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Crab salad with shrimp

Crab and shrimp salad

Pretty, quick, very tasty, and perfect for a holiday table! You can make this crab and shrimp salad in 30 minutes max. Besides mayonnaise, you can dress it with sour cream or plain yogurt to cut the calories. Serve it for a romantic dinner with a glass of white wine.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Crab sticks

200

Shrimp

200

Napa cabbage

200

Pineapple (canned)

150

Pomegranate

100

Hard cheese

Mayonnaise

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 36 % 8 g

Fats 36 % 8 g

Carbohydrates 27 % 6 g

125 kcal

GI: 67 / 33 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

How do you make crab and shrimp salad? Gather the ingredients from the list. Wash the napa cabbage, dry it, and tear it into small pieces by hand, using only the soft green part of the leaves. You can use fresh or frozen shrimp. How do you thaw shrimp? Do it on the bottom shelf of the fridge.
Step 2:

How do you cook shrimp? Pour water into a large pot — use twice as much liquid as the volume of seafood. Salt it with regular or, better, sea salt (1 tbsp per liter of water). When it boils, add the unpeeled shrimp. Bring it back to a boil and turn off the heat immediately. Small shrimp cook in no more than 2 minutes; jumbo or tiger shrimp, 3–7 minutes.
Step 3:

Be careful not to overcook the shrimp or leave them sitting too long in the hot water, or they won't be as tender as you'd like. Drain them in a colander, rinse with cold water, or drop them into a bowl of ice. Peel the cooled shrimp.
Step 4:

Break a ripe pomegranate apart into individual seeds.
Step 5:

If your crab sticks are frozen, thaw them. Leave them in their packaging and set them on a cutting board to thaw. Now remove the plastic wrapper — if it doesn't come off easily, hold the sticks over steam for 1–3 seconds. Cut the crab sticks into half-moons.
Step 6:

Tip the canned pineapple from the can into a colander and let the syrup drain. Cut the fruit into small pieces.
Step 7:

Cut the hard cheese into medium cubes. Try to cut the crab sticks and cheese into cubes of the same size — the salad will look prettier that way. Use any cheese you like, semi-hard or soft, to taste.
Step 8:

In an appropriately sized salad bowl, combine the shrimp, crab sticks, napa cabbage, pineapple, and pomegranate seeds.
Step 9:

Dress the salad with mayonnaise and toss. You can make the dressing by mixing equal parts sour cream and mayonnaise, or just sour cream or plain unsweetened yogurt.

How do you buy shrimp the right way? It's better to buy frozen seafood, but make sure there isn't too much ice and frost in the package. The shells should be free of damage and spots. The more tightly curled the shrimp's tail, the fresher it is. If the shrimp meat has a yellowish tint, that's a bad sign — better to leave that seafood at the store.
How do you buy crab sticks the right way? Always check the product's expiration date. Surimi (minced white fish) should be the first ingredient listed. Important! Don't buy a product that has frost on it — that's a sign it's been refrozen. Fresh sticks should be free of gray and yellow spots, springy, and slightly moist. If the product is sticky, it's spoiled.
The film each crab stick is wrapped in sometimes peels off poorly. To make it easier, hold the sticks over steam for 1–3 seconds.
It's best to make the mayonnaise yourself — it'll be tastier and better for you. See some interesting homemade mayonnaise recipes here. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt as the dressing instead of mayonnaise, either on their own or mixed with mayonnaise in any ratio you like — that will cut the calories.
Salad with shrimp and pomegranate goes really well with white wine. I love seafood salads, but because they're so pricey I don't make them as often as I'd like. So when I do buy shrimp, I jump right into the interesting recipes I've been dreaming about. An elegant salad dresses up any holiday table!