Crab salad - new traditional Russian dish

What can you prepare for the holiday table or for unexpected guests quickly without spending a lot of time and effort that you will enjoy the wonderful taste and is easy for the stomach? Of course, crab salad. Today it is known by all and loved by many.

Crab salad was invented in the early 20th century, according to one version of his homeland is the United States. On the Pacific coast he moved, gradually appearing in menus of different restaurants, called salad "Louis". Widespread in the Western States salad with time gained popularity across the continent and worldwide fame, he is obliged famous Italian Opera singer and an iconic figure in the world of classical music - Enrico Caruso, who adored crab salad and he delighted in sharing his love with the world.

In countries where the crab meat is not something exotic, this salad is prepared with it, but in our homeland for the lack of possibility to decorate Banquet tables delights with real meat of crabs this ingredient was replaced with crab sticks, available to everyone. So now there is this wonderful salad, pleasing us with their wonderful taste, quick cooking and easy. Today he stood in one row with such popular in our country salad "Olivier" and "Herring under a fur coat".

Now crab salad the most famous in this part: crab sticks, canned corn, boiled eggs, mayonnaise and salt. Also it has already become a classic recipe Housewives often add boiled rice or potatoes, Chinese (Mandarin) cabbage, apples, cucumbers and cheese. Rarely you can see variations of this salad with the addition of pineapple, carrot, sweet pepper, onion, crab chips, and other products.

Cooking crab salad requires no special skills, all that is required is to determine the ingredients, chop them and boil, if necessary, to combine, season and stir. As a rule, it is not time consuming, while allowing the result and the stomach to please, and guests to honor delicious and appetizing salad. The only point that deserves special attention is the choice of crab ingredient for salad.

On sale today, you can see the crab sticks, made from fish protein surimi or minced meat, white fish, soy, and crab meat, which are essentially the same as crab sticks. Perfect for crab salad any option, but keep in mind that when using sticks or meat from soy labeled "imitation" taste of the salad will be slightly less bright than if you use sticks or meat from surimi. And, of course, to cook crab salad with real crab meat - it all each woman decides for herself.

So, let's get down to cooking crab salad.

The classic recipe crab salad with corn and eggs

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You will need: 200 g crab sticks, 5 boiled eggs, 1 jar canned corn, mayonnaise, salt.

How to cook a classic crab salad. Open corn, drained the liquid from the jar, boiled hard-boiled eggs, peel them, cut them and crab sticks small cubes connected with corn in the salad bowl, add the mayonnaise, podsalvage to taste (salt not be added), stir and let the salad sit in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.

Add to this classic recipe boiled rice crisp and get crab salad with rice, sliced into small cubes and boiled potatoes would be more hearty crab salad with potatoes. Spicy notes taste of the salad gives onions: chop it chop, pour over boiling water, rinse with cold water and add to the classic recipe. Often the hostess added to the salad immediately onions with rice or onions with potatoes.

Recipe for crab salad with rice, onion and cucumber

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You will need: 200 g crab sticks, 100 g of boiled rice, 3 boiled eggs, 1 jar canned corn, 1 small onion, 1 cucumber, mayonnaise, salt.

How to cook crab salad sticks with rice. Prepare crisp boiled rice, to merge with corn water. Onion, cucumber, crab sticks and eggs cut into small cubes, onion scald and rinse with cold water, Pat dry, combine the prepared ingredients with rice and corn, season salad with mayonnaise, salt to taste and mix, apply, let stand in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

The cucumber gives the salad a fresh notes, for this purpose you can use Apple or Peking cabbage. In this case, the classical ingredients added julienne cabbage, and fresh cabbage is also well suited according to many chefs. And if you add several of these "refreshing" of the ingredients, it turns out crab salad popularly called "Soft".

Crab salad "Gentle" with cabbage, cucumber and Apple

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You will need: 150 g canned corn, 100 g of cabbage, 100 g crab sticks, 2 cucumber, 1 green Apple, parsley, mayonnaise, salt.

How to cook crab salad with Apple. Strips cut seeded Apple, cucumber and cabbage, chopped parsley, connect the prepared ingredients, add the corn (liquid pre-merge), sliced into thin strips crab sticks (after cutting douse them with boiling water), season salad with mayonnaise and stir, allow to cool before serving.

Add to this the variations crab salad and boiled eggs, and season it can not only mayonnaise - feel free to just use unsweetened plain yogurt or mix it with mayonnaise. Also this season the salad with white pepper and wasabi.

What recipes crab salad today was not invented by a bold experiments enterprising Housewives. For example, a very interesting option is to make it with pineapple and cheese.

Recipe for crab salad with cheese and pineapple

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You will need: 100 g cheese, 1 package of crab sticks or jar of crab meat, 1 tin canned pineapple, 2 boiled eggs, mayonnaise.

How to cook crab salad with cheese and pineapple. Cheese RUB on a medium grater or cut into small cubes, then chop eggs, crab sticks, corn drained, slices of pineapple to remove from the jar and dry. Connect the prepared ingredients, add the mayonnaise and stir.

Very original, easy and delicious salad! However, these epithets can be used for any variations crab salad, after all, always tasty and delicious it is always.