SURIMI SEAFOOD

Surimi (pronounced sir-REE-mee) is a seafood product made principally from high-quality Alaska pollock, a lean,milk-tasting white fish from the cod family. Ten to 20 percent of U.S. surimi seafood comes from Pacific whiting.
Its Japanese name, which means "minced fish," refers to a process that was developed in Japan almost 1,000 years ago.
After being boned and skinned, the fish is minced,washed, and strained to yield a concentrated fish paste,then flash-frozen for shipping to processors. The processors add flavorings such as crab extract, as well as natural coloring and natural binders and stabilizers, like starch, salt, egg white and sugar. The surimi seafood is then shaped to look like the product it imitates, and marketed under various brand names.
Labels on surimi seafood are required by law to say "imitation" to avoid confusion with the product it imitates.
Surimi seafood is highly nutritious and contains less than one percent fat. There are about 85 to 90 calories per 3-1/2 ounce serving. It also contains very low amounts of cholesterol.
In all its forms, surimi seafood is already fully cooked and ready to eat. Some brands of surimi seafood come in vacuum-sealed containers in the refrigerated seafood section of your supermarket, and will keep in your refrigerator for two to three months.
Frozen surimi seafood needs only thawing in the refrigerator before use and takes just a minute to heat to serving temperature. Surimi seafood also heats in just seconds in the microwave oven.
Surimi seafood is good to use with pasta and salads.
People are buying surimi seafood in "salad crabmeat" form
than any other. It also works well in all kinds of pasta sauces, salads (paired with fruit or vegetables), stir-fried dishes, seafood Newburgs, soups, chowders, quiches,omelettes, dips souffles, casseroles, crepes, and sandwiches. Surimi seafood also blends well with all types of seafoods and is an excellent medium for "carrying" seasonings and other flavors.

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Recipes
c/o Surimi Seafood Education Center
1525 Wilson Bvld, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22209