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Crab Salad With Rice Sticks
Crab Slaw
Greek Crab Salad
9 Layer Crab Salad, or...
Golf Coast Crab-Rice Salad
Cucumber and Daikon Sunomono Cold Crab Salad
Cold Crab Artichoke Salad
Low-Cal Crab Salad
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Cold Crab Salad With Rice Sticks
This Asian-style crab salad is another Crab-O-Licious favorite! This crab salad recipe can be used with
any types of crab meat, including imitation crab meat.
Yes, you will need a wok! And, yes, you can serve this hot, but it is best served cold.
Ingredients:
4 Ounces-Rice Sticks
2 Cups-Oil-deep frying
1-Pound-Crab Meat
1/2 Teaspoon-Salt
3 Tablespoons-Lite Soy Sauce
1 Head-Lettuce-shredded
Preserved Red Ginger-chopped
Ingredients-Sauce:
1/4 Cup-Sesame Seed Oil
1/8 Teaspoon-Salt
1 Teaspoon-Sugar
1/4 Cup-Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 Cup-Light Soy Sauce
1-Scallion-finely chopped
1/2 Teaspoon-Pepper Oil (optional)
Heat oil in wok to around 425 degrees and deep fry the rice sticks quickly, carefully adding a few at a time until they "puff". Takes about 1
second. Drain and remove the rice sticks and set them aside. Mix the salt and soy sauce with the crab meat and place in a shallow pan and set aside. Combine the first 5 ingredients of the sauce in a medium sized serving bowl. Mix well. Add the scallions and the pepper oil (the pepper oil with make this spicy), mix well. Add the lettuce and the crab meat. Toss well. Arrange the rice sticks on top. Garnish the cold crab salad with the preserved red ginger. Chill for at least 3-4 hours. Serve cold.
Cold Crab Slaw
You'll never want to go back to a regular slaw salad after trying this cold crab salad recipe. We tried this from Fred Thompson's "Crazy For Crab" cookbook. You can find
this in the Crab-O-Licious Store. Ingredients:
4 Cups-Cabbage-chopped
1/4 Cup-Sweet Gerkins-chopped
3 Tablespoons-Yellow Onion-chopped
2 Tablespoons-Kale-chopped (for color-optional)
2 Teaspoons-Sweet Gerkin Juice
1/4 Teaspoon-Salt (optional)
1/8 Teaspoon-White Pepper
1/4 Teaspoon-Celery Seed
1/2 Teaspoon-Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon-Dijon Mustard
1/2 Cup-Mayo
Toss ingredients together in large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 to 4 hours. Stir well before serving.
Serves 8.
Greek Crab Salad
This cold crab salad, too, was tried from Fred Thompson's "Crazy For Crab".
Salad Dressing
3/4 Cup-Olive Oil
1/4 Cup-Red Wine Vinegar
1 Teaspoon-Salt
1 Teaspoon-Dried Oregano
Ground Pepper-to taste
Mix well in small mixing bowl.
Ingredients for the Salad
1 Head-Romaine Lettuce-washed-sliced crosswise into thin ribbons
1-Cucumber-washed-thinly sliced
1 Small-Red Onion-washed- cut quartered
3-Tomatoes-cut into wedges-seeded
1 Cup-Greek Black Olives-drained-pitted
4 Ounces-Feta Cheese-crumbled
1 Pound-Lump Crab Meat
Combine lettuce, cucumber, onion, and tomatoes in large mixing bowl. Drizzle dressing over salad and toss well till evenly coated. Divide salad on 6 chilled salad plates. Divide the olives, feta cheese and crab meat on top of salad and serve.
Serves 6.
9 Layer Crab Salad
A Crab-O-Licious favorite; fast and easy!
1 Head-Romaine Lettuce-washed-cut into 1 inch bite sized
1-Cucumber-washed-thinly sliced
1 Small-White Onion-washed-diced
1 package-Frozen Peas
1 Cup-Pitted Black Olives-sliced
1 Pound-Lump Crab Meat
1 Pound-Bacon-fried and crumbled
2 Cups-Lite Mayonnaise
8 Ounces-Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Using a rectangular pan, like a cake pan... Layer each ingredient starting with the lettuce in order, topping the salad off with the cheese. Chill for at least 4 hours. Overnight is best.
Serves 6-8.
Golf Coast Crab-Rice Salad
We found this cold crab salad in Fred Thompson's "Crazy For Crab" cookbook. You can find the book in the Crab-O-Licious Store.
It is easy to put together.
Ingredients:
3 Cups-Cooked White Rice (Minute Rice)
1-10 ounce box-Small Frozen Peas-thawed
3/4 Cup-Creme Fraiche, Plain Yogurt or Sour Cream
2 Tablespoons-Lite Virgin Olive Oil
2 Teaspoons-Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Teaspoon-Cajun Seasoning
1 Teaspoon-Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon-Onion Powder
1/2 to 1Teaspoon-Tobasco
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 Pound-Crab meat
Lettuce Leaves
Stir together the rice, peas, cream or yogurt, oil, lemon juice, Cajun seasoning, sugar, onion powder, and Tobasco. Season with salt and pepper, then, gently
fold in crab meat. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Serves 6-8.
Cucumber and Daikon Sunomono Cold Crab Salad
We found this lovely cold crab salad in Crab (Northwest Homegrown Cookbook Series)
The fresh crunch and flavor of cucumber and daikon radishes make this an exceptionally refreshing salad, similar to the cucumber sunomono that is often served at the
start of a Japanese meal...
Ingredients:
1 Large English Cucumber-halved and sliced thin
1 Small Daikon Radish-peeled and sliced thin
1/2 Small Sweet Onion-cut thin
1 Cup-Seasoned Rice Vinegar
1 1/2 Teaspoons-Sugar
1 Teaspoon-Salt
5 to 6-Shiso Leaves-cut thin julienne
8 Ounces-Crab Meat-preferably whole legs and claws
In a large mixing bowl, combine the cucumber, daikon and onion and toss to mix evenly. In a medium bowl, combine the vinegar, sugar and salt. Let stand for
a few minutes, then, stir the dressing until the sugar and salt have dissolved. Pour the vinegar mixture over the veggies, toss well and set aside for
15 minutes to let them absorb the vinegar dressing, stir a few times. (If the veggies sit too long, they will begin to lose their
crispness.) The salad is best made shortly before serving.
Drain off the dressing into a small dish and then add the shiso to the veggies and toss to mix evenly. Arrange the vegetables on individual chilled plates and top
with the pieces of crab meat. Drizzle some of the reserved dressing over all and serve right away.
This cold crab salad recipe will make 4 to 6 servings.
Cold Crab Artichoke Salad
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup-Whipping Cream
1 Cup-Mayo or Salad Dressing
1/4 Cup-Ketsup
2-Teaspoons-Lemon Juice
Salt to taste-optional
6 Cups-Salad Greens
12 Ounces-Crab Meat-thawed and shelled, or 1-7 1/2 ounce can of Crab Meat-drained
1-9 Ounce package-Artichokes-cooked, drained, and chilled
3-Hard Boiled Eggs-chopped
Prepare the salad dressing by combining the whipping cream, mayo or salad dressing, ketsup, and lemon juice. Add salt to taste and chill.
Combine the greens in a salad bowl. Top with the crab meat, artichoke hearts, and chopped eggs. Toss the salad with the chilled dressing. Serve!
Serves 4 to 6.
Low-Cal Crab Salad
Ingredients:
2-cans Crab Meat
1-10 ounce package-Frozen Asparagus Spears-cooked, drained, and chilled
6 Cups-Salad Greens
1/2 Cup-Low Calorie Mayo
1 Tablespoon-Lemon Juice
1 Teaspoon-Capers-drained
1/2 Teaspoon-Mustard
1/2 Teaspoon-Worcestershire Sauce
3 Hard Boiled Eggs-chopped
Break the crab meat into chunks, pick over for shells. Place 3 asparagus spears on each of 6 lettuce-lined plates and a 1/3 cup of the crab meat over the
asparagus. Blend together the dressing, lemon juice, capers, mustard, and Worcestershire Sauce. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise mixture atop of each
salad. Trim with the chopped hard boiled eggs. Serve. Makes 6 servings.