Crab sticks are one of the most affordable products from which you can prepare a variety of snacks, many of which are able to decorate a festive table. Most often surimi are used to make salads, but sometimes you want to show imagination and surprise guests or loved ones with an unusual dish. Housewives, who appreciated the benefit and economy of surimi, sooner or later the question arises, what to cook with crab sticks, except for salad. There are as many answers to this question as there are types of cooking unusual hot and cold surimi snacks that are not in the category of salads. Crab sticks can be made into balls resembling Rafaelo candies, battered sticks, cutlets, rolls and other tasty things. The main thing - to know their recipe and cooking features.
Cooking Features
From crab sticks you can make a variety of dishes, showing your own imagination and ingenuity. However, it is important to consider a few points.
- The composition of crab sticks can be different. Preference is given to products of proven manufacturers who produce surimi according to traditional technology using a significant amount of minced fish.
- Frozen crab sticks are often cheaper than chilled ones. They can be used to make most snacks as well as chilled, with the exception of crab sticks, as the structure of frozen surimi is somewhat different - they are less elastic. However, when using frozen crab sticks, you need to defrost them in advance, since it is impossible to accelerate the thawing process by heating in a microwave. The structure of crab sticks when they are heated in the microwave is broken, and they become like rubber, unsuitable for cooking any dishes.
- Crab sticks should not be subjected to prolonged heat treatment. They are not suitable for dishes that include products that require long-term cooking. If there is a desire to combine such products, they should be boiled or baked in advance.
Otherwise, follow the directions in the specific recipe, and the result will surely meet your expectations.
“Raffaello” made of crab sticks
Composition:
- crab sticks - 100 g;
- processed cheese - 2 pcs .;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- walnuts - 100 g;
- roasted hazelnuts (optional) - 10-15 pcs .;
- greens (optional) - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Put the melted cheese curds into the freezer for 15 minutes, unfold them and rub.
- Pass the garlic through the press.
- Chop walnut kernels in a blender to a paste.
- Mix melted cheese, garlic and nut paste. Form balls from the resulting mass. In the center of each ball can be hidden by fried hazelnuts.
- Rub crab sticks, roll balls into them and place on a dish.
- Decorate the appetizer with greens.
It is not necessary to add hazelnut inside. If desired, it can be replaced with almonds or peanuts, but you can put nothing in the center at all - the appetizer is already very tasty and satisfying.
Fried Crab Sticks
Composition:
- crab sticks - 0, 4 kg;
- breadcrumbs - 150 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- milk - 40 ml;
- hard cheese - 50 g;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave;
- parsley - 20 g.
Method of preparation:
- Finely grate the cheese.
- In a small bowl, beat an egg with milk, mix this mixture with cheese.
- Put the pan on the fire, pour oil on it.
- When the oil begins to boil, dip each crab stick in a batter, bread it in breadcrumbs and fry over medium heat for a minute on each side.
When serving, crab sticks will not interfere with sprinkling parsley with finely chopped knives. Crab sticks prepared according to this recipe will be a good snack for beer and white wine.
Crab sticks cutlets
Composition:
- frozen crab sticks - 0, 6 kg;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- semi-hard cheese - 0, 3 kg;
- garlic - 1 head;
- breadcrumbs - how much will go;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Crab sticks, without defrosting, chop grated with fine holes.
- Peel the garlic, divide it into slices. Pass them through a special press.
- On a fine grater, rub the cheese.
- Mix crab chips with garlic and grated cheese.
- Add whisk whipped eggs to this mass. Stir until smooth.
- Wet your hands in cold water to form small cutlets. Roll them in breadcrumbs.
- Heat the oil in a pan and fry the patties in it. You need to fry without a lid on medium heat for 3 minutes on each side.
Such burgers can be served as a separate dish or with a side dish. As a side dish, rice is best. You can use mashed potatoes, boiled broccoli or cauliflower.
Lavash roll with crab sticks
Composition:
- crab sticks - 0, 2 kg;
- sausage cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- butter - 150 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- Armenian lavash - 1 pc.
Method of preparation:
- Chop frozen crab sticks on a fine grater.
- Gently grate sausage cheese, mix with crab chips.
- Squeeze garlic into the resulting mass.
- Mix everything with softened butter.
- Spread the pita bread with the resulting filling, roll it into a roll.
- Cool the roll for 2 hours to allow the oil to harden properly.
- Cut the roll with a sharp knife into pieces about 1 cm thick, spread it nicely on a platter.
Such a simple roll can be served for a homemade breakfast, and for a festive buffet table.
Rolls of crab sticks
Composition:
- chilled crab sticks - 0, 2 kg;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- cheese - 100 g;
- fresh dill - 50 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise - 50 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Cook hard-boiled eggs, peel and chop them on a grater.
- Finely chop the dill with a knife.
- Cheese finely grate.
- Pass the garlic through the press.
- Put all the crushed ingredients in a bowl, mix with mayonnaise.
- Gently unwrap the crab sticks and brush them with the resulting paste, roll back.
- Using a sharp knife, cut each crab stick across into 3 pieces.
It remains only to spread out the rolls of crab sticks on a dish. If desired, in the center of each crab stick before rolling it back into a roll, you can put on a thin long slice of fresh cucumber. In this case, the rolls of crab sticks will look even more appetizing.
Cucumber Rolls with Crab Stick
Composition:
- fresh cucumbers - 0, 4 kg;
- crab sticks - 0, 2 kg;
- cream cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- hard cheese - 0, 2 kg.
Method of preparation:
- On a fine grater, chop hard cheese, mix it with cream cheese.
- Cut the crab sticks into small cubes.
- Using a peeler, cut cucumbers into thin, long plates.
- Make small balls of curd, wrap them in cucumber slices, making rolls of them.
- Place the cucumber rolls in a beautiful shape with vertical sides so that they fit snugly together.
- In each roll, put a few cubes of crab sticks.
Cucumber rolls with cheese and crab sticks look very much. On the palate they are tender and summer-like fresh.
Crab sticks in dough
Composition:
- puff pastry - 0, 2 kg;
- crab sticks - 0, 4 kg;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.
Method of preparation:
- Dough roll out a very thin layer, cut it into strips 1 cm wide.
- Wrap strips of crab sticks.
- Put on a baking tray covered with parchment.
- Whisk the egg with a whisk and grease the dough with it.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Put a pan in it. Bake for 10-15 minutes.
Crab sticks in the dough will surely please the children, but, of course, not only them.
Based on these recipes, you can make many other snacks from crab sticks that will look no less bright than salads. In addition, these snacks are less traditional, which will allow you to set the festive table in an unusual way and thus surprise the guests.
