Japanese Sweet and Sour Crab Salad Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6 – 8

Ingredients:

• 1/2 pound chunk crab meat
• 2 small white onions, sliced paper-thin crosswise
• 3 celery stalks, trimmed and halved lengthwise
• 2 Japanese cucumbers or 1 European cucumber
• 1 or 2 Clementine tangerines, peeled and segmented, or 1 (11-ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
• Sweet and Sour Sauce (see the recipe below)

How to cook Japanese Sweet and Sour Crab Salad:

• Prepare Sweet and Sour Sauce.
• Soak sliced onions in iced water 15 minutes to crisp; drain well.
• Place in a medium-size bowl. Cut celery strips into 1/4-inch-thick diagonal slices. Add to onions.
• Cut cucumbers in halves lengthwise. Cut diagonally into 1/4-inch pieces. Add cucumber to onions and celery. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
• At serving time, toss together crab meat, vegetables, tangerines and sauce. Serve on a platter or small serving dishes. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. The crab salad can be assembled 2 hours ahead of serving time; keep refrigerated.

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

Sweet and Sour Sauce Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons light Japanese soy sauce (usukuchi shoyu)
• 5 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

How to cook Sweet and Sour Sauce:

• In a small saucepan, combine stock, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and sesame oil over medium-high heat.
• Blend pineapple juice and cornstarch in a small bowl.
• When sauce mixture boils, stir in cornstarch mixture.
• Cook, stirring, until thickened.
• Cool; refrigerate until needed.

Notes:
The Japanese Sweet and Sour Crab Salad recipe very easy to prepare and so good!
The Japanese name for this recipe is Kani Amazu.

This recipe for Japanese Sweet and Sour Crab Salad serves/makes: 6 – 8

The Japanese Sweet and Sour Crab Salad (Kani Amazu) recipe is adopted from The Japanese Cooking for the American Table.Main Ingredient: Crab 
Preparation Method: Salad 
Cuisine: Japanese