Crab salads traditionally decorate the festive table. A variety of recipes allows you to cook different food options, complementing them with your own ideas. They are cooked with mushrooms, cheese and canned corn. They also add meat, rice, fresh cucumbers and other vegetables. Creating dishes does not require much effort, and the finished dish will create a festive mood and will delight you with an exquisite taste.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
For salad, it is better to choose medium-sized mushrooms. They need to be sorted out, washed thoroughly, then dried. Peel and wash raw vegetables. Rinse and boil eggs. Then cool and clean. Frozen crab sticks are undesirable because they contain a lot of water.
Important! All ingredients must be fresh. Expired mushrooms and meat can provoke food poisoning, as well as lead to infection with parasites.
Salad Recipes with Crab Sticks and Mushrooms
To prepare a festive salad, you need to decide on the recipe. Then properly prepare the ingredients and, armed with a step-by-step description of the recipe, prepare the dish.
Among the proposed options, you can choose the one that will appeal to you:
Salad "Dinner Party"
10-1245 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Finely chop the crab products or grate on a coarse grater.
On a large flat plate, put a circular detachable shape with a diameter of 18–20 cm, which is used for baking. In this case, it will be needed for a beautiful salad design.
Pour chopped sticks into the ring. Smooth to get a neat layer.
Grease each subsequent layer with two tablespoons of mayonnaise.
Grate boiled eggs on a coarse grater and lay out with the next layer.
The third layer is fried mushrooms with onions.
Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater and also lay out in a layer.
Apply the final layer of mayonnaise on top, cover with cling film and put in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
Grate the cream cheese on a coarse grater. To facilitate the work, cheese can be pre-frozen.
Garnish well-soaked puff salad with dill and cheese straws.
Finely chop the crab products or grate on a coarse grater.
On a large flat plate, put a circular detachable shape with a diameter of 18–20 cm, which is used for baking. In this case, it will be needed for a beautiful salad design.
Pour chopped sticks into the ring. Smooth to get a neat layer.
Grease each subsequent layer with two tablespoons of mayonnaise.
Grate boiled eggs on a coarse grater and lay out with the next layer.
The third layer is fried mushrooms with onions.
Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater and also lay out in a layer.
Apply the final layer of mayonnaise on top, cover with cling film and put in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
Grate the cream cheese on a coarse grater. To facilitate the work, cheese can be pre-frozen.
Garnish well-soaked puff salad with dill and cheese straws.Important! To reduce the calorie content of the salad, you can replace the fried mushrooms with boiled ones.
Video recipe
Salad "Dinner Party
Corn salad
If the finished dish turns out to be dry, each layer can be seasoned with mayonnaise. Serve without stirring.
10-1230 minutes
canned corn
250 g
greens (parsley, dill)
1 bunch
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Chopsticks and eggs into medium squares. If desired, crab products can be replaced with shrimp.
Cut pickled mushrooms into four parts.
Finely chop the greens.
Put a layer of chopped boiled eggs in a transparent salad bowl, then mushrooms, grated cheese and crab sticks. The final layer should be corn.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with chopped herbs on top.
In the middle, lay out a mayonnaise and decorate with parsley sprigs. Allow to soak.
Chopsticks and eggs into medium squares. If desired, crab products can be replaced with shrimp.
Cut pickled mushrooms into four parts.
Finely chop the greens.
Put a layer of chopped boiled eggs in a transparent salad bowl, then mushrooms, grated cheese and crab sticks. The final layer should be corn.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with chopped herbs on top.
In the middle, lay out a mayonnaise and decorate with parsley sprigs. Allow to soak.Video recipe
Corn Salad
Carrot salad
Raw carrots perfectly complement the composition and combine to taste with all the ingredients.
10-1250 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Grate boiled potatoes on a coarse grater and put in a salad bowl. Each subsequent layer of salt and season with mayonnaise.
- Then lay a layer of boiled grated eggs, cut into squares of crab products and grated cheese.
- The final layer should be raw carrots, grated on a coarse grater.
- Garnish the dish with parsley leaves, laying them in the center. For decoration, 5 large leaves are enough.
- The finished dish needs to be soaked.
Did you know? Crab sticks were invented in 1973 by the Japanese company Sugiyo Co. This product was called Kanikama.
Salad "Alyonka"
10-1245 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Chop the onion.
- Cut mushrooms into small squares and fry with onions.
- Cut cucumbers and sticks along the straws.
- Cut the eggs into small squares.
- Salt, season with mayonnaise and mix.
- Decorate the finished salad with herbs.
- Let soak and serve guests.
The combination of mushrooms, corn, cheese, crab sticks and vegetables gives a simple dish of originality. Simple step by step recipes will help you prepare for the holiday and will not take much time.
Did you know? Crab products first appeared on sale in the CIS countries in 1991.
Beautifully decorated salads will certainly decorate the festive feast and delight guests with their piquant taste.
