This macaroni salad is a cool summer side dish that features flaked, canned crab meat as the star ingredient.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 cup elbow macaroni
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- 1 (6 ounce) can crabmeat, drained, flaked, and cartilage removed
- ¼ cup finely chopped celery
- 2 tablespoons chili sauce (such as Heinz®)
- 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 leaves lettuce
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in boiling water until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes; drain. Rinse macaroni with cold water until completely chilled; drain.
- Mix macaroni, mayonnaise, crabmeat, celery, chili sauce, lemon juice, dill, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Spoon into lettuce leaves to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 438 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 39 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 720 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 34 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was not good. Very salty, and too much mayo. Maybe 1/4 cup mayo, and just a pinch of salt and a tiny bit of lemon juice would be better.
Horrible. I followed this to a T. Whoever made this recipe should never be allowed to cook. Wasted a very expensive can of crab. A waste of my time and ingredients.
Another great recipe!
I made this. It was pretty good. It was a bit salty. So I put about a 1/4 cup sour cream to cut salty taste. Much better. It also gave the salad a better taste also.
Did not like this at all, in fact threw it away. Followed the recipe exactly. The dressing overpowered the delicate (and expensive) crab – which was lost in too much pasta. I’ve always trusted Allrecipes.com but this was so awful am going to be more careful from now on; it was truly that bad.
I doubled the recipe for everything except the dill. I was concerned it might dominate the delicate flavor of the crab, and in my opinion it did. After 24 hours in the fridge, the flavor did mellow a bit, but I still found the dill overpowering. I did add a cup of frozen peas; and then in an effort to make it more to my liking, added some Old Bay seasoning, red pepper flakes, lemon pepper, and some cubed cheddar cheese. I’ve made other pasta salads with dill that I enjoyed; however, in my opinion, dill just didn’t fit here. It probably only needed some Old Bay instead. I will not make again.
Didn’t care for it. The dressing was disappointing.
Very good . I followed the recipe exactly with the exception of adding some peas for color. Very flavorful My husband and friends loved it
It was ok…guests didn’t like the dill. I did add sugar and relish to my mayo mixture and made taste better
1-7-2016 ~Pretty darned good! As I thought over it for purposes of this review, I considered maybe a little more dill might be in order, or maybe a tad more celery. Hubs captured it best, however, when he said that he enjoyed this because it was simple. Exactly! Because there are so few add-ins, the lovely (and expensive) crab takes center stage. You KNOW you’re eating CRAB salad. I did add some green peas, but only because this was seriously in need of some color. It would have looked pretty anemic if I hadn’t. I loved the addition of the chili sauce, which you can’t identify but contributed subtle flavor. The dill is a fitting addition. I forgot to add the lemon juice, so I can’t be certain if this pasta salad is better with or without. In my view, skip the typical and possible additions of onion, cheddar cheese, green pepper, bacon, tomatoes… all good, but if you want CRAB salad, prepare this just as is. One other thing – this salad will be as good as the quality of the crab you use. Buy the best that fits your budget.
It is an excellent recipe. I added a little more celery and some raw onion. Strangely enough, my elbow macaroni didn’t change into rotini like the picture!
Very good!! I added some paprika and ground red cayenne pepper as I like a little kick. Will be making again..