Spiced Crab and Shrimp Salad

Submitted by glynn117

"This is my all time favorite crab salad! I think using quality crab meat (Phillips) is the key. This is so addictive, I always double the recipe!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 118.29 ml bottled clam juice
• 283.49 g uncooked medium shrimp, peeled,deveined
• 118.29 ml thinly sliced scallion
• 157.80 ml mayonnaise
• 19.71 ml fresh lemon juice
• 2 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 4.92 ml sweet Hungarian paprika
• 2.46 ml cayenne pepper
• 226.79 g crabmeat (I use Phillips brand from Costco)

directions

1. Bring clam juice to simmer in large skillet over medium heat.
2. Add shrimp; cover and simmer until opaque, turning once, about 2 minutes.
3. Using slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to cutting board; coarsely chop shrimp.
4. Place shrimp in small bowl.
5. Boil cooking liquid until reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 2 minutes.
6. Cool.
7. Mix onions and next 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend.
8. Stir in shrimp, cooking liquid and crabmeat.
9. Season with salt and pepper.
10. Cover and chill.
11. Salad can be made 1 day ahead.
12. I like to serve mine with pita chips, but you can use any kind of crakers or crostinis.

Reviews

[martinb]

I made this last night, adding a bit more spice and an extra clove of Garlic, and i must say this is probably the best seafood salad I have ever served. I made the whole recipe and my wife and I nearly finished it. I uesd the Chicken of the Sea "premium swimming blue crab meat" from costco, and used cooked salad shrimp instead of boiling the shrimp in Clam juice, and the result was still fantastic. I just used the cooked shrimp because the temperature here was over 100 degrees F and I did not want to boil ANYTHING. For the record, the Sostco cooked Salad shrimp worked just fine. You have to try this at least once.

 

[ChrisI]

This was a great dish, I used a little white wine with chicken boullion to do the shrimp, as my wife dosn't like it too fishy, so this worked great. Just a note but it was a bit spicy, not so much of the cayenne next time.

 

[evelynathens]

Delicious! I loved this salad. We can not get clam juice here so I used V8...don't ask, it worked! I will gladly make this again and again.

 

[Kim127]

Loved this!! We made sandwiches out of it and they were fantastic. I used cooked shrimp, so I skipped that part but followed the rest of the instructions. Very easy too! Thanks for a keeper Grace!!

 

[Lily from Austin]

This is a wonderful chunky seafood salad. Just the right combination of spices and texture. Definetly double the recipe because leftovers are wonderful for sandwiches the next day. Excellent recipe.:)