Fresh, light, mouth-watering salad with crab sticks, Chinese cabbage, pears and apples. This low-calorie dish will be especially loved by the domestic audience. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Salads are an obligatory component of any festive feast. One of the easy masterpieces, not only in taste, but also in beauty, can be called the proposed recipe - a salad with crab sticks, Chinese cabbage, pears and apples. This salad will be a great addition to lunch or dinner. It can be used as an independent dish, or in a company with any side dish. It is prepared quickly, easily and simply. Following this recipe, even a novice cook will cope with its preparation.
Peking cabbage, one of the main ingredients, is a cross between white cabbage and lettuce. Its soft and tender leaves make the salad especially juicy. It is difficult to find an even more crunchy, juicy, and at the same time tender and pleasant vegetable. And the low calorie level makes it possible to use cabbage in vegetarian and dietary meals. Crab sticks, the second staple of the dish. This is a recent delicacy that includes minced white fish meat. They give the food a seafood flavor. By adding fruits to the dish, the salad gets an even fresher taste. The pears give the dish a light sweetish taste, and the apple brings a light spicy missing sourness.
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- Caloric content per 100 g - 123 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Peking cabbage - 5-6 leaves
- Salt - pinch or to taste
- Apples - 1 pc.
- Crab sticks - 5 pcs.
- Olive oil - for dressing
- Pears - 1 pc.
Step-by-step preparation of salad with crab sticks, Chinese cabbage, pears and apples, recipe with photo:
1. From the head of Peking cabbage, remove the required number of leaves, wash them, dry them with a paper towel and chop them into thin strips.
2. Remove the crab sticks from the plastic bag and cut into cubes or strips. If they are frozen, then defrost naturally, without using hot water or the microwave.
3. Wash apples with pears and dry with a cotton towel. Remove the core with a special knife and cut the flesh into strips or cubes.
4. Combine all products in a large container, season with a pinch of salt and cover with olive or vegetable oil. You can also use homemade mayonnaise and freshly squeezed lemon juice for watering.
5. Toss salad with crab sticks, Chinese cabbage, pears and apples. Chill it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes and serve.
See also a video recipe on how to make a salad with crab sticks and Chinese cabbage.
