Crab Salad with Creamy Dressing (Printable Version)
Tender crab with crisp vegetables and creamy tangy dressing
# Ingredient List:
→ Seafood
01 - 10.5 oz cooked lump crab meat, drained and picked over for shells
→ Vegetables
02 - 1 small celery stalk, finely diced
03 - 1/4 small red onion, finely diced
04 - 1/2 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and diced
05 - 2 tbsp fresh chives, finely chopped
06 - 2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
→ Dressing
07 - 3 tbsp mayonnaise
08 - 2 tbsp sour cream or Greek yogurt
09 - 2 tsp Dijon mustard
10 - 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
11 - 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
12 - Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
→ Garnish (optional)
13 - Mixed salad greens or butter lettuce leaves
14 - Lemon wedges
# Step-by-Step Instructions:
01 - In a large bowl, gently combine the crab meat, celery, red onion, cucumber, chives, and parsley.
02 - In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream (or yogurt), Dijon mustard, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper until smooth.
03 - Pour the dressing over the crab mixture and gently fold until everything is evenly coated. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
04 - Chill for at least 10 minutes before serving to allow flavors to meld.
05 - Serve mounded on salad greens or butter lettuce, garnished with extra chives and lemon wedges if desired.
# Tips from hearthlykitchen:
01 -
- It comes together in fifteen minutes but tastes like you fussed over it for hours
- The combination of cool crab and crisp vegetables is somehow refreshing without feeling like diet food
- Leftovers somehow taste even better the next day, if you have any
02 -
- Overmixing is the enemy here, gentle folds are all you need to combine everything without turning your crab into mush
- The salad needs that chilling time more than you think, I have tried rushing it and the flavors just do not marry properly
03 -
- Pick through the crab meat very carefully, there is nothing worse than biting down on a shell fragment
- Taste the mixture before you chill it, because cold food needs slightly more seasoning than room temperature food