Crab salad, which became popular in the USSR in the 1970s, does not contain crabs. Its main ingredient is canned fish, usually surimi – ground white fish fillets. The salad got its name because in Soviet times its ingredients were difficult to obtain, and many products were replaced by analogs similar in taste.
Later, crab sticks became relevant for crab salad
.
They were brought from Japan. In the USSR, they were able to repeat the recipe for crab sticks and production went uphill
. Crab sticks became even more popular in the 1990s
.
Then almost every salad people added sticks for flavor. Let’s tell you how to prepare a classic crab salad.
Ingredients:
- Boiled rice – 200 ml;
- Egg – 4 pcs;
- Canned corn – 180 g;
- Crab sticks – 240 g;
- Mayonnaise – 4 tbsp.
Preparation of crab salad:
Boil rice until ready, hard-boil eggs, cool down. Cut small cubes of crab sticks and peeled boiled
eggs. Put eggs with crab sticks in a salad bowl. Pour out the excess liquid from the corn and add to the salad along with boiled rice.
Fill the dish with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.
As a result, we have a quick budget salad from crab sticks. This classic recipe will come in handy at any feast.
