Crab Salad

One can witness many interesting touches to salads lately; with many innovative recipes coming to the front! Crabs are being used in a variety of ways to whip up some interesting salad varieties that prove to be mouthwatering accompaniments with your dishes. Crab salads are delicious and prove to be really tantalizing when combined with exotic herbs and other ingredients. If this has already tickled your taste buds, you can take a look at these easy crab salad recipes given below.

Crab Salad Recipe:

Easy Crab Salad Recipe:
Ingredients
Radishes - diced (5)
Tomato - seeded and diced (1)
Sliced celery- diagonally (1/2 cup)
Mayonnaise (3/4 cup)
White vinegar (1 tablespoon)
Imitation crabmeat - 1 package
Diced black olives (1/2 cup)
Lemon juice (1 teaspoon)
Artificial sweetener (1/2 packet)
Garlic powder (1/2 teaspoon)
Small green bell pepper - diced (1)
Sweet onion - diced (1)
Seashell pasta (1 1/2 cups)
Dried dill weed (1/2 teaspoon)
Dried basil (1/2 teaspoon)
Dried oregano (1/2 teaspoon)

Preparation:
Boil salted water in a large pot and add some pasta to this. Cook it for around 10 minutes. Once done, rinse this with cold water. Meanwhile, take another large bowl and add the following ingredients together-lemon juice, garlic powder, dill, basil, vinegar, artificial sweetener and oregano. You will need to bear in mind that seasonings need to be adjusted as per your tastes.

Then, add the pasta to this dressing and toss it well. Now, add the green pepper, olive, radish, crabmeat, tomato and celery to this preparation. Once done, cover the preparation and place it in the refrigerator.

Fresh Crab Salad Recipe:
Ingredients
Cooked cooled crab meat - flaked (2 cups)
Fresh lemon juice (1 tablespoon)
Mayonnaise (3 tablespoons)
Mixed salad greens
Avocado wedges (6)
Salt (1 teaspoon)
Pepper (1/4 teaspoon)
Diced celery (1 cup)
Chopped green/red bell pepper (1/4 cup)

Preparation:
This recipe is fairly simple to prepare. Mix the crab meat with the chopped bell pepper and celery. Add lemon juice and some mayonnaise. Also add a pinch of salt to taste. Serve this over the mixed greens. Use the slices of avocado along with it if required.

Delicious Crab Salad Recipe:
Ingredients
Fresh orange juice (3 tablespoons)
Mustard (1/4 cup)
Asparagus – trimmed (2 pounds)
Chives – chopped
White vinegar (2 tablespoons)
Grated orange peel (1 teaspoon)
Oranges (3)
Crabmeat (14 ounces)
Sugar (3 tablespoons)

Preparation:
First, you need to cook the asparagus in salty boiling water till it turns tender. Then, cut around 6 inches of the top portion of the asparagus. Place this aside. Then, slice the remainder portion of the asparagus. Place this in a large bowl and mix with some amount of chives. Now, you would need to peel and cut the oranges; drain the juices and place the sections into the bowl, which contains the asparagus mixed with chives. Now, add the crabmeat as well along with some salt and pepper to taste.

Meanwhile, whisk together the following ingredients-orange peel, fresh orange juice, sugar and vinegar in a bowl. Add some mustard along with some salt and pepper as well. Then, divide the asparagus stalks amongst the plates. Place this salad right in the center of the plates. Keep the dressing over each salad and use the remaining chives as a topping over this.