Crab Salad with Cucumber and Tomato Recipe
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4.8
Crab Salad with Cucumber and Tomato Recipe
Description
The Crab Salad with Cucumber and Tomato features imitation crab meat shredded into small pieces for easy mixing and texture variation. Fresh English cucumber and tomatoes are diced small, with tomatoes drained of excess juice to prevent sogginess. Green onions add a mild sharpness. These ingredients combine in a bowl to form the salad base.
A dressing made from pressed garlic cloves blended with mayonnaise adds a creamy, savory coating that lightly binds the components without overpowering the fresh flavors. The salad is chilled before serving, allowing the flavors to meld.
This salad works well as a refreshing light meal or a side complementing sandwiches and other dishes. The use of imitation crab, which is white fish formed and flavored to resemble crab, offers an accessible seafood flavor without needing fresh crab meat.
Ingredients
- l lb 16 oz package of Imitation crab meat, chopped/shredded up into small pieces
- 1 English cucumber diced small, one long
- 2 tomato diced and drained of any excess juice, medium
- 1/4 cup green onion fresh or frozen, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic pressed
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise or to taste (I'm keeping it healthier with a a vegenaise)
Instructions
- Chop/shred crab into small pieces. You can chop with a knife or use a food processor and pulse in batches. Try to shred it apart a little for better coating with the dressing. P.S. Imitation crab meat is made of white fish. I've loved this stuff since I was a kid and I can't get over it (don't judge me). I'd always ask my parents to buy it when we went grocery shopping together.
- Chop 2 medium tomatoes and drained them of any excess juice. It wouldn't be a bad plan to seed them to keep the salad from getting too juicy the next day. Make small dice out of the cucumber. In a large bowl , combine chopped tomatoes, diced cucumbers, shredded crab and 1/4 cup diced green onion.
- In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup mayo and 3 pressed cloves of garlic. Add the dressing to the crab salad to taste. You can add more mayo if you like a juicier salad. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Overall Rating
4.8
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