Crab salad with corn classic without rice

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary products. Take chilled crab sticks, crab meat is also suitable. But also chilled. Chilled foods contain much more nutrients. Take homemade eggs, at least with. But before you cook them, check the eggs for freshness. Put them in a container with water at room temperature: if the egg sinks, it is undoubtedly fresh. If the egg pops up, it is better not to use it.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the crab sticks or remove the packaging from the meat. If you suddenly have frozen crab sticks, you need to defrost them properly. After the freezer, place the package with the chopsticks in the refrigerator and only then completely defrost them at room temperature.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut the chopsticks in any convenient way. But I recommend smaller cuts.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the cucumber well, dry it and also cut into small cubes. In general, for a salad, the smallest cut is considered the most optimal. It is believed that the less the salad is cut, the more correctly it is cooked.

5. Step 5:

   

   Boil hard boiled eggs. This is usually about 8 minutes after the water boils. Immediately pour the cooked eggs with cold water - this will help to clean them faster. Peel the eggs and cut them into small cubes.

7. Step 6:

   

   Drain the excess liquid from the corn and add it to the salad. Canned corn in the season can be replaced with ordinary boiled corn.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add salt to the salad according to your taste. I use ordinary sea salt, but you can also take salt with additives: Adyghe or Svan.

9. Step 8:

   

   Season the salad with mayonnaise. I recommend using homemade, self-made mayonnaise - it is much more useful In extreme cases, you can fill the salad with low-fat sour cream or Greek yogurt.

10. Step 9:

    

    Mix everything, put the salad in a salad bowl and serve to the table.

11. Step 10:

    

    Salad is suitable for a festive table and for everyday. It can completely replace a full meal, or it can be served as a side dish. Bon appetit!