surimi

American  

[soo-ree-mee] / sʊˈri mi /

noun

1. a paste of inexpensive fish shaped, colored, and flavored in imitation of lobster meat, crabmeat, etc.

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surimi British  

/ ˌsuːˈriːmɪ /

noun

1. a blended seafood product made from precooked fish, restructured into stick shapes

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Etymology

Origin of surimi

1980–85; < Japanese: minced flesh

Example Sentences

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surimi

It also can be made into a paste called surimi.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

At a Trident plant in Minnesota, the surimi is transformed into products such as a flaked protein that resembles crab meat.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

Later, when surimi became widely available, sushi counters substituted the cheap processed fish sticks for king crab.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2019

A typical surimi product weighing 4 oz. has 735 mg of sodium, about four times what a similar amount of scallops contains and nine times the level in flounder.

From Time Magazine Archive

Long a staple in Japan, where it was developed nine centuries ago, surimi has become a fixture in the U.S. diet because of the growing popularity of fish as a health food.

From Time Magazine Archive