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Kani Salad

Connie Veneracion
Make kani salad with kani (imitation crab meat), cucumber, carrot, fresh ripe mangoes, lettuce, Japanese mayonnaise and a little sesame seed oil. It's outstanding!
But you know what the curious part is? Authentic traditional Japanese kani salad is a far simpler dish. All-in kani salads, like mine, are more fusion than anything else.
How to Make Kani Salad
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 0 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine Asian Fusion
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 100 to 150 grams kani imitation crab sticks
  • 1 medium carrot peeled
  • 2 medium cucumbers or 1 large; peeled or unpeeled and seeds scooped out
  • 1 bunch lettuce varieties that can retain their shape like iceberg and romaine are recommended
  • 1 drizzle sesame seed oil
  • ¼ cup Japanese mayonnaise

Instructions
 

  • Remove the plastic film wrapper of the kani and discard.
    Kani Salad Recipe, Step 1: Separate the kani (imitation crab sticks)
  • Press each kani from tip to tip between your fingers. Pull apart to shred.
  • Thinly slice carrot, and julienne (cut into matchsticks).
    Kani Salad Recipe, Step 2: Julienne a carrot
  • Do the same with the cucumber
    Kani Salad Recipe, Step 3: Julienne cucumber and fresh sweet mango
  • Cut the mango; discard the stone.
  • Slash diagonally, the slashes about a quarter inch apart, all the way but without cutting through the skin.
  • Using a spoon, scoop out shallowly to come up with thin strips.
  • Rinse the lettuce and dry in a salad spinner. Cut the leaves horizontally into half-inch slices.
    Kani Salad Recipe, Step 4: Toss everything with Japanese mayo and a little sesame seed oil
  • Place the shredded kani, julienned carrot and cucumber, sliced mango and lettuce in a mixing bowl.
  • Drizzle in the sesame seed oil.
  • Toss to distribute the ingredients evenly. Use your hands to toss to avoid bruising the ingredients.
  • Add the Japanese mayo. Toss the kani salad once more to moisten everything evenly.

Notes

Updated from a recipe originally published in 05/09/2012
Kani Salad Recipe
Keyword kanikama
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