Imitation Crab

[Butter No.11975996]

So I now have in my possession about 2lbs of imitation crab like in the picture. It's already chunked up now in the long rectangles.

Anyone have any ideas what I should do with this stuff?

[Anonymous No.11976008]

>cocktail sauce
>cream cheese
>lemon/lime
mix all that together. get some crackers and imitation crab and eat that shit man.

[Anonymous No.11976013]

I have no idea what imitation crab is but I always see it california rolls so why not make california rolls or some kind of ceviche dish

[Butter No.11976037]

>>11976013
I have made sushi rolls before but I don't want to as this is already chunked up. It's all vacummed sealed so I wanna use it all at the same time.

>>11976008
>Imagining myself eating 2lbs of crab + that concoction.
Actually sounds good, I might use some of it for that.

I still would rather use it all at once, but I could use it different ways.

[Anonymous No.11976041]

This shit is good.

https://blogchef.net/chinese-buffet-crab-casserole-recipe/

[Anonymous No.11976044]

Why? Not just why imitation crab but why two fucking pounds of it lad?

[Butter No.11976054]

>>11976044
It was bought and given to me today. There was a mix up in the groceries and I was just given it, so I'm not gonna just throw it out.

[Anonymous No.11976058]

>>11975996
step 1, place in trashcan

[Butter No.11976073]

>>11976058
Out of class for the weekend kid? Sorry, not throwing away money even if I didn't pay for it.

[Anonymous No.11976078]

>>11976013
>I have no idea what imitation crab is
It's fish flesh flavored, flayed, and colored to convince customers of crab.

[Anonymous No.11976120]

Do a seafood rice casserole.

[Anonymous No.11976128]

>>11975996
I honestly prefer imitation crab to the real thing... because it's fish, not gross creepy fucking sea bugs.

It's good mixed with mayo on a sub sandwich with plenty of acidic toppings. My family also puts it on burgers with swiss cheese and banana peppers.

[Anonymous No.11976133]

>>11976128
Me too, it’s a lot cheaper and I prefer the taste just like you do. I don’t even do anything with it I just eat it as is

[Anonymous No.11976139]

>>11976078
>convince

how can people even -think- this is real crab is mind boggling. Its obviously not real crab.

[Anonymous No.11976143]

Lincoln logs fake crab edition.

[Anonymous No.11976144]

>>11976041
damn that looks fucking good

[Anonymous No.11976150]

make a sushi cake.

[Anonymous No.11976153]

>>11975996
you can eat it as it is, you don't need to cook it, it's already cooked in the process of making it
or you can put into anything instead of other seafood (it's not the same, but close enough)

>chop a lot of garlic
>fry those together, just to warm it up and saute the garlic
wa la, serve with rice or carbs of your choice
optionally add cilantro and lime juice

[Anonymous No.11976155]

>>11976041
>amerikkka whypipo food

gross

[Anonymous No.11976174]

>>11976139
He doesn't mean people think it's real crab. It's literally called imitation crab. It just kind of tastes like crab.

[Anonymous No.11976177]

>>11976153
I do that, and put it on corn chips with cheese. Seafood nachos. Good with guacamole.

[Butter No.11976183]

The item

[Anonymous No.11976188]

Invite some dudes over to jerk off and smash your model trains

[Anonymous No.11976197]

>>11976073
step 2, put trashcan outside

[Anonymous No.11976199]

>Wrap chunk in bacon
>Skewer
>Grill

[Anonymous No.11976205]

>>11976188
Witnessed and kek'd

[Anonymous No.11976235]

>>11976188
Enough room in the driveway?

[Anonymous No.11976271]

what about a seafood pasta salad?

[Anonymous No.11976319]

>>11976271
I agree with this, seafood pasta salad is the way to go with fake crab.

[Butter No.11976331]

What do you guys think about making a fuck ton of crab cakes with it??

[Anonymous No.11976351]

>>11976183
its pretty good to use as fillings for spring rolls. you dont need everything in this pic but just some avocado, lettuce, red/yellow peppers, onions, and the imitation crab should be good with some peanut sauce. lot of cutting but no cooking whatsoever and pretty damn cheap since all you need are veggies and the rice wrapping.you could really put whatever you want in there

[Anonymous No.11976354]

>>11976188
Came here for this

[Anonymous No.11976356]

>>11976188
I'm pretty sure the guy explicitly said spooning only and that he's NOT gay

[Anonymous No.11976401]

>>11976013
basically seafood hotdog

[Anonymous No.11976462]

>>11975996
I've used it in a Penne Alfredo before

I've made Crab Rangoons with added imitation crab to "fluff" out the filling.

I've just eaten it straight like the fucking disgusting garbage Amerifat I am

I make "seafood salad" out of it. Recipes are online, just search the dish I quoted.

[Anonymous No.11976479]

Pan fry with butter, or make seafood salad.

[Anonymous No.11976513]

>>11976041
If I were OP I would choose this,
Or some sort of maryland crab dip.
The recipe is super easy.

[Anonymous No.11976525]

>>11975996
Make some alfredo-based pasta and throw it in.
Make some dope ass crab dip for a get-together if you have friends.
Ceviche is an awesome dish too.
Throw in some fresh fish, with lemon, garlic, onions, and salt.
Other anons have posted good options as well.

[Anonymous No.11976528]

>>11976008
Throw some of those tiny canned shrimps and horseradish in there too.

[Anonymous No.11976545]

>>11975996
OP, you know how people make foot-long blunts?
Make a huge sushi roll instead.
Amazon probably has "factory-sized" seaweed wraps.
Get instagram famous.
Don't report your additional income to the IRS
Let me snitch on you, and make money off you
Help a brother out.

[Anonymous No.11976551]

>>11975996
Throw it out and get real crab

[Anonymous No.11976555]

>>11976401
ah fuck, it’s true

[Anonymous No.11976614]

>>11975996
Make some crab cakes out of some of it.
Turn the rest into sea food salad w/hot sauce.

[Anonymous No.11976675]

>>11976054
this is the second time in my life hearing of someone receiving large quantities of imitation crab meat for free. almost disturbing, you don't hear about this for other foods, let alone one's as odd as imitation crab meat. something is afoot. CONSPIRACY!

[Anonymous No.11976676]

>>11976188
I'm only interested in charging up my crystals desu, nothing gay

[Anonymous No.11976681]

am i an idiot to suggest crab cakes? crab cakes being among the greatest foods ever created by man.

[Anonymous No.11976967]

>>11975996
I love imitation crab, I usually eat it as a snack with carrot sticks and cucumbers or whatever.

[Anonymous No.11978192]

>>11976013
>I have no idea what imitation crab is
Surimi, or commercially worthless whitefish ground into a paste and flavored and shaped. Naruto, the sliced spiral fish cake often in ramen, is another example.

[Anonymous No.11978499]

>>11976058
It's actually pretty good.
>>11975996
Make some seafood salad.

[Anonymous No.11978500]

>>11978192
>Naruto
fuck off with that anime trash

[Anonymous No.11978502]

>>11978500
haha get it???? the anime was named after the food so if anyone mentions the food they're obviously talking about anime!!!!

[Anonymous No.11978505]

>>11978192
>Naruto
>naming a food after an anime character
jesus christ japs are such weebs

[Anonymous No.11978524]

>>11978500
>>11978505
>Retards who have it backwards
The character was named after the food, dipshits.

[Anonymous No.11978531]

>>11976128
Yeah, it’s just a mostly filler-free light fishcake, just like the untold zillions of fishcakes and fishballs throughout Asia in particular andthe rest of the world, why some faggot named it imitation crab, which is just about the worst mental image, I”ll never know.

[Anonymous No.11978539]

>>11978531
>why some faggot named it imitation crab, which is just about the worst mental image, I”ll never know.
Because they flavored and shaped it kind of like crab.

[Anonymous No.11978547]

>>11978531
The red sticks are supposed to vaguely resemble spider crab leg meat.

[Anonymous No.11978550]

>>11978531
those other fishcakes/balls are designed to look like the "real" thing as well btw

[Anonymous No.11978554]

>>11978524
No, that doesn't make any sense, dumbass. Just look the dates and you'll see the show came first. Do you not know how to use google, or something?

[Anonymous No.11978561]

>>11978554
Are you just completely retarded or something?

[Anonymous No.11978591]

>>11978554
agreed, cinnamon buns were definitely named after this hairstyle, not the other way around

[Anonymous No.11978605]

>>11975996
Maybe you can make crab casserole. Like the one they serve at the Chinese buffets.

https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/crab-casserole-351932

>>11978531
Probably easier to advertise and sell to westerners that way.

[Anonymous No.11978611]

>>11978591
Cinnamon pastry in the shape of a hair bun, yeah, makes sense to me. I don't understand what you two are so confused about!

[Anonymous No.11978616]

>>11978611
the only thing worse than anime posters are anime posters that save pics from other posts. get a personality

[Anonymous No.11978673]

>>11978616

[Anonymous No.11978707]

>>11975996
dip it in soy sauce and eat it faggot

[Anonymous No.11978708]

thank u NEXT
im so fuckin greatful 4 my EXHH

[Anonymous No.11978740]

>>11975996
Seafood lasagna

[Anonymous No.11978780]

Add it to fried rice chopped or shredded
Add to ramen/noodles/pasta
Batter and deep fry it (aka tempura)

Just anywhere you could use some cheap protein.

[Anonymous No.11978785]

throw it away and go get real crabmeat.

[Anonymous No.11978939]

[Anonymous No.11978944]

>>11975996
Post an ad on Craigslist and see if you get any takers.

[Anonymous No.11979011]

>>11975996

[Anonymous No.11979067]

>>11975996
Imitation crab? So like fake crab meat? Is there a reason to not have real crab?

[Anonymous No.11979097]

>>11979067
Cost, dumbass. Crab is very expensive, this stuff is not.
Ive never cooked with it, but I do like this stuff. I eat it plain/cold, and share some with my cat.
Its good with various dips, or melted butter.
40 ounces is a lot, but once thawed it should last for a good 5 days in the fridge. Share with friends or family, its good as a simple no cooking snack. High in protein, low calories. The only con is high sodium, and some arrogant people will turn up their nose and refuse a processed food with the name imitation. Its fish, not crab, and the flavor is needed because plain fish would be bland as fuck.

[Anonymous No.11979111]

>>11979097
I did the math, the entire package you have contains 7600 mg of sodium.
The guy who said dip it in soy sauce must really like salt.

[Anonymous No.11979116]

>>11979111
Sodium isn't the same thing as salt, dum dum.

[Anonymous No.11979119]

>>11979116
it is when you're talking about food numbnuts

[Anonymous No.11979126]

>>11979067
It's cheaper and some people have shellfish allergies.

[Anonymous No.11979141]

>>11975996
krab is disgusting
get real crab

[Anonymous No.11979187]

Let me tell you what I know about a restaurant called Chi Chi's and their seafood enchiladas.
I don't know almost anything about Chi Chi's other than my parents loved it and then it burned down and never came back, and then my mom got a copycat recipe for their seafood enchiladas which is now one of my favorite things she makes.

>1 lb tiny shrimp, you can use canned or frozen
>1/2 lb tiny scallops, frozen is fine
>1 lb imitation crab meat, chunked
>half of a 1 lb bag of shredded monterey jack cheese or other mild white shredded cheese (could use pepper jack if you like spicy) (reserve the rest)
>1.5 cans of cream of shrimp soup (reserve the rest)
>about 4-6 green onions, chopped
>nutmeg and black pepper to taste
Mix all of the above ingredients. Spread a little cream of shrimp soup across the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish. Fill large tortillas with the seafood mixture and place seam-side down in the baking dish. Cover the enchiladas with the last half-can of shrimp soup, mixed with a splash of milk to thin, then top enchiladas with the rest of the shredded cheese.
Bake 30 minutes at 350 and wa la. It doesn't sound impressive but they're addictive. Picrel is the original Chi Chi's seafood enchiladas.

[Anonymous No.11979418]

>>11975996
Make crab cakes
Make a chinese buffet crab bake

[Anonymous No.11979429]

YOU CAN STEP ON THE TRAINS JUST BE CAREFUL THEY'RE MY DADS.

[Anonymous No.11979432]

>>11978944
Fuckkk beat me to it

[Anonymous No.11979442]

>>11976041
When are you people going to learn that fish and cheese don't go together

[Anonymous No.11979453]

>>11975996
Make a decoy and use it lure in real crab.

[Anonymous No.11979457]

>>11979442
>When are you people going to learn
When we're reincarnated as a non-amerilard.

[Anonymous No.11979460]

>>11975996
put it in a blender with creme cheese and mayo

[Anonymous No.11979467]

It's not bad in a stir fry or with some fried rice, also in ramen with some chopped green onions

[Anonymous No.11979472]

>>11976073
Go eat some dogshit off the street, it's free!

[Anonymous No.11979518]

>>11975996

you could make a mexican shrimp cocktail those are suprisingly good you'd basically just need v8, some hot sauce, a lemon or 2, cucumber, shrimp, canned clams and maybe some clam juice

[Anonymous No.11979523]

>>11976675
probably because a decent chunk of people dont know what to do with imitation crab so if it was something else it probably wasn't worth mentioning

[Anonymous No.11979542]

>>11975996
It's not very healthy. High in sodium and low in protein.

[Anonymous No.11980116]

>>11976078
>fish flesh flavored, flayed
nice

[Anonymous No.11980763]

What are some simple stuff that I could make preferably something that would go good as a side with udon noodles, or can I just fry them in a pan?

[Anonymous No.11980770]

>>/diy/

[Anonymous No.11981994]

what's this shit even made of. what is imitation crab material exactly? if not crab.

[Anonymous No.11981998]

>>11981994
Fish and additives.

[Anonymous No.11982035]

>>11981994
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surimi

[Anonymous No.11982066]

>>11975996
make fried rice.

[Anonymous No.11982248]

>>11981998
>>11982035
thanks chefs

[Anonymous No.11982308]

>>11975996
Use it to fill faux sushi

[Anonymous No.11982470]

>>11982308
Sushi's about the rice, so whatever you put in a roll or on a nigiri is still sushi.

[Anonymous No.11982840]

is imitation crab healthy?
i always see it in the store but i'm too nervous to buy it.

[Anonymous No.11982870]

>>11982840
It's just fish nigga

[Anonymous No.11982948]

>>11982840
It's fish paste with some fillers like wheat or egg white and flavoring. So, no good for someone with Celiac's. Some versions do have actual crab in them for more natural flavor, so if you're allergic to shellfish or on a kosher diet you need to keep an eye on it.

[Anonymous No.11982973]

>>11976555
Yup. The Japanese call it fish sausage, so it's an apt comparison.
I still like it.

[Anonymous No.11982976]

>>11979457
>>11979442
>REAL MILK HURTS MY TUMMY!
LMAO at subhuman insects.

[Anonymous No.11982980]

>>11976128
>It's good mixed with mayo on a sub sandwich with plenty of acidic toppings.
Base-
>My family also puts it on burgers with swiss cheese and banana peppers.
Please ingest bullets.

[Anonymous No.11982989]

>>11976044
>he's never been to /diy/

[Anonymous No.11983426]

>>11975996
I would just eat it plain over the next couple days, I have a weird obsession with that shit.
If you're not a surimi-chomping freak like myself, a good application is to make (or buy) carrot-ginger dressing or miso dressing, kinda shred the fake crab up in the dressing, and put it in a salad or mix it with rice.

[Anonymous No.11984421]

>>11976197
lold

[Anonymous No.11984512]

>>11975996
put it in your shipping container bunker

[Anonymous No.11984521]

>>11975996
make seafood chowder. make Ceviche, make california roll, make a fish that is stuffed with imitation crab. id probably make a big ass ceviche with it though. its fucking good.

[Anonymous No.11984811]

>>11976139
In my country they literally put Crab meat on the package and it's mixed with other shit so you can't tell if you're a pleb.
I really find this strange since we are really tough on all other kind of commercials and food industry.

[Anonymous No.11984884]

>>11975996
Soak in sugarwater.
Let it go Bad for 1 week.
Store another weak until toxic gases develope.
Throw it at somebody.
Now you have a Person in this planet who will never forget you!

[Anonymous No.11984956]

>>11976351
i did this once. never tried it before but gf said we could make spring rolls with pretty much just gimbap ingredients and it was actually pretty fucking good. homemade spring rolls are great in general

[Anonymous No.11985471]

>>11984956
Looks like imitation girlfriend.

[Anonymous No.11985481]

>>11985471
she's the real deal and i love her very much