Excellent salad that tastes like it came from a deli. It never seems to get old to our family! If you’d prefer, you can use low-fat mayonnaise and sour cream. Serve with tomato wedges as a garnish on lettuce leaves.
| Prep Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup diced red onion
- ½ cup diced green bell pepper
- ½ cup diced celery
- 1 pound imitation crab meat, flaked
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 ½ cups mayonnaise
- ⅔ cup Italian-style salad dressing
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine onion, green pepper, celery and imitation crab meat.
- In a separate bowl, mix together sour cream, mayonnaise, salad dressing, lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper.
- Pour the dressing mixture into the crab/vegetable mixture and toss lightly to combine. Cover and chill at least 2 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 575 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 40 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 1394 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 54 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made a recipe for 1 serving quickly. I was eating it soon after preparing it, so I placed it in the freezer for 5 minutes. Thank you for the recipe.
Way, way too much mayo and tangy ingredients. Came out soupy. Maybe perfect if you don’t actually like seafood and prefer to disguise the taste with more unhealthy ingredients.
A perfect blend. I added a teaspoon of granulated garlic.
Tastes good. I shredded the meat instead of flaking it.
I wasn’t exactly sure what kind of Italian salad dressing to use.the oil kind or the creamy kind.so I went with the oil one.
Our family favorite crab salad. I added half of the Real crab meet to the salad. Tastes even better. Seedles cucumber can be added as well, or substituted for celery.
added hot sauce and relish as a dip for crackers
I made this without the sour cream and 1/2 Cup of the Mayo — I did use 1 Cup. I used a dry envelope Italian Dressing — all the rest was the same. It made it WW Freestyle friendly for me at 5 points per 1/2 cup. It is delicious and I highly recommend it for anyone who love Imitation Crab or White Pollock.
I did think it was like that deli made kind. I love that bit of tang from the Italian dressing. Everyone has raved about it so far. But, I have tried variations on some of the ingredients and it didn’t work. It’s good just the way it is!
very nice salad and easy to make . the family loved it !
I just rated this a three, and explained why. It just occurred to me I took someone’s advice and used dry Italian seasoning instead of what was suggested, so there was not too much dressing. But for me it was still not very flavorful using imitation crab, so next time I will use real chunk crabmeat. Crab has a delicate flavor, so we’ll see.
Very good recipe. I’ll use this one again. I must admit though I messed up & accidentally used Ranch dressing instead of Italian but it tasted fine. I also only used about 3/4 cup of Mayo in mine. Everyone loved it. Thanks for the recipe!
Too oily with all of the mayonnaise and salad dressing. For the “dressing” , I used 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, salt, pepper and 1 tablespoon of Good Seasons dry Italian Salad Dressing mix. I mixed it all together then added the rest. Delicious. And a lot less oily.
After reading the reviews I decided to half the liquids and it worked out just right. I don’t think it needs the salad dressing. This is a mayonnaise dish.
This was so simple and the yummiest! I followed the recipe, however, I saw the reviews said a lot of dressing was made. So, after all the ingredient were added, I slowly added the mayo and sour cream to desired thickness. I also had a tad bit of white sugar instead of lemon juice. So good!
This is truly on par with bought or restaurant deli salads. I love that I can now have “salad bar” crab salad anytime I want. I adjusted to my own tastes, leaving out the celery, adding more “crab” meat and less mayo thus making it a little lighter/dryer. It has a great flavor!
It was good, and easy to make but was missing something compared to past salad that I have had.
I omitted the onion, pepper and sour cream because I needed to use imitation crab I had on hand and those I didn’t have. I made much less dressing than called for, which worked out perfectly. Too much dressing is always what I don’t like about pretty much every crab salad I’ve bought! Overall, simple ingredients and an easy recipe.
After a quick read of the recipe, I did cut down on the mayo and Italian dressing, tossed in a handful of frozen peas and refrigerated overnight. It was very good.
This was good but a little too rich for me. It made way too much dressing. I did not eat it over lettuce, so maybe if I try it with that it might cut down the dressing. When I make it again, I will cut the dressing recipe down a little.
Really good, but I made a couple of changes. I used low fat plain Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Used green onions, and cut back on the mayo. Nice and tangy.