36 crab roll recipes

Golden, puffy souffle roll filled with a warm cream cheese and crab meat filling. This impressive rolled souffle with Parmesan and chives slices into elegant pinwheels.

Crispy bacon-wrapped crab rolls broiled to golden, smoky goodness in just 10 minutes. A quick, crowd-pleasing appetizer with bright lemon and Worcestershire kick.

Crab and cucumber rolls are a no-cook appetizer with seasoned crab salad stuffed inside hollowed-out cucumber and sliced into elegant bite-sized rounds. Cool, crisp, and ready in minutes.

Toasted crab rolls with a mayo-bound crab salad, melted cheese, and crispy bacon on split dinner rolls. A quick open-faced seafood sandwich baked until bubbly.

Crispy fried spring rolls stuffed with crab, ground pork, bean thread noodles, and tree-ear mushrooms in rice paper wrappers. Served with fresh herbs and lettuce for wrapping.

Two-ingredient crab roll with backfin crab meat and cream cheese, shaped into a log and served with crackers. A no-cook elegant appetizer for parties.

Crab and cream cheese log seasoned to taste with sherry, mustard, or Worcestershire and rolled in fresh parsley. A two-ingredient appetizer that comes together in 15 minutes and looks impressive on any cocktail tray.

Homemade sushi rolls stuffed with cream cheese, imitation crab, and crisp cucumber wrapped in seasoned rice and nori. A beginner-friendly roll you can nail on the first try.

Rollitos de jaiba (Mexican crab rolls) with crab meat, chili powder, mustard, and tomato juice, shaped into fingers and broiled. A light, no-fry seafood appetizer.

Quick, easy and classically delicious. Tender crab with cruchy celery and a bit of onions enveloped in creamy mayonnaise on a sandwich roll.

Mock crab roe is a clever Chinese dish of steamed white fish mixed with egg yolks and scallions, then fried into golden nuggets. Served with soy-vinegar dip.

Grilled soft-shell crab sandwiches: whole crabs grilled hot for two and a half minutes per side, piled onto rolls with green chile aioli, mixed greens, and sliced tomato.

Golden baked crab calzones stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, cream cheese, scallions, and olives in a soft yeast dough. Makes 10 hearty hand pies from one batch.

Seafood quiche squares are a party favorite: a flaky crescent-roll crust topped with shrimp, crab and two cheeses, baked in a custard and cut into bite-size squares. Easy, crowd-feeding finger food, served warm.

A cold seafood pizza appetizer on a flaky crescent roll crust with sour cream spread, shrimp, crab, broccoli, and colorful bell peppers. The potluck crowd-pleaser that vanishes first.

Open-faced crab sandwiches loaded with Swiss cheese, crumbled bacon, slivered almonds, and a tangy sour cream spread, broiled until golden and bubbly. Ready in 30 minutes.