Crab sticks, as a product of general consumption, appeared on store shelves relatively recently. Crab sticks were mass produced in the 1970s. Until then, people used to eat the meat of real crabs.
Catching and further preparation of canned crabs was a complicated and long process. Accordingly, crab meat was expensive. For this reason, a cheap analog was created.
Let’s tell you how to make a salad from crab sticks without rice, cabbage and corn.
Ingredients for crab salad:
- crab sticks – 200 g;
- cucumber – 2 pcs;
- breadcrumbs – 50 g;
- sour cream – 2 tablespoons;
- mayonnaise – tbsp;
- dill – 2 sprigs;
- garlic – clove;
- salt – ½ tsp.
Preparation of crab salad:
To prepare the dressing sauce you need to chop as finely as possible sprigs of dill, squeeze through a press garlic clove. Mix these components with mayonnaise and sour
cream. Do not forget to salt the dressing to taste.
Cut thin straws of crab sticks and cucumbers
.
Large breadcrumbs can be broken to make them smaller. Mix breadcrumbs, cucumber and crab sticks in one salad bowl. Fill
the ingredients with prepared sauce, mix thoroughly.
It turns out an excellent appetizer salad, not similar to the classic crab salad. You can prepare this dish in 5-7 minutes.
