Summer Crab Salad with Jumbo Lump

Going to a potluck, picnic or BBQ this Summer and want to bring a show-stopping dish? This is the chilled salad to rival all (rivaling salads, mains, and desserts!). 

We’ve taken the building blocks of the classic seafood salad and enhanced it. Not only by using the tastiest crab meat around (jumbo lump blue crab meat), but by also pairing that crab with summery ingredients and seasonal staples.

Fresh ingredients work best with this recipe (hooray for not having to heat up the kitchen or break out any heavy-duty appliances). 

The simple salad dressing uses fresh lemon juice, mayonnaise, and Old Bay seasoning (plus a couple dashes of hot sauce, if you feel so inclined). The salad ingredients; red onion, celery, fennel, cherry tomatoes, fresh corn, and lemon zest, bring that summer feeling and flavor, while also providing fun textural pops and eye appeal. 

Top Tips for Salads using Jumbo Lump Crab Meat 

Soggy, water-logged salads are not the ideal. To keep soggy ingredients at bay, draining your crab meat is a must. Place your jumbo lump crab meat in a wire mesh strainer-lined bowl. Refrigerate, uncovered, for 30+minutes, allowing gravity to do its thing with the excess moisture (giving a couple gently taps and shakes to get the process started). Also, adding the drained crab meat to the salad at the very last minute (right before serving) will also keep everything fresh and lively. 

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Summer Crab Salad with Jumbo Lump

Serves 6 

Ingredients

Dressing:

• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Old Bay or seafood seasoning
• Dash of hot sauce optional

Salad:

• 1/4 cup red onion peeled and thinly sliced or finely diced
• 1/4 cup celery thinly sliced or finely diced
• 1/4 cup fresh fennel thinly sliced or finely diced
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 1/2 lbs. Cameron’s Seafood Jumbo Lump Crab Meat
• 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes quartered or halved
• 1/2 cup fresh corn kernels
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Place lemon juice, mayonnaise, seafood seasoning, and hot sauce in a large bowl, whisk to combine the dressing.
2. Add the red onion, celery, fennel, and lemon juice to the bowl, stir to combine. Right before serving, gently stir in the jumbo lump crab meat, along with half of the tomatoes and corn, being careful to not break up the jumbo lumps.
3. Transfer the salad to a serving bowl and top chives as well as the remaining tomatoes and corn. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

The Real Crabby Deal 

We mean business when it comes to our crabs! Only the best Chesapeake Bay blue crabs will do for our crab cakes, whole crabs, and jumbo lump crab meat. All of our blue crab products are carefully packed the same day your order ships. Delivered right to your door, fast, so you can spend less time shopping and more time enjoying all those things you love…like making tasty salads. 

Do you have a favorite summer seafood recipe? We love to see what our seafood fans have cooking! Post to any of our social pages Instagram, Facebook or Twitter @cameronsseafoodonline, we’ll be sure to show you some love in return 👍

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