: The Tastiest Crab Salad Recipe (Quick and Easy to Make!) (2024)

This easy-to-make Crab Salad is made of crab meat, mixed with delicious, chopped veggies and all tossed in a creamy mayonnaise dressing.

It’s a great salad to have with some buttery crackers on the side or served on a bed of lettuce. Serve it as a sandwich, or enjoy it on its own, this salad is absolutely to die for!

Want to learn how to make this delicious Crab Salad? Then keep on reading!

What is a Crab Salad?

Crab salad (seafood salad) is a delicious, easy-to-make salad that’s a mixture of crab meat, shredded cabbage, cooked corn, chopped green onions, and cucumbers with a mayo-based dressing.

It’s packed with protein and is low in sodium, calories, as well as cholesterol! Plus, it’s a great way to get some good carbohydrates in the system.

This salad has an absolutely exquisite flavor and serves as the perfect side dish. You can make this salad with either real crab meat or imitation crab meat (krab).

What is Imitation Crab?

Imitation crab (krab) is made from surimi, which is fish flesh (usually pollock) that has been washed, deboned, chopped, and turned into a paste.

This paste is then combined with other ingredients, heated, and shaped into sticks and flakes.

Imitation crab typically contains no crab, but it is made from seafood and is designed to taste like crab.

What You Need to Make Crab Salad at Home

All you need are some simple ingredients to make this beautiful salad. Here’s what you’ll need to make this Crab Salad recipe at home:

• Crabmeat: First of all, you’ll definitely need the star ingredient of this dish: crab meat! You can go for either real crab meat or imitation crab meat, whichever you prefer.
• Green cabbage: Shredded cabbage adds a delicious crunch to the salad and gets it a delicious flavor.
• Canned corn: The sweetness from the corn perfectly complements all the other ingredients in this salad.
• Green onion: For a slightly sharp flavor, we’ll also be adding in some green onions.
• English cucumber: Cucumbers make this salad so light and refreshing! We’ll be adding some English cucumbers since they’re either seedless or have very small seeds.

Mayonnaise: To bring it all together, we’ll be adding some mayo to the salad as the dressing. You can use whichever brand you like the most. I usedHomemade Mayonnaise while making this salad.
Seasonings: We’ll also be needing some salt and black pepper to taste. You can add about a half teaspoon salt and pepper.

How to Make Crab Salad (Step-by-Step)

This is an incredibly easy salad to make! Here’s how to make it step by step:

Start by rinsing all vegetables well.

Next, shred the cabbage.

Cut green onion and cucumber as well.

Cut crab meat into smaller pieces.

If making this salad ahead of time, store ingredients in one large bowl until ready for use. You can cover with plastic wrap and keep refrigerated until ready for dressing and seasoning; up to 4 hours.

Prior to serving, add mayonnaise and mix gently to avoid mashing on the vegetables and releasing juice, which makes the salad watery.

Then add salt and pepper to taste and mix carefully once again.

For the best results serve the salad right after the dressing and seasonings are mixed in.

Your delicious Crab Salad is ready to be served.

How to Serve Crab Salad

This Crab Salad goes incredibly well with a side of buttery crackers, in hoagie rolls to make a crab salad sandwich, or with some pasta for a pasta salad.

At home,Crab Salad Recipeis requested pretty often by my family.

Personally, I usually serve it withmashed potatoes, the way kids like it.

Other delicious ways to eat it are withpasta, between two slices ofbreadfor a great sandwich, or in atortilla wrap.

How to Customize Your Crab Salad

This salad is absolutely delicious as is, but if you’re looking to customize it a bit, here are some ideas:

Add other veggies: You can add just about any veggie you like to this salad. Celery, red onion, red bell pepper, lettuce, and avocado, all do really well in this salad. You can also add fresh herbs such as fresh parsley or dill.

Add zest and tang: To give it a zesty flavor, you can add some freshly squeezed lemon juice to your salad. For a deep tangy flavor instead, you can add a little Dijon mustard to the mayo before mixing it into the salad.

Make it creamier: Add some mashed avocados or sour cream to the salad to give it a deeper, creamier flavor.

Add other seasonings: To change up the flavor, you can also add other seasonings you like such as garlic powder, onion powder, or even old bay seasoning.

Other protein: Just because it’s a crab salad doesn’t mean it can’t be a seafood salad! You can add any other seafood you like to this Crab Salad, including cooked shrimp!

How to Store Crab Salad

Leftovers will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days if storedin an airtight container.

Don'tfreeze mayo-based salads such as this onebecause the texture will be off when thawed. It's best to make Seafood Salad right before you serve it.

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