Recipe for Crab Salad
Get a meal on the table in minutes with our easy crab salad recipe!
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Easy Crab Salad Recipe
If you’re looking for a quick and easy meal, look no further than our recipe for crab salad. This is a versatile recipe that is as good in warm weather as it is on a cold day. You only need a few simple crab salad ingredients to make two generous servings: imitation crab meat, onions, tomatoes, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and celery seed. It’s best served immediately and is wonderful on crackers or a toasted baguette.
Read on to learn how to make our recipe for crab salad! We’ve also included a link to a video of Dirt Farmer Maggie making this easy crab salad recipe at the end of this page. Enjoy!
Crab Salad Ingredients
To make our recipe for crab salad, you’ll need to gather these ingredients:
16 oz. package of imitation crab meat, chopped into small pieces
½ onion chopped into fine pieces
2 to 3 ripe tomatoes cut into ½” to ¾” cubes
¼ to ½ cup of mayonnaise (you can also use Miracle Whip)
Celery seed, to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste
Note: These ingredients are enough for two to four servings. If you want to serve more people, it’s easy to double or triple this recipe for crab salad.
How to Make Crab Salad
It only takes a few minutes to make our recipe for crab salad. You’ll start by chopping the imitation crab meat, onions, and tomatoes into small pieces and adding it all to a bowl. The next step is to stir in enough mayonnaise to hold the ingredients together. You’ll finish it off with a sprinkling of salt, pepper, and celery seed to taste. At that point, it’s ready to serve right away. This crab salad recipe is easy and quick to make!
Follow these steps to make our easy crab salad recipe:
1. Chop the Imitation Crab Meat, Onions, and Tomatoes
To get started with this recipe, chop the imitation crab meat into small bite-sized pieces. Next, chop the onion into small pieces. Once that’s done, cut the tomatoes into ½ inch to ¾ inch cubes. Place all of these ingredients into a medium-sized bowl.
2. Add the Mayonnaise to the Chopped Ingredients
The next step is to add the mayonnaise (or Miracle Whip) to the ingredients you just finished chopping. Add ¼ cup to ½ cup of mayo or Miracle Whip to the bowl. The goal is to add just enough mayo to hold the ingredients together. If you like it creamier, add more mayonnaise.
3. Sprinkle Salt, Pepper, and Celery on Top
After you’ve combined all of the ingredients, finish it off with a light sprinkling of salt and pepper and some celery seed.
4. Serve the Imitation Crab Meat Salad Immediately
We recommend serving this imitation crab meat salad right away, so the tomatoes don’t release too much of their juice into the salad. If you need to prepare this salad well in advance of serving it, be sure to chill it thoroughly in the refrigerator. You can also consider stirring in the tomatoes just before serving it.
Serve this imitation crab meat salad with crackers or a baguette, sliced and grilled in butter. Enjoy and be prepared to make this easy crab salad recipe for your family and friends again soon!
Bottom Line
If you want a meal that’s quick and easy to make, our imitation crab meat salad is the real deal. You only need to have a few crab salad ingredients on hand, and you can get it on the table in minutes. It’s one of our favorite go-to meals all year long. Once you’ve learned how to make crab salad, we bet you’ll turn to it often when you need to whip something up fast!
We hope you enjoy this recipe for crab salad as much as we do. Let us know in the comments if you try it and how you’ve changed it to make it your own. If you have suggestions or other recipes you want us to make, please let us know. We would love to hear from you!
