Recipe: Delicious Kani (Crab) Salad

Kani (Crab) Salad. This Japanese crab and cucumber salad is absolutely phenomenal. This Japanese Cucumber and Crab Salad is such a great recipe. It's not your average salad recipe, but it.

Kani salad is one of those salads, which I tend to make and keep in the fridge to enjoy the rest of the day or I make it when I have visitors. The easy to remember word "Kani" means crab in Japanese. Following the popularity of everything Japanese from Pokemon Go to Sushi, here is my take on a Kani style Japanese Crab Salad. You can cook Kani (Crab) Salad using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kani (Crab) Salad

1. Prepare 1/4 cup of mayonnaise.
2. You need 2 tbsp of rice vinegar.
3. It's 1/2 tsp of sugar.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of sriracha.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of paprika.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of grated ginger.
7. You need pinch of salt.
8. It's 1/2 lb of imitation crab sticks.
9. Prepare 1 of mango.
10. Prepare 1 of cucumber.
11. You need 3/4 cup of panko bread crumbs.

Making Kani Salad really requires simple ingredients. A typical Kani Salad includes imitation crab sticks, iceberg lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and Japanese mayo. But if you want to bring it to another. Kani Salad tastes just like the dish you order at your neighborhood Japanese restaurant.

Kani (Crab) Salad instructions

1. Whisk the first 7 ingredients for the dressing and set aside..
2. Shred the crab sticks by hand pulling apart each strand..
3. Juilenne the mango and the cucumber avoiding the pit and seeds..
4. Place all ingredients in a bowl and toss with the dressing..
5. When ready to serve top with panko..

To make the Kani Salad shred the crab sticks by hand and place in a large bowl. How to make Kani Stick Salad. Take the lettuce and cucumber and slice thinly to about matchstick-width strips. A Japanese restaurant Kani Salad copycat with a tasty twist! Cucumber noodles make the perfect base for this fun and fiery sriracha crab salad and the delectable crunch of panko-crusted avocado.