How to Use surimi in a Sentence

surimi

noun
  • The fish is used in fish sandwiches, frozen fish sticks, omega-3 oils and surimi.
    — Brian Skerry, National Geographic, 2017-09-14
  • It is minced into paste called surimi for imitation crab, ground for animal feed and pressed into oil.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 2018-12-22
  • Most sushi restaurants serve imitation crab meat (or surimi) which is other, more cost-effective fish ground up and mashed together with binders that often contain gluten.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 2018-02-06
  • And the ever-popular California sushi roll is made with surimi (imitation crab) that contains wheat.
    — Emily Rubin, Rd, Ldn, Philly.com, 2018-06-11
  • Such a product would be far more valuable than surimi, Carroll said, and conceivably could significantly increase the price paid to fishermen.
    — Jeff Manning, OregonLive.com, 2017-05-26
  • Try the steamed shrimp version with sushi rice, red onion, spicy motoyaki sauce, avocado, cucumber, seaweed salad, sweet sesame sauce and the imitation crab known as surimi.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 2018-05-31
  • Most diners at this point know the difference between real crab and surimi, the processed fish paste that contains no actual crab but is textured and seasoned to mimic the genuine article, however poorly.
    — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 2018-06-13
  • Other favorites include a crab pie with crab sauce, mozzarella and surimi, a vodka pie with tomato vodka cream sauce and a mix of Italian cheeses, and a Staten Island pie with meatballs, red onion and ricotta.
    — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 2019-12-10
  • So far, though some are fishing farther north, overall harvests of nearly 4.4 billion pounds a year have remained relatively stable, producing fillets, fish burgers, surimi and other products for U.S. and global markets.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2019-09-17

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