Crab sticks appeared on the shelves of Japanese stores in the 1970s. At that time, for the first time in many years, there was a food crisis in the country. Specifically, fresh crabs disappeared from store shelves.
Because of the shortage of an important product for the Japanese, it was necessary to urgently look for a substitute. One of the factories producing fish products invented crab sticks
. After a while, crab sticks spread all over the world. Of course, there was no crab meat in this product. But, the unusual fish flavor still managed to interest a lot of people.
A large number of different crab dishes appeared
.
For example, crab salads.
Ingredients for crab salad:
- Crab sticks – 5 pcs;
- Sausage – 200 g;
- Cheese – 100 g;
- Cucumbers – 2 pcs;
- Boiled egg – 3 pcs;
- Peas – 2 tbsp;
- Mayonnaise – 3 tbsp.
Preparation of crab sticks:
Cut thinly straw crab sticks and sausage. Similarly thinly slice cheese and cucumbers. Put the sausage, crab sticks, cheese and cucumber in a salad bowl.
Peeled eggs cut into small bars, put in the salad bowl with the peas
.
Dress the salad with mayonnaise, salt and mix thoroughly.
You get a quick appetizer salad of crab sticks.
By the way, the sausage for the recipe should be boiled.
