Recipe: Perfect Kani (Crab) Salad

Kani (Crab) Salad. This Japanese crab and cucumber salad is absolutely phenomenal. It's so simple to make but tastes SO GOOD! Following the popularity of everything Japanese from Pokemon Go to Sushi, here is my take on a Kani style Japanese Crab Salad.

Spicy kani salad is a refreshing, creamy dish made from crab sticks and cucumber. Kani Salad is a Japanese crab salad made from spicy mayo, cucumbers and Asian caviar (capelin roe). This kani salad (kani means crab in Japanese) is a great example of how brilliant she was (and still is) in the kitchen, and why everyone always wanted to come over to our place for dinner! You can have Kani (Crab) Salad using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kani (Crab) Salad

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

Kani Salad tastes just like the dish you order at your neighborhood Japanese restaurant. To make the Kani Salad shred the crab sticks by hand and place in a large bowl. If you ask for a "kani salad" at a restaurant in Japan you're likely to get some puzzled looks before being served a leafy lettuce salad with some real crab meat on top. I love this salad because it's not really a salad and it has one of my favorite foods, Kani!

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..

Kani is a Japanese sushi item, also called imitation crab and crab stick. This dish is great at parties. 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. Making Kani Salad really requires simple ingredients. A typical Kani Salad includes imitation crab sticks, iceberg lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and Japanese mayo.