Delicious, airy and fresh salad for a romantic dinner with Chinese cabbage, shrimps and crab sticks. Cooking is simple and easy, and thanks to the corrugated cabbage leaves, you get a lot of it. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
There are a huge number of salads, and one is better than the other! They are all worthy of cooking, so we only have to choose the ones we like best! Today we will learn the recipe for Peking cabbage salad, crab sticks and shrimp. This is a real storehouse of vitamins and minerals. Peking cabbage, also known as Chinese cabbage, contains dietary fiber that has a beneficial effect on intestinal function. A vegetable is a storehouse of vitamin C. Shrimp with crab sticks is not only a delicacy, but also a low-calorie, easily digestible product. Shrimp meat contains potassium, calcium, zinc, iodine, phosphorus, sulfur. The combination of these components is very tasty, appetizing and healthy.
Such a salad will revive not only the everyday table, but also any holiday. It goes well with any side dish, ideal for potatoes and pasta. Peking cabbage with crab sticks and shrimps can be upgraded and given a new flavor. For example, you can include hard or soft cheese, pine nuts or sesame seeds, avocado or cucumber, cilantro or olives, and much more. You can also taste the dishes with a variety of dressings. It should be noted that this is a low-calorie salad. But unlike other diet recipes for weight loss, this salad is delicious and festive.
See also How to Make Peking Cabbage, Apple, and Chicken Salad.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 126 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Peking cabbage - 4-5 leaves
- Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon
- Boiled-frozen shrimps - 150 g
- Salt - pinch or to taste
- Olive oil - 2 tablespoons
- Grain mustard - 1 tsp
- Crab sticks - 4-5 pcs.
Step-by-step preparation of salad with Chinese cabbage, shrimps and crab sticks, recipe with photo:
1. Of course, it is better to purchase raw, unpeeled, uncooked shrimp for the recipe. They will add an unimaginable taste to the dish. However, most of the shrimp will go to the shell, and it is quite difficult to find such on sale. You can buy peeled pink shrimps, these have already been cooked, you should not re-serve them with boiling water. Therefore, buy frozen shrimp in shells.
Boiled frozen shrimp can be boiled in salted water with spices (bay leaves, black peppercorns, etc.). But this method is most suitable for independent use. For shrimp salad, just pour boiling water over, close the lid and leave for 5-10 minutes to defrost.
2. Remove the required amount of Peking leaves from the cabbage head, wash them, dry well with a paper towel and chop into thin strips.
3. Defrost crab sticks naturally at room temperature without using a microwave oven. Remove the wrapping film from them and cut into cubes.
4. When the shrimps have melted, peel them of the shell and remove the head.
5. Combine cabbage with shrimps and crab sticks in a salad bowl.
6. Add soy sauce, mustard, olive oil and a pinch of salt to foods.
7. Toss salad with Chinese cabbage, shrimp and crab sticks. Chill it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes and serve.
See also a video recipe on how to make a shrimp and crab salad.
