Russian Crab Salad Recipe for a Nostalgic Soviet Era Crab Stick Salad

This quick and easy Russian crab salad recipe makes a nostalgic Soviet-era crab stick salad that’s still one of the most popular Russian salads, especially over Christmas-New Year. The salad was created not long after imitation crab meat or kanikama was invented in Japan in 1974. While the recipe below is a classic, of course you can replace the crab sticks with fresh crab meat.

Prep Time10

Cook Time0

Total Time10

Course: salad, starter, lunch, dinner

Cuisine: Russian

Servings:

Calories: 305kcal

Author: Lara Dunston

Equipment

Ingredients

300 g crab sticks diced or fresh crab meat
2 hard boiled eggs peeled and diced
1 small red onion diced
1 cucumber diced
400 g canned corn drained
4 tbsp mayonnaise or to taste
½ tsp salt or to taste
½ tsp black pepper or to taste
2 tbsp fresh dill sprigs only
2 tbsp fresh parsley finely chopped

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

To a salad bowl, add the diced crab sticks (or fresh crab meat), diced boiled eggs, diced red onion, diced cucumber, corn kernels, mayonnaise, salt and pepper, and fresh dill and parsley.
Stir to combine well, taste, and adjust the mayonnaise, seasoning and fresh herbs to suit your palate, then garnish with more fresh herbs.
Serve with black rye bread and Russian zakuski or starters such as plates of gherkins, charcuterie and cheeses, devilled eggs or Russian stuffed eggs, blini with smoked salmon and caviar, and Russian salads.

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