Crab sticks are a low-calorie product, 100 g of which contains only 80 kcal. Snacks from this product are light, tasty and juicy.
Appetizer of crab sticks - the basic principles of preparation
Crab sticks have been included in our diet relatively recently, but they have already won the love of many thanks to their unique taste. What is not prepared from this product: soups, main dishes, but snacks are especially tasty. Especially harmoniously crab sticks are combined with fresh vegetables, seafood, sausages, legumes and pineapples.
The main condition for a delicious snack is quality crab sticks. When choosing a product, be sure to pay attention to the composition. Surimi should be at least 45%. If this ingredient is less or absent altogether, this indicates that the product consists of starch, soy and flavoring.
The sticks should be the same size. The surface is smooth and elastic. Painted on one side.
There is a lot of way to cook a snack from crab sticks. The simplest and most common: rolls. As the filling use soft or hard cheese, canned fish, chicken eggs, etc. All ingredients are crushed and mixed. It should be a pasty mass. Crab sticks are thawed, unfurled, greased with filling and folded again.
No less popular are snacks in pita bread. Crab sticks are finely chopped, combined with other chopped products and mixed with mayonnaise. The composition of the filling depends on your imagination. It can be cooked with Korean carrots, fresh vegetables, cheese, bacon, garlic, chicken eggs, etc.
The filling is greased with a sheet of pita bread, rolled up with a tight roll and sent to the refrigerator. Then cut into small slices and spread beautifully on a dish.
Hot appetizers from crab sticks in the form of rolls in a beer or egg tart, pita bread or omelet.
Recipe 1. Appetizer of crab sticks "Raffaello"
Ingredients
processed cheese - two packs;
crab sticks - 50 g;
garlic - two cloves;
walnuts - 100 g;
two chicken eggs;
mayonnaise - three tbsp. spoons;
dill is a small bunch.
Cooking method
1. Defrost crab sticks and remove excess moisture. Free from the wrapper and grate finely.
2. Place the eggs in a saucepan, fill with water and boil until steep. Drain the boiling water. Place eggs in cold water. Peel and chop like crab sticks.
3. Rinse the greens, dry and chop finely. Peel and crush the garlic using a press. Put the curds in the freezer for a while, free from the wrapper and grate finely. Put all the ingredients except the crab sticks in a bowl, add mayonnaise and mix until smooth.
4. Wet hands take a little mass and roll the balls of the same size. Break the nuts into small pieces and lightly fry in a dry frying pan. Place a piece of walnut in each ball.
5. Roll the balls in the crab crumbs, put on a dish and put in the cold for half an hour.
Recipe 2. A hot appetizer of crab sticks in an omelet
Ingredients
Omelette
six chicken eggs;
freshly ground pepper;
milk - a glass;
black pepper;
sunflower oil - 75 ml;
flour - 50 g.
Filling
ketchup - 30 g;
crab sticks - 300 g;
mayonnaise - 30 g;
grated cheese - 100 g;
fresh parsley.
Cooking method
1. Drive the eggs into a deep bowl, salt, pepper, add flour and shake well so that there are no lumps left. Oil a baking sheet and pour the egg mixture into it. Bake for 15 minutes. The temperature should be 200 C.
2. Defrost crab sticks, remove shell and finely chop. Grind greens similarly. Put everything on a plate, add ketchup, grated cheese and mayonnaise. Mix.
3. Remove the finished omelet from the oven, cool and cut into portioned squares. Put a spoonful of filling on each, connect the opposite corners and tie with a feather of green onion. Serve warm appetizer.
Recipe 3. Appetizer of crab sticks with olives
Ingredients
ten crab sticks;
mayonnaise;
ten pitted olives;
parsley and dill;
processed cheese - two packs;
garlic - two cloves;
chicken eggs - two pieces.
Cooking method
1. Defrost crab sticks and remove excess moisture. Boil the eggs to a hard boiled state. Cool in cold water, peel. Peel the garlic.
2. Grind eggs, garlic, cheese and olives on a fine grater. Wash greens and chop finely. Combine all the ingredients in a plate and mix, adding mayonnaise.
3. Unroll the crab stick and apply the cheese mixture in an even layer. Roll into a roll, carefully bending the ends inward. Put the rolls in the cold for an hour.
4. Each stick cut diagonally, put on a plate and decorate with sprigs of greenery.
Recipe 4. Hot appetizer of crab sticks with mushrooms and minced meat.
Ingredients
thick crab sticks - six pieces;
ground black pepper;
champignons - 100 g;
two chicken eggs;
mixed meat - 100 g;
cream cheese plates;
flour - 50 g;
onion head;
breadcrumbs - 100 g;
vegetable oil - 80 ml;
kitchen salt.
Cooking method
1. We take out the thawed crab sticks from the packaging and let it boil for a minute.
2. Mushrooms wipe with a damp sponge and finely chop.
3. Onions are cleaned, finely chopped and spread in a pan with heated vegetable oil. After about three minutes, add the mushrooms to the onion and fry for the same amount of time.
4. Add mixed minced meat to the pan, salt, pepper and fry, stirring constantly, until the meat changes color.
5. Shake the egg in a separate small bowl. Pour into minced meat. Pour a spoonful of breadcrumbs here and mix thoroughly until smooth.
6. We deploy the crab stick. On top we put a plate of cream cheese, and on it a cooled filling of minced meat and mushrooms. We turn tightly into a roll. Do the same with the rest of the sticks.
7. Shake the egg in a bowl. Pour flour into another dish. In the third breadcrumbs. Bread rolls in flour, then dip in egg mixture and breading in breadcrumbs. Fry on all sides in a hot pan with a small amount of vegetable oil.
Recipe 5. Snack from crab sticks "Clapperboard"
Ingredients
60 g mayonnaise;
200 g of crab sticks;
3 g ground turmeric;
chicken eggs - three pieces;
3 g ground red pepper;
80 g soft fat cheese;
25 g leek.
Cooking method
1. Defrost the sticks at room temperature and carefully unfold, being careful not to tear the canvas.
2. Put the eggs in a pan, fill with water and place on the stove. Cook to a state of hard boiled. Then transfer them to a container of ice water and cool. Peel and separate the whites from the yolks. Chop the chicken protein into fine chips. We will use the yolks for decoration.
3. Lightly chop the light part of the leek. Put all the crushed ingredients and soft cheese on a plate. Add half the mayonnaise. Season with turmeric and red pepper. Shuffle. A thick mass should be obtained, which should be easily spread.
4. Lubricate the crab stick with a thin layer of cheese filling, leaving a centimeter from the edge. Roll up tight rolls. Put mayonnaise in one plate, and rub the yolks in another. Dip the slices of the roll first in mayonnaise and then in the yolks.
5. Cover the plate with leaves of green lettuce, put the rolls on them and sprinkle with green onions. Leave in the cold for two hours.
Recipe 6. Korean style crab sticks hot appetizer
Ingredients
large crab sticks - 20 pieces;
salt;
milk - 30 ml;
ground black pepper;
egg;
chopped parsley - 50 g;
vegetable oil - 50 ml;
hard cheese - 50 g;
breadcrumbs - a glass;
garlic - three cloves.
Cooking method
1. Shake the eggs with a whisk or fork, adding a little milk. Pepper and salt.
2. Defrost crab sticks. Each dip in the egg mixture, then roll in breadcrumbs.
3. Finely chopped peeled garlic, and lightly fry in vegetable oil. Then uninstall it. Fry sticks in aromatic oil on all sides.
4. Serve hot appetizer. Sprinkle grated cheese mixed with herbs on top.
Crab sticks appetizer - tips and tricks
It will be easier to turn the crab stick if you lower it for a couple of minutes in boiling water or hold it over the steam.
Balls of crab sticks can be rolled in grated yolk or crumbled chips.
Do not defrost crab sticks in the oven or microwave.
Rub crab sticks more conveniently slightly frostbitten.
