I’ve always eschewed surimi, aka imitation crab or krab. I don’t really like or trust anything “imitation,” even though I’m well aware that I eat or drink foods with imitation flavors and other ingredients all the time. But imitating crab just seemed really egregious, kind of a slap in the face to those mouth-watering crustaceans.
I was on one of my shopping jobs the other day, though, and the store’s little fresh sushi corner was offering up samples of seafood rolls. They were clearly made with surimi, but I was hungry andthe samples were free, so I tried one (okay, I tried three). It was delicious!
I googled “recipes specifically for surimi” and came up with the usual list of recipes that are for crab but substitute surimi in the interests of frugality. I’m not adverse to these recipes, especially since I’m trying very hard to be more frugal myself these days.
I was wondering, though, has any of you come across a recipe or recipes that are designed for surimi? Recipes that don’t read “can substitute surimi,” but rather have surimi as the star ingredient, even recipes that specify “don’t use real crab in this recipe?”
Please, I implore you, don’t go out of your way to research this, unless it’s tickled your curiosity bone. Although, if you do use surimi on occasion, I’d love to hear how!
I was on one of my shopping jobs the other day, though, and the store’s little fresh sushi corner was offering up samples of seafood rolls. They were clearly made with surimi, but I was hungry andthe samples were free, so I tried one (okay, I tried three). It was delicious!
I googled “recipes specifically for surimi” and came up with the usual list of recipes that are for crab but substitute surimi in the interests of frugality. I’m not adverse to these recipes, especially since I’m trying very hard to be more frugal myself these days.
I was wondering, though, has any of you come across a recipe or recipes that are designed for surimi? Recipes that don’t read “can substitute surimi,” but rather have surimi as the star ingredient, even recipes that specify “don’t use real crab in this recipe?”
Please, I implore you, don’t go out of your way to research this, unless it’s tickled your curiosity bone. Although, if you do use surimi on occasion, I’d love to hear how!