Kani Salad!!! YUM!!!

 Lunch for today.. :)

 

Kani Salad

A Japanese inspired salad. Kani which translates to crab in the English language is one of the main ingredients in the Japanese Cuisine, actually, make that Asian Cuisines.

The Japanese however invented a substitute of the crab meat in 1973, Sugiyo Co. Ltd, is the first Japanese company that release the imitation crab meat in the said year. They called it Kanikama, which is actually fish meat pulvurized and shaped to resemble crab leg meat. The kanikama is an example of a kamaboko, the collective term for food products made from pureed surimi (ground meat) of white fish.

I prepared this dish myself! I used fresh romaine lettuce, carrots, cucumber, and of course, kanikama; shredded to bite size. I just mixed it in a bowl, added Japanese Mayonnaise, a teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar to add sting. A pack of kanikama can make a serving good enough for 5 people to share.

Preparing it was fun, especially when you shredded the crab meat and the vegetables using your hands (hinihimay), which is a custom here in the Philippines. Anyway, not much to say about this tasty dish, aside from, IT TASTES INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS!!! I ought to make another one soon and bring it to school to share with my friends, I'm pretty sure they'll also love it... 

Try making this, and by the way, serve it chilled, it tastes better that way! :)) YUM!!!