Caesar salad with crab sticks

It will take you no more than 15 minutes to prepare this quick and incredibly simple dish for lunch, dinner, or any holiday table. The key is to prepare the dressing and start assembling the ingredients.

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

First, prepare the sauce: mix the minced herring with garlic, mayonnaise, a teaspoon of lemon juice and 50 g of water, and mix thoroughly.

Step 2

Place iceberg lettuce leaves (small pieces) on a plate.

Step 3

Place cherry tomatoes, cut in half, on top.

Step 4

Pour freshly prepared sauce over the lettuce leaves and tomatoes.

Step 5

Cut the crab sticks into strips. Place the sticks on a plate.

NOTE: To make the dish look nice, it is better to cut the crab sticks diagonally.

Step 6

Add croutons or crackers on top of the other salad ingredients.

Step 7

Pour the sauce over the dish again.

Step 8

All that's left to do is sprinkle some grated cheese and chopped parsley leaves on top, and the Caesar salad is ready.

Cooking tips

The herring for the sauce should be completely boneless and skinless. To achieve a smooth consistency, we recommend grating the herring fillets on a fine grater or using a blender.

To preserve the crunch of the croutons, add them 5–10 minutes before serving. Adding them earlier will allow them to absorb the moisture from the sauce and become soft.

If you want to add extra freshness to the salad, add a small cucumber, sliced ​​into thin strips.

Salad portions can be additionally garnished with a small bunch of herbs or sprinkled with a pinch of ground pepper.

To make the salad more filling, you can add halves of boiled quail eggs – they go well with mayonnaise and tomatoes.