New Year's recipes with crab sticks for the New Year - 60 cooking recipes

Although the composition of crab sticks includes anything except crabs themselves, no one has and will not love them any less. Budget-friendly, lightweight, available in all seasons, the product has reliably established itself as a popular ingredient in many holiday dishes. Including those that everyone knows - today you won’t surprise anyone with “crab” Olivier.

What do you need to know before preparing dishes with crab sticks for the New Year (and not only)?

First you need to learn how to choose them correctly. Unfortunately, recently products of not the best quality have begun to appear on the Russian market. Therefore, it is especially important to carefully read the composition before purchasing. Regarding the chopsticks: it should contain “surimi” (minced fish), and in first place in terms of percentage. If he is on the second, it is worse, but it will do if there is no alternative. If you didn’t find such a word in the composition, it’s better not to take the chopsticks, take pity on your health and that of your loved ones.

Next, look at the color. The right stick should be bright (but not too much) pink on one side. On all other sides it should be either completely white or with a slight hint of pink. The consistency should feel soft and smooth. If, upon coming home and unwrapping your purchase, you find that the sticks are crumbling, this indicates that they have been defrosted and frozen again more than once. Unfortunately, you can’t make rolls from these anymore, but you can plan them into a salad.

Remember that a product that has been thawed once cannot be frozen a second time. It will lose almost all its taste properties and will literally crumble in your hands.

In all other respects, you can work with crab sticks as usual. They are not only added raw to dishes, but even fried with or without batter. One can argue about the benefits of such a snack, but many people like its taste. Plus it adds variety to the New Year's table.