch), salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly.
4. Fry in boiling oil, spreading on a hot frying pan with a tablespoon.

Draniki with crab sticks will diversify the diet, including during fasting.

Lavash roll with crab sticks

What do you need:

• crab sticks - 100 g:
• thin Armenian lavash - 1 pc.;
• cream cheese or soft cottage cheese - 100 g;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• greens - to taste.

How to cook:

1. Finely chop the surimi.
2. Grind hard cheese on a grater.
3. Crush the garlic with a special press.
4. Mix all three ingredients with cream cheese or soft cottage cheese. Add some mayonnaise if necessary.
5. Lubricate the pita bread with the resulting mass, sprinkle with chopped herbs and roll into a roll.

It remains to cool the roll and cut into pieces 1.5-2 cm thick. This appetizer will not be ashamed to be served at the festive table. Guests will like it no less than a slightly annoyed salad.

The recipes for dishes from crab sticks given in the material can be considered basic. You can diversify them yourself by changing certain ingredients. There will be no less options than options for surimi salads.

Elena Pronina

Sometimes there is not enough time to prepare a meal. Or after a long working day you want something tasty, but there is no desire to stand at the stove. Then recipes for salads from products that do not require long heat treatment, such as crab meat, will come to the rescue. If you do not know what can be done with crab sticks, then this article is for you.
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This version of the dish can be found at almost every feast. This is because the speed of preparation and the delicate taste of the salad make the appetizer indispensable. The treat will be to the taste of your guests.

What you need for a salad of crab sticks:

• crab meat (sticks) - 250 grams;
• canned corn - 200 gr.;
• 4 chicken eggs;
• cheese - 180 gr.;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• salad mayonnaise;
• a pinch of salt.

How to make crab salad

1. Cheese cut into cubes in size with the rest of the ingredients.
2. Pass the garlic cloves through a press and add to the mayonnaise.
3. Mix the prepared ingredients, season with sauce and salt to taste.

Salad with crab sticks

When you don’t have time to make something delicious, but you want to surprise your guests and have a delicious meal, this is the most economical option. In addition to the speed of preparation, the dish is rich in useful vitamins.

Crab Salad Ingredients:

• 200 gr. cabbage;
• 2 fresh cucumbers;
• 200 grams of crab sticks;
• canned peas - 7 tablespoons;
• mayonnaise - 5-6 tablespoons;
• 2 pinches of salt.

How to cook crab sticks:

1. Cabbage for salad is better to choose a young, small head of cabbage. Chop straw. Lightly crush the mass with your hands.
2. Cut the cucumber, wash it, if necessary, peel and chop.
3. Cut crab sticks into cubes.
4. Drain the peas in a colander and rinse with water.
5. Mix all the ingredients, season with mayonnaise and salt.

Quick crab salad

The simplest salad, probably, does not exist. All necessary products are always at hand. Most of the ingredients are always stored in the refrigerator.

We will need the following products:

• crab sticks - 200 grams;
• white cabbage - 300 grams;
• canned corn - 200 gr.;
• mayonnaise - 3-4 tablespoons;
• salt - 1 small pinch;
• ground black pepper;
• greenery for decoration.

Quick salad with crab sticks:

1. Finely chop fresh cabbage. Then lightly mash the mass with your hand so that it gives juice.
2. Discard the corn in a colander to drain the water.
3. Grate crab sticks on a coarse grater, or disassemble into fibers.
4. Rinse greens and chop.
5. We mix all the ingredients in a separate salad bowl, season with mayonnaise, add salt and pepper. Mix well.

Crab salad in tartlets

Crab salad in tartlets will surely please all your guests. In addition, it does not take much time to prepare snacks.

What is added to the crab salad:

• canned corn - 300 gr.;
• crab meat or crab sticks - 300 gr.;
• 5 eggs;
• 12 tartlets;
• 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise.

Step by step cooking instructions:

1. Hard-boil the eggs, then cool, peel and cut into cubes.
2. Drain the corn in a colander and let the excess liquid drain.
3. Crab sticks (or meat) finely crumble.
4. Combine all ingredients in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise.
5. Put the resulting mass into tartlets and serve to guests.

Salad with crab and beans in a hurry

In addition to tasty and nutritious crab sticks, canned beans are used in the salad. Legumes are known to be nutritious and healthy foods. This salad can be used as a snack or a light dinner.

Required products:

• pickled beans - 100 grams;
• canned corn - 100 grams;
• chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
• crab meat or crab sticks - 300 grams;
• 3 tablespoons of sour cream is not greasy;
• 4 lettuce leaves;
• greenery for decoration.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Hard-boil the eggs, then cool, peel and cut into cubes.
2. Drain the corn and beans in a colander and let the excess liquid drain.
3. Crab meat cut into slices.
4. Rinse the lettuce leaves and put them on the bottom of the plate.
5. Combine chopped ingredients in a bowl, season with sour cream. Salt to taste, mix.
6. Put the appetizer on lettuce leaves, decorate with washed and chopped greens.

As can be seen from the recipes, crab salad can be prepared not only with corn - as used in the classic version, but also experiment with any other products. Do you need onions in crab salad? It is added at your discretion. Improvise with the composition and treat your guests with your masterpieces.