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Corrida Salad

Made from everyday ingredients, very simple and tasty, perfect for a celebration! Corrida salad is another version of the popular, much-loved salad with crab sticks and corn. This take adds cheese, tomatoes, and croutons, which make the salad juicier, more savory, and more interesting in texture.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Crab sticks

200

Hard cheese

200

Canned corn

200

Tomatoes

250

Croutons (wheat)

Mayonnaise

Garlic

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 30 % 8 g

Fats 41 % 11 g

Carbohydrates 30 % 8 g

156 kcal

GI: 50 / 50 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make Corrida salad? Gather the ingredients. Thaw the crab sticks first if they were frozen. Drain the liquid from the corn. I made half a portion in a 14 cm ring.
Step 2:

Unwrap the crab sticks. The film each one is wrapped in sometimes comes off poorly. To make it easier, hold the sticks over steam for 1–3 seconds. Cut the unwrapped sticks into cubes.
Step 3:

Wash the tomatoes and cut them into cubes as well. Drain off the juice released as you cut them so it doesn't make the other ingredients soggy.
Step 4:

Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Choose a tasty cheese first and foremost — it can be hard or semi-hard, with no milk-fat substitutes.
Step 5:

Make the dressing. Press the garlic through a garlic press.
Step 6:

Add it to the mayonnaise and mix well. It's best to make your own mayonnaise — it'll be tastier and healthier.
Step 7:

Set a food ring on a plate and start layering the salad, spreading 1 tbsp of mayonnaise between each layer: tomatoes — crab sticks — corn — cheese.
Step 8:

Refrigerate the salad for 1 hour to let it set.
Step 9:

Before serving, scatter the croutons over the salad and lift off the ring. Use white-bread croutons in any flavor you like — you can also make them yourself at home.
Step 10:

Garnish the salad with fresh herbs and serve. Enjoy!

See here for some interesting homemade mayonnaise recipes. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise as a dressing, on their own or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion you like — this lowers the calorie count of the dish.
How do you buy crab sticks the right way? Always check the product's use-by date. Surimi (minced white fish) should be first on the ingredient list. Important: don't buy the product if there's 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 has gone bad.
How do you buy canned corn the right way? Always check the use-by date on the can. If the container is glass, look closely at the kernels — they should be uniform in size and color, whole, and free of spots. The ingredients shouldn't include dyes, preservatives, or flavor enhancers.