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Crab Salad Recipe

This Crab Salad recipe is not only easy, it's versatile. It is the perfect base to make crab dip, crab macaroni salad, and crab salad sandwiches!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Seafood
Keyword: Crab Salad
Servings: 8
Calories: 207kcal
Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds crab meat (or imitation crab meat)
  • 2 stalks celery
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2/3 cup Best Foods mayonnaise (or Hellmann's)
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • fresh dill optional, to taste

Instructions

  • Break imitation crab meat into small pieces with hands, or coarsely chop with a knife. You can also coarsely chop in a blender or food processor.
    Crab meat pieces in a blender
  • Finely chop the celery. This gives the crab salad a little crunch, but not too much. Toss crab, celery, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl.
    Imitation crab in a bowl with mayonnaise and celery
  • Stir in mayonnaise and lemon until crab is evenly coated.
    Crab and celery in a bowl mixed with mayonnaise

For Crab Dip:

  • Chop the crab into smaller pieces and prepare as directed above. Serve with chips, club crackers, or Ritz crackers.
    Crab salad dip on a plate with crackers

For Crab Pasta Salad:

  • Add 2-3 cups of cooked and cooled shaped pasta. Stir until well mixed.
    Crab pasta salad in a bowl with a spoon

For Crab Salad Sandwiches/Sliders:

  • Place crab salad on Hawaiian-style rolls and serve!
    Three crab salad sandwiches on a plate

For Crab Stuffed Avocado:

  • Slice an avocado in half and remove the seed. Place crab in the hole from the seed. Season with pepper.
    An avocado half stuffed with crab salad

For Crab Cucumber Boats:

  • Peel and slice a cucumber. Scoop out seeds and replace with crab. Top with Sriracha, spicy mayo, and furikake or sesame seeds.
    Cucumber boats stuffed with crab salad and topped with sriracha

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Notes

A helpful recipe tip from Brian in the comment section of this post (Thanks Brian!):
"This recipe is great! Not only is it extremely easy but also versatile. I add celery salt instead of regular and it not only boosts the celery flavor but also helps use it up as there aren’t many recipes asking for it. Good quality mayo makes a big difference."

Nutrition

Calories: 207kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 844mg | Potassium: 199mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 80IU | Vitamin C: 6.5mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 0.5mg