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Spicy Crab Salad like in Sushi

Spicy Kani Salad

Spicy crab salad just like at your favorite sushi restaurant, with just a few ingredients and tons of flavor. Look at you, making your own takeout!
4.60 from 5 ratings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Japanese

Ingredients
  

  • 8 ounces imitation crab meat shredded or chopped
  • cup mayonnaise Japanese-style if you can find it
  • 2 tablespoons sriracha more or less to taste

Instructions
 

  • Combine the crab, mayo, and sriracha in a small bowl.
  • Taste – add more mayo if you’d like a creamier salad, or more sriracha for spicier. 
  • Serve with white rice, on sandwiches, with rice cakes, or over a cabbage salad – you can’t go wrong with this one!

Notes

Make-Ahead and Storage: This kani salad recipe will keep great in the fridge for at least 3 days.
See my post on the crab poke bowls in these pictures. They are SO good!
Kewpie mayo is my favorite, and I think the flavor is definitely different enough to matter in this dish.
Tried this recipe?Let me know how it was!