Crab salad is a popular dish in some countries of the former USSR. Its history dates back to Soviet times, when access to seafood, including crabs, was limited.
There are several versions of the origin of crab salad. One of them says that the salad was invented in the 1930s as an alternative to expensive crab dishes.
Another version claims that crab salad appeared in the 1950s in restaurants in Moscow and Leningrad as a dish for party workers and intellectuals.
Today, crab salad is prepared according to different recipes, with different ingredients and cooking methods
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Ingredients for crab salad:
- canned beans – 200 g;
- cucumber – 200 g
- crab sticks – 200 g;
- dill – 20 g;
- parsley – 20 g;
- green onion – 30 g;
- salt – 2 pinches;
- ground black pepper – 1 pinch;
- lean mayonnaise – 2 tbsp.
Preparation of crab salad:
Cut crab sticks into small cubes, mix in a bowl with canned beans. Remove the watery middle from the cucumbers, cut into small cubes, chop parsley, dill and green onion.
Put the cucumber, green onion, parsley and dill to the crab sticks and beans, salt, pepper and dress with mayonnaise.
Mix all the components in the salad
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You can leave some greens to decorate the crab salad.
It turns out a delicious salad, which is perfect for a festive table.
