Crab Salad

This Crab salad is one of the easiest and most delicious lunch recipes. Made with imitation crab, fresh vegetables, and mayonnaise, it is creamy, flavorful, and comes together in minutes. I ate mine in a croissant sandwich, but you can eat it with crackers and chips too!

Looking for my easy lunch recipes? Try my chicken salad or Caesar salad next!

About This Recipe

Crab salad is a creamy seafood salad made with either real crab or imitation crab. I've gone to some seafood markets where the salad is made with fresh lump crab meat and it tastes out of this world amazing. But usually, it's made with imitation crab- more affordable for most people.

This crab salad is an amazing 10-minute lunch recipe. I actually love it so much! My favorite way to eat is inside a croissant with some sliced pickles, but you can eat it in so many other ways: with chips and crackers, mixed with pasta, or even just plain. It tastes just like the stuff you would find inside sushi.

Next time, you're thinking of what to make for your family, try this recipe! You will NOT be disappointed.

Key Ingredients

Imitation crab meat: I recommend using the flake-style crab meat for big chunks of "crab".

Celery & onion: For flavor, freshness, and a little bit of crunch.

Old bay seasoning: Feel free to add more if you like your food well seasoned. My wife doesn't like her food too salty, so I usually go light on this.

Lemon juice: Freshly squeezed.

Mayonnaise: Any mayonnaise will work, but I used Japanese Kewpie today. The extra richness tastes really delicious.

Freshly chopped dill: You can also use dried dill.

Instructions

STEP 1: Add all the ingredients to a medium bowl.

STEP 2: Gently fold to combine.

📋 Recipe

Crab Salad

This easy crab salad recipe has imitation crab, fresh vegetables, and a creamy mayo sauce. Quick and easy to make in 10 minutes. Perfect for sandwiches, with crackers, or in pasta.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Lunch

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 pound imitation crab meat (flaked style)
• ▢ 2 ribs celery (chopped)
• ▢ ¼ small red onion (finely chopped)
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
• ▢ 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• ▢ ½ cup mayonnaise
• ▢ 1 ½ tablespoons freshly chopped dill

Instructions

 

• Optional, break the crab into smaller pieces to get more mayo around each piece. I just use my hands for this.
• Add all of the ingredients to a medium bowl. Gently fold to combine.
• Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 2 days.
• My favorite way to serve this is inside a toasted croissant with dill pickles.

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.

Did you make this?Let me know how it was!