When in the 90s of the twentieth century, the domestic market was simply attacked by various foreign goods, almost every citizen allocated for himself a separate and exquisite (at that time) product - crab sticks. Their composition, of course, does not contain crabs at all, but at that time such an imitation of elite meat became the basis for many festive dishes. Let's talk in more detail about this product, its composition, history and production process further.

Over time, sticks began to be produced in our country, which significantly reduced their cost. The popularity subsided after various reports on the dangers of crab sticks, and many of them are already just boring. So what is the product really, are crab sticks so harmful?

For the first time, a written mention of surimi was noted back in the XII in Japan. This is what they called the first works of culinary art, familiar and familiar to us today as crab sticks.

"Surimi" translates as "ground washed fish", which describes the entire manufacturing process. In those days, the composition of crab sticks was exclusively natural and was based on minced ocean fish (always with white meat). After thorough grinding, it was washed so that the smell and taste practically disappeared, and then squeezed out. The resulting mass was used to form products of various shapes. The sticks familiar to us were then called "kamaboko" and over time (to give them a new taste) herbs and dyes were added to the composition. The industrial production of surimi began only 50 years ago.

Surimi composition

What are crab sticks made of today? Their composition has changed a lot thanks to modern technologies and a variety of chemical additives. A natural product should not contain carbohydrates at all, but due to additional components in modern crab sticks there are about 15 g of them. It also contains fish protein, the amount of which may vary depending on the production technology of the product and the brand's recipe. The calorie content of surimi is only 80-100 Kcal per 100 g of product.

In order to purchase a quality product and not fall for a counterfeit, you should remember that the basis for imitation of crab meat should be exactly minced fish - surimi. As additional components, various manufacturers use starch, egg white, salt, sugar, vegetable oil, possibly water and food additives. Many of them are banned in the EU countries, and in our country they are widely used by unscrupulous manufacturers, so you should pay special attention to them. By the way, the composition of such additives does not contain, since the brand's products are imported to various countries of the world and meet their quality standards.

What are the sticks made of?

Despite the popularity of the product, many on domestic tables still do not understand what surimi is. It is concentrated, free of enzymes, fats and cholesterol, with high elasticity and gelling properties. Such minced meat simply does not have color and smell, and fish for its production is suitable only with white meat. Most often, crab sticks include cod fish - hake, pollock or blue whiting, but tropical species can also be used.

Sardines, giant squids, horse mackerel and other breeds are also considered suitable, but the minced meat turns out to be dark, therefore such a product belongs to the second-rate.

Production technology

Now it is clear what the crab sticks are made of. By the way, their composition always contains only raw fish, which allows you to preserve the maximum amount of vitamins and other nutrients in the final product.

The production itself is carried out directly on the sides of fishing vessels, where the freshly caught fish is immediately processed into fillets, from which minced meat is immediately made. The minced fish meat is thoroughly washed, squeezed and pressed into blocks of chilled surimi.

Fish waste is processed here into feed meal or simply thrown into the sea, but this is prohibited, so many are silent about such a procedure.

On the shore, crab sticks, already familiar to us, are made from minced meat, adding flavors, dyes and other additional components to surimi.

The production is actually not very complex, while it is based on the processing of fresh and whole fish, and not its waste (as many believe).

Product benefits

The different composition of crab sticks benefits and harms the body in different ways, so it is difficult to generalize the indicators for all products. The benefit of surimi lies in the high content of fish protein, which is quickly absorbed and does not "load" the body, but this is if the composition contains real minced fish.

Additionally, vegetable oils, starch and water should be distinguished, which are also easily digestible and have their own beneficial substances. Many manufacturers additionally enrich their products with amino acids, vitamins and minerals, which has a positive effect on the body.

The harm of crab sticks

Surimi bears harm exclusively in the form of its chemical additives in the composition, many of which are hazardous to health and are prohibited in a number of countries. The composition of Vici crab sticks does not have them, but the price of this product is also appropriate, since you always have to pay for the quality. To get a good product, you shouldn't buy the cheapest bulk crab sticks sold under the supermarket brand name. You should also beware of surimi, which, after defrosting and unfolding, break or the paint on them appears on several layers of the roll.

The harm to the body is also based on the habit of adding crab sticks to salads with mayonnaise.

The high calorie content of such dishes completely overrides all the benefits of the most surimi, even the highest quality. That there is only the composition of the salad with crab sticks and corn, the options of which are already a huge number. For every taste, you can choose a set of components for yourself, but all of them are necessarily seasoned with mayonnaise, and some even contain red caviar and butter, so a low-calorie dish is out of the question.

Slimming benefits

According to nutritionists, it is advisable to use such a low-calorie product in diets. The reason is the high content of easily digestible protein, which allows you to quickly recuperate without eating a lot of calories. It is very easy to count the latter, because their content is always indicated on the packaging. A light salad of fresh tomatoes, tofu, and crab sticks can be made ideal for your diet. You can fill it with any vegetable oil, but it is better to take olive oil.

You can also make boiled rice by sprinkling with herbs, boiled eggs and chopped crab sticks on top. Melted butter is suitable as a dressing.

How to buy the best product

To get only benefits from crab sticks and minimize harm to the body, you should not purchase the cheapest options, especially weighed ones. A quality product should be stored in a vacuum package, refrigerated or frozen. There should be no excess liquid or ice inside the package, indicating re-freezing.

Surimi packaging must contain all the necessary information about the manufacturer, the composition of the product, the period and conditions of its storage. In the composition, the first should be indicated exactly the minced fish - surimi. The color of the sticks should be white, and only one side is painted.

After opening the package, good crab sticks can be easily unrolled into a tape; they do not crumble or break. Their color is uniform and the consistency is firm.

Always store such a product in the refrigerator and never re-freeze. This significantly impairs the taste and quality of the sticks, so if you need to use not all of the packaging, the leftovers should be immediately placed in the freezer.

Crab sticks are a ready-to-eat product with a specific fishy taste and aroma. The name itself is a good marketing ploy, because the true lineup is different from what was expected. The product is made from minced fish, but many manufacturers save money, focusing on egg white, starch and food additives. To purchase quality sticks, you should carefully study the composition on the package.

Composition of crab sticks

In the production of the product, crab meat is not used, as evidenced by the postscript on almost all packages - "imitation". Real sticks are based on surimi, minced fish made from oceanic and tropical varieties of white fish. The raw materials are thoroughly washed, squeezed out, and due to the characteristics of the meat used, they have neither a pronounced aroma nor taste.

The other ingredients of the sticks and their quantity depend on the manufacturer:

• different types of starch (a connecting link for minced meat particles, thanks to which the sticks retain their elasticity even after exposure to temperature);
• water;
• egg white;
• vegetable oil;
• salt;
• flavor enhancers, sweeteners, dyes, preservatives - ingredients in this group can be harmful to humans.

In most of the products offered in this category, the mass fraction of fish (by the amount of protein included in the composition) does not exceed 30-35%. There is no GOST for crab sticks, so the content of components from different manufacturers can vary greatly. There is no particular benefit from the product, since in the process of creating and processing minced fish, all valuable components from it disappear.

Which manufacturer is the best in composition?

When buying crab sticks, the main difficulty is to choose a manufacturer, since visually they are no different from each other. It is important to study the composition and choose a safe product:

1. Santa Bremor... The mass fraction of fish does not exceed 30%, and the presence of egg white in the composition suggests that the amount of fish protein is even less. The composition includes wheat, potato and modified starch, table salt, glutamic acid, phosphates. No preservatives are used in production, which makes the product safe, but of little use;
2. Vici... In the composition of surimi, wheat starch, oil, egg white, sugar, table salt and food additives. There are no dangerous preservatives and monosodium glutamate booster among the components;
3. Meridian- sticks with a high protein content and a minimum amount of salt. The negative point is the presence in the composition of polyphosphate - a water-retaining component;
4. Russian sea... The share of fish does not exceed 30%, the bulk of the sticks is water and starches (wheat, potato and corn). The composition includes vegetable oil, egg white, a large amount of salt, glutamic acid;
5. Water world... Muscle fibers of fish meat are found in the composition of these sticks, which is a good indicator. In addition to surimim, the ingredients include water, potato starch, egg white, oil, salt, sugar, food colors, stabilizers and natural snow crab flavor.

All popular brands produce products with a similar composition and a minimum of harmful additives. The advantage may be a higher protein content, and a minimum amount of salt than Meridian and Waterworld sticks can boast. In general, the bulk of the product is starch and water, which cannot be harmful, but if the additives E160, E420, E450 and E171 are indicated on the packaging, then it is better not to purchase such a product.

When buying, you should definitely pay attention to the appearance of the product - the sticks should be neat, juicy and elastic. A dry, frozen product completely loses even that small benefit that it carries in itself, not to mention the taste.

Nutritional value of the product

Calorie sticks- 88 calories per 100 grams of product. The ratio of BZHU in the overwhelming majority of products is on average 80%, 20% and 0%.

Video: making crab sticks

The production of crab sticks is a multi-stage technological process that involves multiple processing of minced fish. How exactly a popular product is made is shown in detail in this video.

Crab sticks Is one of the most popular products among Russians. They are ready-to-eat meals and do not require additional preparation. Mostly crab sticks are used for salads and sushi.

The history of the origin of crab sticks

The prototype of crab sticks was invented in the XII century in Japan and was called surimi, that is, "washed ground fish." The product was made from minced white ocean fish (pollock, hake, etc.), which was given the shape of a ball, sausages and sausages. The surimi was then fried or boiled. There were attempts to sell surimi for export, but in other countries this dish at first did not take root.

However, in the 70s of the last century, the Japanese finalized the surimi recipe, supplementing it with flavors, dyes and flavors and making it look like crab meat. Crab sticks were popular in America, Europe and Russia, but in Japan this type of product was not widely used.

Crab stick production technology

The main component of crab sticks is surimi, that is, white minced fish. For the production of crab sticks, washed, dried and fat-free fillets of white fish are used. If the manufacturer uses fish waste instead of fillets, you should refuse to buy such a product. Fillets must be made from freshly caught fish, therefore factories producing quality surimi are located in close proximity to the fish harvesting site.

Modern producers use hake, horse mackerel, pollock, that is, white lean dense fish. To improve the taste and smell of the product, starch, salt, egg white, vegetable oil, stabilizers, flavor enhancers and flavorings are added to the minced meat. In the final product, the content of minced fish is usually 45–50%, the minimum allowable value is 25%. One part of the minced meat is colored with food dyes, this is the future "crab" component of the stick. After that, using automated lines, the minced meat is rolled into a thin layer, cut into rectangles and rolled into rolls.

Watch a video on the production of crab sticks at one of the factories in the Russian Federation

The use of crab sticks in cooking

Crab sticks are used in salads, go well with eggs, corn and Chinese cabbage, rice. If you bake crab sticks in batter, you get a quick and tasty snack. The favorite dish of many housewives is crab sticks stuffed with tuna, pink salmon, sprats or cheese.

Crab sticks are a well-known product that is an imitation of crab meat. There are many different recipes for cooking. And although they do not contain crab meat, sticks have gained their popularity due to their unusual taste and affordable price.

What are crab sticks made of?

The main content of crab sticks is surimi. So the Japanese called the minced meat obtained from ocean fish. The composition includes the following fish varieties: mackerel, hake, blue whiting, pollock, etc.

The process of making surimi consists in repeatedly washing fish fillets, chopping and stirring until a homogeneous consistency. Then the mass is centrifuged to remove excess liquid. The result is a soft mass with a pleasant fishy smell and taste. Due to its properties, surimi is used to imitate many seafood, including crab sticks.

Surimi is considered a useful product that includes a rich mineral composition and vitamins. After processing, the amount of these substances is reduced. Some manufacturers add by-products to surimi, which leads to a decrease in the quality of minced meat and a change in its smell, taste and color.

To save raw materials, soy protein is put in crab sticks. It is known that soy is a product of genetic modification and opponents of this method should read the composition of crab sticks on the package. In such cases, they need to look for the inscription "non-GMO".

Crab sticks contain: egg powder, vegetable oil, starch, salt and sugar. Many chemicals are added to give them a special taste.

Composition of crab sticks

The chemical composition of crab sticks is rich, they contain:

• Micro-macroelements (chromium, chlorine, iron, iodine, zinc, nickel, molybdenum).
• Nicotinic acid and vitamin PP.

Crab sticks are a low-calorie product, so people who monitor their weight can use them. Their nutritional value is only 100 kcal per 100 g.

The content of crab sticks is not completely useful, because it contains not only natural ingredients.

The positive properties of crab sticks

Crab sticks will not completely replace fresh fish. However, they can be a pleasant addition to the diet and add variety to it. Experts recommend consuming no more than 100 g of crab sticks per day.

100 g of the product contains calcium (13 mg) and magnesium (43 mg). These minerals have a beneficial effect on the blood vessels, heart and nervous system.

It is useful to use crab sticks for diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

It is impossible to talk about any special useful properties of crab sticks. Even if the product used is of the highest quality, the only ingredient that has a positive effect is fish protein. It contains a small amount of minerals and vitamins. The proportion of protein in the product is negligible.

Crab sticks in diet food

Crab sticks are good for people who are losing weight. They can be used as a dietary product that is quickly absorbed and saturated by the body.

The "crab" diet involves the use of 200 g of sticks, a liter of milk and at least 2 liters of water per day. This diet must be followed for 4 days. There are no sticks containing only surimi and salt, so staying on such a menu for a longer time is prohibited.

Before starting a diet, you need to consult a doctor in order to avoid negative consequences.

Crab sticks in cooking

Crab sticks can be used to prepare a wide variety of dishes. These include salads and snacks, in rare cases they are used in recipes for hot dishes. Particularly attractive is the combination of crab sticks with canned corn, which has long become a classic among housewives. Therefore, they can be found on any festive table.

How to choose quality crab sticks

The choice of a high-quality product must be approached with all responsibility. Initially, you should pay attention to the color of the crab sticks.

A good product is usually white in color with a homogeneous structure, which, after defrosting, retains a soft consistency. Sticks should not be saturated with water.

Before choosing crab sticks, you must carefully read their composition. Surimi should take the first place in it. In a useful product, its percentage is at least 40%. Although manufacturers rarely indicate the proportions of the components on the package. In the case when soy protein or starch is the first ingredient in crab sticks, then it is best to refuse to purchase them. Such a product will not bring any benefit to the body. Ideally, there should be no protein in the sticks completely, and starch should be only 8-10%.

They are usually painted pink on one side and white on the other. If they are of a saturated bright red hue, then this may indicate the use of unnatural dyes. Usually, carmine and paprika are used for this.

Quality sticks are not cheap and should be sold in their original packaging. And the composition should contain more natural ingredients.

Food additives present in the product (E-450, E-420, E-171 and E-160) can cause allergic reactions. People suffering from this disease need to use crab sticks with caution. With this composition, the product completely lacks useful substances, and its nutritional value will be zero.

Due to the fact that crab sticks do not undergo heat treatment, their infection with pathogenic microorganisms is possible. The product is best purchased in a vacuum package that protects against dirt and infectious agents.

Product limitations include:

• individual intolerance;
• allergic reactions;
• pregnancy and lactation;
• child's age up to 3 years.
• gastritis;
• diabetes

Crab sticks are not considered healthy or unhealthy foods. A large amount of minced fish is present in high quality products. Sticks can be considered as a dietary food. A large number of harmful additives in them, when consumed regularly, can harm the body. Therefore, sticks must be consumed in minimal quantities and purchased from trusted manufacturers.

Video: Everything You Didn't Know About Crab Sticks!

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

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

Classic Crab Sticks and Rice Salad Recipe

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 and 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 pcs., 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 chicken eggs and rice. Rinse the groats, 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 boiling the cereal, it will acquire a beautiful snow-white color and slight sourness.
2. The cooking process is 20 minutes (with constant stirring). Throw in a colander with fine holes, rinse, cool to room temperature.
3. Boil eggs in water (salted) until hard boiled (10 minutes). Transfer the eggs to cold water to cool, peel.
4. Peel the crab meat from the film. Peel and rinse the turnip onions.
5. You can actually start preparing 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. Place 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 serve as a side dish for meat, fish, or be an independent dish.

Fresh Cucumber Crab Salad Recipe - 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.

It is with the latter that you should prepare the crab salad in the first place. It turns out to be especially aromatic and juicy. It's also nice that the cucumber cubes crunch. This will surely appeal to children and other vegetable lovers.

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Quantity: 4 servings

Ingredients

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

Cooking instructions

How to make corn crab salad

Canned corn is second only to rice for compatibility with crab sticks. It sets off the fishy aroma of the 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.
• Bow (feather) - 1 bunch.
• Rice - 100 gr.
• Parsley - 1 bunch.
• Salt.
• Dill - 1 bunch.

Cooking algorithm:

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

The white, yellow and green colors of the salad 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, the cabbage makes the salad more juicy, and the sticks give the dish a pleasant fishy flavor. In addition, the cost of the starting ingredients is quite low, so even students can cook it.

Ingredients:

• White cabbage - 200-300 gr.
• Crab sticks - 200 gr.
• Onions (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 give juice, and also - the dish looks more appetizing.
2. Cut the sticks crosswise or into medium-sized cubes.
3. Put chopped cabbage, chopped sticks, half a can of corn in a deep salad bowl.
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 with boiling water, then its sharp taste will disappear.
5. Take half a lemon and squeeze the juice into a salad bowl, or drizzle over prepared ingredients. Salt lightly, 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, you no longer need to add salt.

Crab salad with tomatoes

Cheese and tomatoes are two products that go well with each other. But experimental housewives have found that crab sticks can make "pleasant company" for this couple. A little bit of effort, a minimum of food and a wonderful salad becomes a real decoration of the dinner.

Ingredients:

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

Cooking algorithm:

1. The 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, since the salad looks very nice "in the cut".
3. Cut the tomatoes and sticks at the request of the "cook" - into small cubes, strips. Grate the cheese using a medium-sized grater.
4. Put half of the crab sticks in a glass salad bowl, grease with mayonnaise and garlic. Top with a layer of tomatoes, mayonnaise, a layer of cheese.
5. Then repeat once more the crab sticks, a layer of mayonnaise, tomatoes, a layer of mayonnaise. The top "cap" of the salad should be 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 housewife will turn out yummy.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks - 240 gr.
• Hard cheese (like "Holland") - 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 immersed in ice water, this helps in removing the shell. Peel, cut.
3. Cut the so-called sticks into plates. Grate the cheese.
4. In a deep bowl, mix the sticks, boiled eggs, corn, cheese. Lightly add salt.
5. Peel the garlic, rinse, pass the slices through a press into mayonnaise.
6. Season the salad with mayonnaise-garlic sauce. Let it brew (up to 15 minutes).

How to make bean crab salad

Interestingly, instead of canned corn, many housewives use ready-made beans packaged in cans with the same success. And the most skillful cooks prefer to cook beans (or beans) for salad on their own. True, this business will take quite a long time.

Ingredients:

• Ready-made 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). Cool the eggs and peel them. Cut into cubes (large or medium - optional).
2. Free the crab sticks from the packaging, cut each into cubes or slices.
3. Rinse the greens, put them in ice water for 10 minutes, dry them. Drain the water from the beans.
4. Put the cooked ingredients in a deep, beautiful salad bowl - eggs and crab sticks, add beans and very finely chopped greens there. Season with salt, season with mayonnaise.

A salad that uses red beans looks especially beautiful. Decorate the salad with greens or cherry tomatoes, cut into 2 or 4 pieces.

Red Sea salad with crab sticks

Another dish based on crab sticks consists of available products, it is easy and quick to prepare. It got 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 do not need to cook anything (fry, boil) for the salad beforehand, so you can start cutting food immediately before lunch or dinner.
2. Wash the tomatoes, remove the stalk, cut into long thin strips with a very sharp knife.
3. Wash the Bulgarian pepper, remove the "tail" and seeds, also cut into strips.
4. Then carry out the same operation with crab sticks: peel and cut.
5. Grate cheese (you can choose large or medium-sized holes).
6. Peel the garlic, rinse, crush with a knife, salt to let in more juice, move with mayonnaise.
7. Mix food in a glass salad bowl, season with garlic-mayonnaise sauce, do not add salt.

Pineapple crab salad recipe

It would be nice to use real crab meat for the next salad (canned). If you are tight with finances, 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.
• Bulb onions - 1-2 pcs.
• Canned pineapple slices - 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 (state - hard boiled), cool, cut the proteins into cubes, mash the yolks with a fork in a separate plate.
3. Drain the pineapple filling.
4. Grate cheese (grater with fine or medium holes).
5. Cut the peeled and washed onions into thin half rings, scald, rinse with water.
6. Put sticks at the bottom of the salad bowl, coat with mayonnaise. Then - proteins, chopped onion half rings, pineapple cubes, grated cheese. There is a layer of mayonnaise between the ingredients.
7. Decorate the top of the salad with mashed yolk, add a little greens, 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 sweetish original taste.

How to make crab salad in layers

One and the same salad can be served in two different ways; households will not even believe that it is one and the same dish. The first time you can mix all the ingredients and simply season with mayonnaise (sauce).

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

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, cleaned. 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 the carrots, rinse, grate (grater with large holes).
5. Put in a salad bowl in turn - sticks, apples, whites, yolks, carrots, cheese. In this case, grease each layer with mayonnaise.
6. Sometimes you can find the same recipe, only unsweetened yogurt is offered instead of mayonnaise. Then the dish becomes truly dietary.

Delicious salad with crab meat and mushrooms

The original recipe suggests using crab sticks and canned mushrooms. Quite a 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.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Pepper, salt, vinegar.
• Chicken eggs - 5-6 pcs.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil for frying.
• Mayonnaise.
• Greens for decorating a dish.

Cooking algorithm:

1. According to this recipe, onions need to be pickled. To do this, cut it into strips, put it in a porcelain bowl. Season with salt, add sugar, pour over with apple cider (ideally) vinegar.
2. Stew carrots in oil until soft, cool.
3. Remove the packaging from crab sticks, cut into slices or cubes.
4. Boil the eggs for 10 minutes in salted water, remove the shell, cut into cubes.
5. Drain the filling from the canned mushrooms, cut into slices.
6. Mix the prepared foods in a deep bowl, then gently 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 containing 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, put it in salted boiling water, cook for 15-20 minutes (until tender), stir all the time so that it does not 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. Add rice, corn grains to the same container.
5. Season with mayonnaise, add a little salt.
6. A little greenery turns an ordinary salad into a culinary masterpiece that friends and colleagues will surely appreciate.

Spicy salad recipe with crab sticks, cheese and garlic

The so-called crab meat or an analogue, crab sticks, is a neutral product, does not have a pronounced taste and aroma. That is why garlic can be found quite often in salad recipes; it gives aroma and pungency to a 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 is 10-12 minutes). Cool, clean.
2. Cut eggs, cheese, sticks into cubes.
3. Squeeze the garlic into mayonnaise, leave for 10 minutes, to infuse.
4. Mix all the chopped ingredients in a salad bowl, add corn and chopped dill.
5. Stir gently, then season with mayonnaise, add a little salt.
6. The light scent 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 meat, but it is quite expensive. On the other hand, completely different products (more affordable in terms of 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 them from dirt, chop them into very thin strips or grate.
2. Boil chicken eggs, grate.
3. Throw the corn on a sieve.
4. Cut the sticks into slices.
5. In a container, mix the components of the salad, pour with mayonnaise, mix again.
6. Now put in bowls or in a salad bowl, sprinkle with herbs.

Fancy Korean Crab Salad

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

Ingredients:

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

Cooking algorithm:

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

How to make a salad with crab sticks and chicken

Another recipe suggests combining crab sticks and chicken together. The chefs take into account the fact that there is nothing from the real crabs in the sticks, and the 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.
• Fresh greens.
• Salt (you can take sea salt), mayonnaise.

Cooking algorithm:

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

Households can try to guess for a long time 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, for example, avocado, in cooking. It spices up a friend.

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 the mixed ingredients with aromatic sauce and serve.

Crab sticks, as a versatile soldier in the kitchen, go well with vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, and even chicken. Salads with chopsticks are delicious and flavorful, but they look just gorgeous.