Try this easy seafood salad recipe with crabmeat and shrimp along with a creamy dressing and wild rice for a delicious lunch or light dinner idea.
Here's another throwback recipe we often made for baby or bridal showers. Back then we often held these showers in our homes. Now, many showers are coed. However, back then it was more of a ladies only event where this cold wild rice and seafood salad was a big hit.
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Ingredients
- Raw unpeeled shrimp
- Wild rice mix
- Lump crabmeat
- English peas
- Green onions
- Mayonnaise
- Flat-leaf parsley
- Fresh lemon juice & zest
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Lettuce leaves and tomatoes for garnish
I used Trader Joe's Basmati & Wild Rice Medley this time, but any rice mix would work. I like using wild rice mixes because they typically have added seasoning for extra flavor.
A large dollop of the salad looks beautiful on a bed of colorful lettuce and some ripe tomatoes. This plate has red butter lettuce and Campari tomatoes cut into wedges. Of course, you could use romaine and heirloom cherry tomatoes or any combination you like.
The recipe calls for raw medium shrimp but I think that you could get away with cooked shrimp in a pinch. Also, I could not find medium shrimp so I used large raw shrimp and cut them in half.
Similarly, the crabmeat here is lump canned crabmeat because fresh is almost never available in our area. It would be fabulous if it was. That being said, I don't think it is necessary to buy jumbo crab. And, you might get away with using "special" crabmeat. However, I would be more reluctant to use imitation crabmeat, though you could.
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Other Variations
I love the mix of crabmeat and shrimp but you could vary the combination of seafood to add lobster meat or scallolps.
Also feel free to add some crunch with celery, red onion or red peppers and though I used flat leaf parsley you could vary or add in other fresh herbs such as thyme, or fresh dill.
Not planning showers or ladies' luncheons? This delicious cold seafood salad is great anytime, especially during the summer on a hot day.
Seafood Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound unpeeled medium shrimp
- 1.5 cups cooked wild rice mix
- 16 oz can of lump crab meat drained
- 1/2 cup English peas
- 1/3 cup green onions chopped
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped flat leaf parsley
- Juice and zest of one large lemon
- Lettuce leaves and tomatoes for garnish
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Boil water then add shrimp and cook just until pink about 3 minutes.
- Remove, rinse in cold water, peel and devein.
- In a large bowl combine shrimp, crabmeat, wild rice, peas, and onions.
- Toss well then fold in mayo, parsley, salt, pepper, and lemon juice/zest.
- Scoop onto a bed of lettuce with wedges of tomatoes to serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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