Here’s a classic creamy seafood (or crab) salad—cool, fresh, and perfect for sandwiches, crackers, or lettuce cups.
🦀 Creamy Seafood / Crab Salad
Ingredients
- 1 lb imitation crab or lump crab meat, flaked
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp Dijon or yellow mustard (optional)
- ¼ cup celery, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp red onion, finely diced
- Salt & black pepper, to taste
Optional add-ins
- Chopped fresh dill or parsley
- Pinch of Old Bay seasoning
- Diced cucumber or bell pepper
Instructions
- Prep seafood
- Flake crab gently with fingers or fork.
- Make dressing
- In a bowl, whisk mayo, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and pepper.
- Combine
- Fold crab, celery, onion, and optional add-ins into dressing.
- Chill
- Refrigerate 20–30 minutes for best flavor.
- Serve
- On crackers, croissants, sandwiches, or over lettuce.
Tips & Variations
- Extra creamy: Add 2 tbsp cream cheese or sour cream.
- Sweeter style: Add a pinch of sugar or splash of pickle juice.
- Lighter version: Use half Greek yogurt, half mayo.
- Seafood mix: Add tiny cooked shrimp or bay scallops.
If you want, I can also give you a classic deli-style crab salad, a low-carb version, or a seafood pasta salad 🦀🥗
