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Salad with crab sticks, croutons and beans

Crab Stick Salad with Croutons and Beans

A quick salad for parties and everyday meals. This salad of beans, croutons, and crab sticks is an unexpected combination that comes together into a tasty, filling dish. You can also add fluffy boiled rice and canned corn to make it even heartier.

Maria

Recipe author

Salad with crab sticks, croutons and beans

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Crab sticks

200

Canned beans

200

Croutons

Eggs

Garlic

Mayonnaise

Vegetable oil

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 24 % 8 g

Fats 30 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 45 % 15 g

182 kcal

GI: 21 / 0 / 79

Cooking method

Cooking time: 25 min

Step 1:

How do you make a salad with crab sticks, croutons, and beans? Gather your ingredients. You'll need: 200 g crab sticks; 200 g canned red beans; 50 g rye-bread croutons; 2 eggs; 1 garlic clove; 2 tbsp mayonnaise; and 1 tbsp vegetable oil.
Step 2:

Unwrap the crab sticks and cut them into small pieces.
Step 3:

Hard-boil the eggs, peel them, and cut them into small cubes.
Step 4:

Drain the canned beans in a sieve, then rinse them.
Step 5:

You can use plain store-bought croutons, but I prefer to make my own. Cut rye bread into small cubes, spread them on a baking sheet, and dry them in the oven, stirring occasionally.
Step 6:

Press the garlic, pour the vegetable oil over it, and stir.
Step 7:

Pour the fragrant garlic oil over the croutons and toss. Do this at the very end, just before combining everything, so the croutons don't have time to go soggy.
Step 8:

In a salad bowl, combine the beans, crab sticks, eggs, and garlic croutons.
Step 9:

Dress the salad with mayonnaise and toss.
Step 10:

Serve right away, before the croutons soften. Enjoy!

I use canned beans in this salad, but you can swap in home-cooked beans (soak dried beans overnight and boil them in salted water in the morning), or even green beans — freshly cooked or canned. My family loves beans in any form. Nutritionally, beans can stand in for meat — during a fast, for instance — so I often cook bean dishes, mostly soups and salads. The pairing of beans and crab sticks may seem odd at first, but it turns out they go together really well.
Homemade mayonnaise is the way to go — it tastes better and is healthier. See our collection of homemade mayonnaise recipes. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt instead, either on their own or blended with mayonnaise in any ratio you like — that'll cut the calories.
How do you pick good crab sticks? Always check the use-by date. Surimi (minced white fish) should be the first ingredient on the label. Important: don't buy any with frost on them — that's a sign they've been refrozen. Fresh sticks should be free of gray and yellow spots, firm, and slightly moist. If they're sticky, they've gone bad.