Crab Salad
with
Lemon Sour Cream Dressing
Five ingredients create this crab salad with lemon sour cream dressing. The rich flavors of sweet crabmeat, fennel and bacon combined with a lemon sour cream dressing, make this a rich, flavorful and delicious seafood salad.
It makes a great crab salad sandwich and can be served in a variety of ways. Use the menu planner below to create simple quick meals using this crab salad with lemon sour cream dressing.
2-3 servings (as a main meal)
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5 Ingredients Needed:
prepared, cooked crabmeat – 2 cups flaked into medium sized pieces
fennel – 3/4 cup thinly sliced
*bacon – 3 slices, cooked until crispy, drained and crumbled
*sour cream – 1/2 cup
fresh squeezed lemon juice – 2 tsp
lemon zest – as desired
*Lower the Fat: Substitute turkey bacon
for regular bacon and use low-fat or fat-free sour cream.
Make Ahead:
- Cook 3 slices of bacon until crispy, drain and crumble
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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the crabmeat, fennel and bacon.
2. In a smaller bowl, combine the sour cream, lemon juice and lemon zest. Stir well and adjust the zest to desired taste.
3. Add the lemon sour cream to the crabmeat and toss well.
Dressing Option: If you would like a thicker dressing, just add more sour cream.
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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:
Main Meal Ideas:
** Serve this easy crab salad recipe as a sandwich filling. Take the seafood salad and scoop onto thickly sliced French bread. Add thin slices of avocado, cucumber and your favorite cheese. Add a bowl of soup and whole grain crackers.
** Serve this creamy crab salad over a bed of couscous with a side salad of diced tomatoes, cucumber and olives.
Light Meal Ideas (suitable for lunch or a light dinner):
** This easy crab salad makes a great light meal when served scooped in avocado or pear halves with sliced apples on the side.
** Serve this quick salad as a wrap sandwich rolled inside soft tortilla shells with green beans, artichoke hearts and cherry tomatoes drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice on the side.
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Ingredient Exchanges:
* Instead of Fennel: try Diced Red Onion or Celery
* Instead of Sour Cream: try Greek Style Yogurt or a Combination of Sour Cream and Yogurt
* Instead of Lemon Zest and Juice: try Lime Zest and Juice
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These easy additions will add even more flavor and variety to this creamy crab salad with lemon sour cream dressing.
* Horseradish - add the desired amount to the sour cream for a little bit of spice.
* Crumbled Walnuts, Pecans or Almonds
* Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Oil (chop up as many tomatoes as you like)
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