Crab and Cucumber Salad with Sweet Vinegar Dressing (Amazu)
Crab and Cucumber Salad is a simple salad, and the crab meat makes this salad a little bit luxurious. It is a refreshing light salad and the sweet vinegar dressing goes so well with the crab meat.Don't forget to see the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card! It gives you a list of dishes that I have already posted and this recipe that can make up a complete meal. I hope it is of help to you.
Prep time: PT5M
Total time: PT15M
Rating
5 stars (2 reviews)
Keywords
crab salad, Japanese cucumber salad
Ingredients
100g / 3.5oz cooked crab meat ((note 1))
1 cucumber thinly sliced
50g / 1.8oz wakame seaweed ((rehydrated from about 5g / 0.2oz dried wakame, note 2))
½ tsp salt
3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp sugar
½ tsp light soy sauce
Categories
Salad
Side
Cuisine
Japanese
Steps
Put all the Amazu ingredients in a jar or a bowl and mix well until the sugar dissolves.
Sprinkle salt over the sliced cucumber, mix and leave for 10 minutes to let it wilt.
Squeeze the water out of the cucumbers and put it in a mixing bowl.
Break very large crab meat into smaller chunks, some into flakes (note 3). Reserve a few large chunks of the crab meat with red skin on them for decoration and put the rest into the bowl with cucumber (note 4).
If the wakame comes in long strands, cut them into bite-size pieces. Squeeze the water out and put them into the bowl (note 4).
Mix the ingredients in the bowl so that the ingredients are evenly scattered (note 4).
Transfer the mixture to serving bowls, place a couple of reserved large chunks of crab meat in each bowl, and serve with amazu in a little jar. Alternatively, pour the amazu over the salad and serve.
Reviews
Irini on 2020-12-16 (5 stars): Hi Yumiko,
Do you have any suggestions for a summer Japanese Christmas dinner and/or Lunch menus? It would be greatly appreciated, as I have no idea what dishes to put together for a couple of Japanese gatherings. Thank you so much in advance.
Merry Christmas to you and your family and God Bless
Bette on 2020-12-16 (5 stars): That looks absolutely delicious. I often order sunomono in a restaurant, but had no idea how simple it was to make. I look forward to doing so!
