This creamy seafood salad recipe is light, bright, and perfect for summer entertaining.
Shrimp, imitation crab, and crunchy celery are tossed in a creamy mayo dressing with Old Bay, lemon juice, and a few splashes of hot sauce.
You’ll Crave This Seafood Salad Because…
- It is light and refreshing. Perfect for summer entertaining.
- The bite-sized pieces of shrimp in this recipe are tender and flavorful.
- While the firm crab meat adds a little sweetness.
- The zesty, creamy, and seasoned dressing accentuates the seafood and the crunch of the vegetables.
- Sprinkled with a little dill makes this look so professional and appealing.
Ingredients for Seafood Salad
I use shrimp and imitation crab in this recipe, but you can use any combination of seafood you’d like.
- Shrimp: Use cooked medium shrimp that is peeled and chilled. If you have raw shrimp, cook just until pink and opaque, and then chill before using.
- Crab: I use imitation crab meat in this salad because it’s budget-friendly and easy to find. I cut it into bite-sized pieces.
- Celery: Celery adds a nice crunch and freshness to the dish.
- Green Onion: Finely diced green onion adds flavor without overpowering the seafood.
- Dressing: The base of this dressing is mayonnaise. Fresh lemon juice and fresh dill add a bright flavor, while Old Bay seasoning enhances the flavor of the seafood.
Variations
- Chopped hardboiled eggs add texture, crunch, and color to seafood salad.
- Green onion can be replaced with 1 tablespoon of finely minced red onion.
- Add other fresh herbs like parsley or cilantro.
- Additional veggies can be added—try red bell pepper, tomato, or diced cucumber.
How to Make Seafood Salad
- Chop the shrimp and tear the imitation crabmeat into bite-sized pieces.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients (recipe below).
- Gently toss in seafood, celery, and green onion until coated.
Serving Suggestions
- Serve this salad with crackers or crostini.
- It can be spooned onto a croissant and served as a seafood salad sandwich.
- Spoon it over a bed of greens.
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Seafood Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cooked medium shrimp peeled and chilled
- 8 ounces imitation crab
- 2 ribs celery finely diced
- 1 green onion finely diced
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill or ½ teaspoon dried dill
- ½ teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 4 dashes hot sauce such as Tabasco
Instructions
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Roughly chop the shrimp. Tear the crab into bite-size pieces.
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In a medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, dill, Old Bay seasoning, and hot sauce.
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Add the shrimp, crab, celery, and green onion. Toss to combine.
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Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Garnish with additional dill if desired.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Appetizer, Salad
Cuisine American
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Very delicious! My husband and girls loved it. I added noodles and it turned out yummy and it made a bit more.
I could eat the whole bowl myself! Love this recipe.
I feel like I could too, Joan! Such a good recipe.
Just the recipe needed, thank you so much, big help.♥️♥️♥️
Absolutely delicious recipe. I followed the ingredients except for the hot sauce.
Didn’t appeal to me. Also less Mayo and easy on the dill. Going to put the salad on hoagie roll tonight for dinner. Yum. Thank you for the recipe.
That sounds like a delicious way to serve this recipe! I am glad you enjoyed it, Pat.
Excellent!
Sounds and looks great I’m going to try it.
Sooo delicious!
I made this exactly as directed and it’s sooooo good! I will definitely be making this again!
Next time I may add a diced jalapeno for a kick!
I’m so glad you loved it Terra, be jalapeno would be delicious in this salad!
I am so excited to try this recipe. Do you use Miracle Whip or Helman’s?
We use classic mayonnaise like Hellman’s for this recipe.
Can I substitute bay scallops for the imitation crabmeat? I am highly LLERGIC TO iMITATION cRABMEAT, AND CRABMEAT!!!!
I have not tried but it sounds like it would work. I would love to hear how it turns out for you, Phyllis.
I make this salad all the time. It is so delicious with the dill. Ive never added old bay seasoning to my salad. Ill have to try it. Sometimes, I add green bellpepper but I think red bellpepper would be a little more suttle. This is perfect for summer or a barbecue.
I hope you love it with a bit of old bay Valerie – let us know how it goes!
I’m not a fan of Old Bay seasoning; what could I use instead?
You could try making your own Old Bay Seasoning and adjust it to your flavor preferences.