Seafood Salad
This Seafood Salad is light, creamy, and best served cold. It's made with flakey imitation crab, bite-size shrimp pieces, and fresh vegetables. Perfect as a side dish, snack, or lunch!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ½ lb raw shrimp (peeled, deveined, and tails removed)
- ½ red onion (diced; about ½ cup)
- 2 cups imitation crab (cut into thirds and flaked or sliced into strips)
- ½ cup celery (diced)
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ tsp coconut sugar ((optional))
- ¼ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp dried dill
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- 1
Pour some water into a skillet or pot, making sure it doesn't touch the bottom of your steamer basket. Bring to a boil. Season shrimp with salt and pepper, place into steamer basket, and place basket inside skillet or pot. Cover with a lid and steam for 2-3 minutes or until opaque, stirring halfway. Carefully remove steamer and let shrimp cool, then cut into quarters. Alternatively, you could also boil or sauté the shrimp until cooked.
- 2
Soak the diced red onion in water for 5-10 minutes to remove the raw bite. Then drain and pat dry.
- 3
To a large bowl, add cooked shrimp, red onion, imitation crab meat, celery, mayonnaise, sugar (if using), paprika, dill, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix vigorously to flake the crab.
- 4
Cover with plastic wrap. Let sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Season to taste and serve chilled.