Marinated Crab Salad

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Crustacean Nation III

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(12)

Prep Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 4 hr 0 min
Cook: --
Total:: 4 hr 20 min

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Ingredients

1 cup olive oil
1 cup red wine vinegar
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup chopped parsley, leaves
1/4 cup chopped fresh tarragon
1/2 pound cooked lump or back fin crabmeat
1/2 pound cooked special crabmeat
6 cups mixed greens
4 to 6 lemon wedges

Directions

In a non-reactive bowl combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper, parsley, and tarragon. Add the crab and place in the refrigerator. Toss every hour for 4 hours.

Serve on a bed of mixed greens and squeeze a lemon wedge over right before eating.

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recipe Marinated Crab Salad
Shante Boulder, CO 09-05-2009
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What is the "Special" Crab Meat?
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

My nephew watched this episode, and wants to make this for us for dinner, but we can't figure out how to cook the "Special... Crab Meat". Can anyone help me out with this/Read more
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Donna Upper Saddle River, NJ 06-04-2009
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Are you using KOSHER salt?
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The recipe does not say to use kosher salt, but we all KNOW that's all AB cooks with! There's a BIG difference between the... saltiness of table salt and kosher salt. Using kosher salt, I didn't find it salty at all. Read more
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Jeff Cherokee, NC 05-26-2009
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A Great Crab Treat
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very delicious on a salad or crackers...
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nancy davis, CA 08-07-2008
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good with a changeup
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

after reading the reviews i did not add the recommended salt, and instead proceeded with caution. i did however, use the full... amount of olive oil and red wine vinegar because it is so nice with tarragon. no garlic for me. it did seem that there would be a lot of marinade so i cooked half a box of salad macaroni and let it cool and folded it in, as well as added about a half a cup of tiny carrot pieces. i would have added thawed peas as well but my husband was eating it; maybe next time. anyway, the crunch of the carrots, is a nice contrast with the crab, the pasta, and then the bed of greens. don't forget the lemon squeezed on top ! :)Read more
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Eileen Montrose, CO 04-14-2007
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marinated crab salad
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This was delicious. Everyone really liked the tarragon. It is so nice to have a seafood salad without mayonnaise. I was... surprised at the amount of vinegar and olive oil. The remainder I will make into a salad dressing for other salads. The crab was swimming in the dressing. In the future I am thinking of reducing the dressing amount. Is there a reason for having so much dressing? I will make it again.Read more
recipe Marinated Crab Salad
Paul Frisco, TX 03-02-2007
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Crab Salad Review
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Simple to fix with a wide variety of uses. Delicate and very flavorful.