Best 7 Cucumber Crab Salad Recipes

CALIFORNIA CRAB STACK ON JAPANESE PICKLED CUCUMBER-MACHE SALAD DRESSED WITH TARRAGON DIJON DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine the sourdough bread crumbs and Dungeness crab meat, set aside. Combine remaining ingredients, except olive oil, and mix thoroughly. Gently fold in the crab and bread crumb mixture. Shape into patties approximately 1/2-inch thick. Heat olive oil in a non-stick saute pan. Cook crab cakes over medium heat to a golden brown about 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
• Combine all ingredients except flower confetti and refrigerate.
• Whisk together all ingredients and refrigerate.
• Place 1/4 cup of the salad mixture in the center of each of 4 plates. Place a crab cake on top of each salad. Drizzle each plate with Tarragon Vinaigrette and sprinkle with a garnish of flower petal confetti.

CUCUMBER, CORN, AND CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle cucumber lightly with salt, and place in a fine sieve set over a medium bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in refrigerator 30 minutes. Rinse and drain well; discarding liquid.
• Combine crabmeat, corn, onion, avocado, cucumber, and 1/2 cup cucumber vinaigrette in a large bowl, and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator until ready to serve.

CUCUMBER, CORN, AND CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle the cucumber lightly with salt, and place in a fine sieve set over a medium bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator 30 minutes. Rinse and drain well; discard the liquid.
• Combine the crabmeat, corn, onion, avocado, cucumber, and 1/2 cup cucumber vinaigrette in a large bowl, and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• Cucumber Vinaigrette
• Place the cucumber, vinegar, mustard, and tarragon in a food processor, and process until smooth. With the machine running, drizzle in the grapeseed oil; process until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate, covered, up to 2 days.

CRAB SALAD ON CUCUMBER ROUNDS

Steps:

• Rinse lemon grass. Cut off and discard tough tops and root ends; peel off and discard tough outer green layers of stalks down to tender white parts. Finely chop enough to make 1/4 cup.
• Rinse kaffir lime leaves. Stack three or four leaves at a time and cut crosswise into very fine shreds.
• In a bowl, mix lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, crab, shallots, carrot, cilantro, mint, and green onion.
• In a small bowl, mix lime juice, chili paste, fish sauce (but not salt, if using), and sugar.
• Just before serving, stir lime-juice mixture into crab mixture. If not using fish sauce, add salt to taste.
• Rinse cucumber and cut crosswise into about 24 rounds about 1/4 inch thick. Top each slice with a scant tablespoon crab mixture.

COUSCOUS AND CRAB SALAD WITH CUCUMBER JUICE AND MINT

Steps:

• Place 3/4 cup of the cucumber juice in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the couscous, cover and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes. Uncover and stir with a fork. Place in a bowl and set aside to cool.
• Add the crab meat, cherry tomatoes, onion, mint and lemon and lime rinds and toss to coat. Toss in the remaining cucumber juice. Season with the salt and pepper. Divide among 4 plates and serve immediately.

CRAB, TOMATO, AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Pick shells from crab. 2. Combine vegetables in bowl. 3. In another bowl wisk to combine oil, vineager, lemon, red pepper, sugar. 4. Toss liquid with vegetables. 5. Fold in crab and tarragon leaves. 6. Season with salt and pepper. 7. Evenly distribute salad into 4 lettuce leaves garnish with lemon wedge

JAPANESE CUCUMBER AND CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Mix the cucumbers with salt. Place in a colander, and the salt and water will drain off. Drain for about 45 minutes.
• 2. Mix with the crab.
• 3. Make a dressing of the light soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar. Toss with the crab and serve.