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Crab Stick Patties

If you love imitation crab, give these patties a try. We usually turn crab sticks into appetizers and salads, but they make just as delicious a hot dish. Here's one of my favorites: little patties. They're quick and easy to make, and the result is sure to please.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Imitation crab sticks

200

Eggs

Breadcrumbs

Mayonnaise

Vegetable oil

Ground black pepper

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 19 % 8 g

Fats 43 % 18 g

Carbohydrates 38 % 16 g

260 kcal

GI: 31 / 0 / 69

Cooking method

Cooking time: 35 min

Step 1:

Gather your ingredients. For crab stick patties you'll need: imitation crab sticks, an egg, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, ground black pepper, and salt.
Step 2:

Chop the crab sticks very finely, or grate them on the medium holes of a box grater.
Step 3:

Combine the mayonnaise with 3 tablespoons of the breadcrumbs and stir.
Step 4:

Add the crab sticks and egg to the mayonnaise mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly.
Step 5:

Mix well.
Step 6:

Shape the mixture into small round patties. It's easiest to form them with damp hands, or the mixture will stick. Coat them all over in the remaining breadcrumbs.
Step 7:

Fry the crab patties in a skillet with vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown.
Step 8:

Serve the crab stick patties with sour cream. Enjoy!

Imitation crab sticks are a firm fixture in home cooking, even though they contain no actual crab. This clever stand-in often makes a great addition to salads. You can eat them straight from the package, and they do offer some nutritional value — just choose a good-quality product so the flavor holds up.
Crab sticks are imitation crab meat. They're made from a mix of ingredients pressed into shape and then tinted red to resemble the shell of real crab. They're popular because they're much cheaper than crab, and they're often added to seafood salads and similar dishes. They come fully cooked — usually sold frozen — so you just thaw them and eat, no further prep needed.
Crab sticks, also known as kanikama, were first produced in Japan in 1973 as an artificial crab meat. The very first patented imitation product came from the Osaka Suisan company in 1974.
Two years later, the product was introduced in California. Kanikama later grew popular in Japan and, a few years on, reached the international market under names like crab sticks, ocean sticks, and sea legs.