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Salad appetizer Crab mice

Crab Stick "Mice" Party Appetizer

Crab-stick appetizers shaped like little mice for the holiday table! Lately it's become popular to shape salads and appetizers like the coming year's animal symbol — but you don't always want to experiment with unfamiliar ingredients. So try this easy salad made with crab sticks, molded into cute little mice.

Anna

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Crab sticks

180

Cream cheese

140

Eggs (boiled)

Hard cheese

Garlic

Radish (for decoration)

Peppercorns (for decoration)

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 33 % 12 g

Fats 50 % 18 g

Carbohydrates 17 % 6 g

190 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

Gather all the ingredients from the list. Set one whole crab stick aside for later. Freeze the rest just slightly, then grate them on a fine grater; if they won't grate cleanly, chop them very finely instead. Mine didn't grate well, so I grated some and finely chopped the rest. Set aside 1/3 of the grated crab sticks and put the remainder in a deep bowl.
Step 2:

Add the cream cheese to the chopped crab sticks. You can swap the cream cheese for processed cheese, but you'll need to grate it on a fine grater too — freeze it briefly first so it grates more easily.
Step 3:

Peel the boiled, cooled eggs and grate them on a fine grater as well. Add the grated eggs to the bowl with the other ingredients.
Step 4:

Peel the garlic cloves and press them into the salad. Grate the hard cheese on a fine grater, add it to the bowl, and mix. Taste and add salt if needed. Chill the mixture in the fridge for half an hour — once it's cold, it's much easier to shape into mice.
Step 5:

Cut thin strips from the reserved crab stick — these are the mouse tails. Wash the fresh radishes, slice them into thin rounds, then cut each round in half for the ears. Whole black peppercorns make the noses and eyes (just warn everyone not to eat them along with the mice!). Divide the mixture into 7–9 portions, roll each into a ball, then shape it into a teardrop. Roll each one in the reserved grated crab stick.
Step 6:

Give each mouse radish ears, black-peppercorn eyes, and a crab-stick tail. Arrange the finished mice on a pretty platter, add the pieces of cheese, and serve.

Decorating the holiday table with more than just festive decor — with fun, original dishes too — is a wonderful tradition. It lets the cook show off a little culinary flair and imagination, and guests and family will remember a table like that for years. This crab "mice" salad uses simple ingredients, and shaping them into little animals couldn't be easier — so add this appetizer to your New Year's menu!