Easy Chamorro Crab Salad Recipes

EASY CHAMORRO CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• In a large pot, get some water boiling. Prepare the broccoli by cutting most of the tender stalk and florets into bite sized chunks. Blanch the florets and tender parts of stalk about 3-4 minutes, without over cooking. It should still have a bit of crunch. Drain, and set aside to cool.
• Peel and seed a large cucumber, and cut into diced pieces, set aside.
• Meanwhile, using your fingers, shred the crabmeat into pieces. leaving a few chunky ones.
• In a bowl, combine the crab, cucumber, and broccoli. Add a little of the mayonnaise at a time; you don't want to over do it. It shouldn't be swimming in mayonnaise. Add the salt and pepper to taste. Combine well. Cover and set in refrigerator until ready to serve.

SPICED CRAB AND SHRIMP SALAD

Steps:

• Bring clam juice to simmer in large skillet over medium heat.
• Add shrimp; cover and simmer until opaque, turning once, about 2 minutes.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to cutting board; coarsely chop shrimp.
• Place shrimp in small bowl.
• Boil cooking liquid until reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 2 minutes.
• Cool.
• Mix onions and next 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend.
• Stir in shrimp, cooking liquid and crabmeat.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cover and chill.
• Salad can be made 1 day ahead.
• I like to serve mine with pita chips, but you can use any kind of crakers or crostinis.

SEAWEED & CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Cut each lemon in half, slice off the top. Scoop out the segments and place the sliced off top back into the lemon half to create lemon bowl. Squeeze out juice of the scooped out segments and set aside. Remove any cartilage from crab, break coarsely, then season with the lemon juice. Soak the celery slices in cold water for 4 or 5 minutes, then drain. Set aside celery leaves if you would like to use it for garnishing later. Soak fresh or dried wakame in measured water until expanded, about 10-15 minutes, then cut into pieces ranging between a half inch and one inch square (Dried and pre-cut wakame usually comes in this size). In a colander, pour boiling hot water over wakame to clean and set the fresh green color.
• Mix dressing (soy sauce & lemon juice & mustard) ingredients together, spoon into premade lemon bowls and serve.

CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a bowl, taking care not to break up the crab meat too much. Refrigerate until serving time.
• If you wanted to make this easier, you could use canned crab meat, roasted red bell pepper from a jar, etc.
• I usually remove the seeds from any hot pepper I'm using, as that is where the heat really lies, and I don't want it too hot for my kiddos.
• Cook time is chill time. I had to estimate on prep time because it depends on if you roast your own peppers or not.