86 salt crab recipes

Stir-fried crabs with ginger and green onions in a classic Cantonese wok preparation. Fresh crab cooked fast over high heat with garlic, rice wine, and soy sauce.

Cold green vegetable soup with poached fish. Source: Olga Gorechev, St. Petersburg, Russia

Low-fat crab pasta with fresh tomatoes, steamed mushrooms, and peas in a creamy evaporated milk sauce finished with Parmesan. A lighter seafood dinner ready in 25 minutes.

Shell-on shrimp steamed with crab boil spices, mustard seeds, and apple cider vinegar for tender, perfectly seasoned seafood that peels easily and tastes like a Chesapeake Bay crab feast.

Mama Chio's shellfish cioppino simmers Dungeness crab, lobster, shrimp, scallops, clams, and halibut in a sherry-laced tomato broth. The Italian-American San Francisco classic at its richest.

Mini crab cakes baked in muffin tins with a panko-parmesan crust and creamy cream cheese filling. Lemon-orange-scented appetizer bites for cocktail parties, showers, and holiday gatherings.

Savor the delicate flavors of fresh crab steamed with aromatic ginger and scallions, served with a zesty ginger, green onion, and vinegar dipping sauce. This simple yet elegant Chinese dish highlights the natural sweetness of crab, perfect for seafood lovers.

Whole flounder stuffed with crabmeat, country ham, and sherry, baked in lemon butter until flaky and golden. A Southern coastal classic that brings the shore to your supper table.

Savory crab and green onion pie baked in a flaky crust with lemon-spiked egg custard and two layers of melted cheese. Serve warm or at room temperature for easy entertaining.

Wok-fried ginger crabs with garlic, scallions, rice wine, and a light-dark soy sauce blend. A fast Chinese-style crab stir-fry that goes from wok to table in minutes.

Chinese pasta salad with shrimp, crab, rice vermicelli, and crisp vegetables in a sesame-ginger dressing. A cold noodle salad packed with fresh shellfish flavor.

Crispy crab and shrimp cakes crusted in crushed potato chips, spiked with Dijon, horseradish, and hot sauce. Golden, crunchy, and on the table in 20 minutes flat.

Overnight Chinese pasta salad with cool rice vermicelli, snow peas, cucumber, shrimp and crab in a sesame-ginger dressing. A make-ahead potluck favorite with serious crunch.

If you're going to see your parents, entertain them with this succulent dish that is sure to make them proud of you!

You can serve this dish hot or cold. We prefer the crab balls hot, when their exterior is crisp and the meat hot and moist. They also go better with the vinegar dip when hot. If you prefer to serve them cold or at room temperature, delete the dip, or substitute something like mustard and catsup.

Impossible Creole pie layers crabmeat, okra, tomatoes, and green pepper under a self-forming Bisquick crust with eggs and milk. Vintage crustless pie with Louisiana flavor.