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Party Time Crab Salad

Try not to break up the large lumps of crabmeat, because the salad looks best when the fresh, white meat stands out.

Courses: Salads
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozFresh lump crabmeat - cartilage removed
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozDiced peeled hothouse (seedless) cucumber - 1/4" dice
2 tablespoons 30mlFresh lime juice
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
1/4 cup 59mlFinely-slivered fresh basil
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 cup 237mlMango And Mint Salsa - (see recipe)
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped fresh mint leaves - (to 3) - for garnish
6   Mint or basil sprigs - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Combine the crabmeat and cucumber in a bowl. Carefully toss together with the lime juice and olive oil. Add the slivered basil, salt and pepper; combine gently, trying not to break up the crabmeat.

Mound the crabmeat equally in the center of 6 dinner plates. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons of Mango And Mint Salsa. Sprinkle with chopped mint and place a sprig of basil or mint alongside each salad.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: 130 calories, 5g carbohydrates, 16g protein, 5g fat, 75mg cholesterol.

Source:
Simply Delicious by Sheila Lukins from Parade magazine - Pub date: - 03-24-2002 - S(Reformatted for MC6): - 07-30-2002 by Joe Comiskey - [email protected]

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