Modern housewives adapted crab sticks, beloved by all, to a wide variety of treats. They also prepare numerous snacks, and even main courses. For example, cutlets made from crab sticks are very tasty.
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Crab stick cutlets - a quick recipe
Ingredients: 3 slices of stale white bread, a standard pack of crab sticks, a raw egg and 2 boiled, a pinch of table salt, 1.5 tbsp each. tablespoons of refined oil and flour.
- Crustless bread is scrolled through a meat grinder. Pre-soak it is not required.
- Crab sticks and boiled eggs are crushed in the same way.
- In the resulting minced meat you need to add oil, raw egg, flour. After thorough kneading, the mass will become dense and easy to sculpt.
- Wet hands form small blanks.
Cutlets need to be fried not only from the wide, but also from the narrow sides, setting them on the side of the pan.
Cheese Option
Ingredients: 580 g of crab sticks, 1.5 cups of pre-cooked rice, fine salt, 3-4 large spoons of sour cream, 310 g of semi-hard cheese, 1 whole egg and yolk, garlic to taste, a mixture of peppers, breadcrumbs.
- Cheese finely rubs and combines with crushed garlic.
- Crab sticks passed through a meat grinder or chopped with a special blender attachment are also added to this.
- All the other components from the recipe are added to the "mincemeat", except for crumbs. They mix very well. The mass should ultimately be as homogeneous as possible.
- Wet bare hands form tight cutlets. It is also convenient to do this with a regular tablespoon.
- Billets are breaded in the crumbs of their crackers.
Formed cutlets made of crab sticks with cheese are fried in preheated vegetable oil. Served with a sauce of sour cream, mayonnaise and herbs.
Fish cakes with crab sticks
Ingredients: 630 g of fish fillet “sea tongue”, half a bunch of green onions, 220 g of crab sticks, 2 medium eggs, 2 onions, 90 ml of milk, 70 g unsweetened rolls, a mixture of spices designed specifically for fish.
- All the crusts are thinly cut off the bread, after which it is cut into small pieces and filled with milk. The liquid should not be cold. It is necessary to wait until the bread has completely absorbed milk.
- Minced meat is prepared in any convenient way from fish fillet. Onions can be passed along with the “marine language” through a meat grinder or simply cut into miniature cubes. In the latter case, its taste will be more pronounced in the dish.
- Small pieces of crab sticks go to the minced fish. It is enough to cut them with a sharp knife.
- Finely chopped greens and poured into the mass from the third step.
- It remains to add the soaked roll, eggs, fish spices.
- After thorough mixing, small patties are formed from the mass and stacked on a heated frying pan. The treat is fried on both sides until golden brown.
Perfectly complement fish cakes with crab sticks any ketchup.
With shrimps
Ingredients: 240-260 g of shrimp, 80 g of butter, 2 standard packages of crab sticks, 2 large eggs, salt.
- First thing you need defrost two main products in vivo. The main thing is not to use a microwave for this. Such defrosting can deprive both shrimp and crab sticks of a bright taste.
- Seafood will also need to be boiled in boiling water for about 3 minutes.
- Further, both discussed ingredients are passed through a meat grinder. In the middle between them, oil is also passed through the knives. If you send it last, then extracting the remaining product from the meat grinder will not be easy.
- Eggs are driven into the resulting mass. Salt is also poured here to taste. If the mixture seems dry to the hostess, you can correct the situation with a light mayonnaise.
- Small round cakes are formed from "minced meat".
Cutlets are fried until golden brown and served for dinner with boiled friable rice or other suitable side dish.
With cheese and garlic
Ingredients: a large spoonful of high-grade flour, 170 g of semi-hard or hard cheese, 270-290 g of crab sticks, 2 small eggs, crumbs of crackers, fresh garlic to taste, table salt.
- Both crab sticks and sliced cheese are passed through a meat grinder. For this, a nozzle with large holes is selected. If this kitchen appliance is not at hand, you can rub the food with a regular grater.
- The egg interferes with the mass (only one!), Salt, chopped garlic. You can use seasonings, but it’s better not to overdo it, because the sticks and cheese have their own bright taste.
- The components are mixed until uniform. Small products are formed from the resulting mass.
- The second egg is beaten in a separate bowl with a fork.
- Billets are dipped into the liquid, after which they are crumbled in crumbs from crackers.
It remains to fry the patties until golden and serve hot for dinner.
Diet recipe
Ingredients: 35 g semolina, 130 g crab sticks, half a carrot, small egg, medium onion, herbs to taste, salt, a mixture of peppers.
- Peeled and sliced onions and carrots are laid out in a blender. They scroll to uniformity.
- Crab sticks are added to the vegetable mass. Scrolling repeats.
- Semka, greens and an egg are laid out here. The ingredients are whipped with a blender. It is necessary to salt the "stuffing" and pepper.
- Cutlets are formed from the mass, which need to be fried without oil in a non-stick pan.
Served hot with pickled vegetables.
Meat cutlets with crab sticks
Ingredients: half a kilo of minced meat (best of all chicken), 2 large eggs, half a kilo of juicy crab sticks, 2 onions, 3 slices of white bread, crumbs of crackers, coarse salt, a little milk.
- Crab sticks are finely cut and mixed with minced meat.
- Raw eggs are poured into the mass, miniature onion cubes are added.
- The pulp of the roll is soaked in milk and also added to the minced meat.
- It is necessary to thoroughly knead the mass and salt.
- Small cutlets are molded from it, which are crumbling in crumbs from crackers.
The blanks are fried until brown on both sides, and then laid out on paper towels to get rid of excess fat.
Appetizing squid appetizer
Ingredients: 370 g squid, 70 g semi-hard cheese, coarse salt, onion, large egg, spices, 120 g crab sticks.
- Shellfish are washed, poured with boiling water and cleaned. Carcasses need to be cut into pieces and, together with slices of crab sticks, pass through a meat grinder or chopped using a special blender nozzle.
- Onions are peeled, chopped into cubes, fried in oil until golden brown. He intervenes in minced meat with finely grated semi-hard cheese.
- Spices and a raw egg are sent to the minced meat. The mass is thoroughly mixed and left to cool for 20 minutes.
- Further, cutlets are formed from it. They need to be fried on both sides to a delicious roast.
A dish is served with a variety of spicy and sweet sauces that are suitable for seafood.