Name: Seafood Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 8 ounces imitation crab meat (); 12 ounces salad shrimp (thawed); 1/2 small red onion (diced small); 2 stalks celery (diced); 3/4 cup mayonnaise ((I used light)); 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning (); 1/2 tablespoon fresh dill (or 1/2 teasoon dry dill); 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (if using table salt, start with half)); black pepper (to taste)

This Seafood Salad recipe only takes about 10 minutes to throw together and is so much better than what you buy at the grocery store.

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Seafood Salad is one of my weaknesses. You will note, that as a food blogger and generally weird person, I have odd weaknesses. Croutons, Spicy V8, and pickles are also on the list.

While it is so simple to buy seafood salad from the grocery store deli, I would urge you to make your own instead. It is so incredibly easy and a recipe that you will fall in love with.

the ingredients for seafood salad separated by ingredient in a glass bowl, garnished with fresh dill

Seafood Salad Ingredients

Imitation Crab Meat: The base of this salad, imitation crab meat is a delicious and affordable ingredient made from cod. Though you could definitely replace it with lump crab meat.
Salad Shrimp: I love buying frozen salad shrimp for this recipe because it is small, tastes fresh, and is always easy to find.
Red Onion and Celery: These veggies bring a great crunch to the salad. If you don’t like celery you could certainly replace it with red bell pepper or English cucumber, removing the seeds to eliminate extra moisture.
Mayonnaise: This makes the great dressing for the salad. I like to use light mayonnaise in this recipe to reduce fat.
Lemon Juice: Fresh is always best when it comes to lemon juice, though you could centennially use bottled in a pinch.
Old Bay Seasoning, Dill, Salt & Pepper
Salt & Pepper

croissant sandwich with seafood salad on it, garnished with fresh dill, tomatoes in the background

Make Ahead

This is a great make-ahead dish. It can be made up to 24 hours in advance. I actually love the recipe more after it has chilled in the refrigerator for a few hours.

Leftovers

This recipe will keep in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days when stored in an airtight container. I do not recommend freezing this recipe.

Serving Seafood Salad

I think that seafood salad is great on it’s own. But it is also delicious eaten on a croissant or a bun as a seafood salad sandwich. You could also serve it in lettuce or endive cups as an appetizer.

seafood salad in a lettuce cup garnished with fresh dill

If you make this seafood salad recipe or any of my other recipes, leave me a comment and let me know what you think! I love hearing from you.

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Seafood Salad

Author: Lisa Longley

Serves: servings

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Prep: 10

Total: 10

This Seafood Salad recipe only takes about 10 minutes to throw together and is so much better than what you buy at the grocery store.

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Ingredients

8 ounces imitation crab meat
12 ounces salad shrimp thawed
1/2 small red onion diced small
2 stalks celery diced
3/4 cup mayonnaise (I used light)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning
1/2 tablespoon fresh dill or 1/2 teasoon dry dill
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt if using table salt, start with half)
black pepper to taste

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine the crab meat (broken up), shrimp, red onion, and celery.
In a small bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, Old Bay Seasoning, fresh dill, and salt. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste.
Stir the dressing into the main ingredients and serve. This recipe can be stored in the refrigerator for up to four days in an air tight container.

Notes

I have had a few people mention this is too salty. I think it is perfect as written, but tastes absolutely vary. You might want to leave out the salt and then add a little at a time to the sauce until you hit a taste you like.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 0.5cup Calories: 108kcal (5%) Carbohydrates: 7g (2%) Protein: 7g (14%) Fat: 7g (11%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g Monounsaturated Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 54mg (18%) Sodium: 660mg (29%) Potassium: 32mg (1%) Sugar: 1g (1%)

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

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Make Ahead

Leftovers