Entertaining doesn’t have to mean working hard on elaborated dishes, and the following simple dish demonstrates exactly that. Quick and easy to assemble, this salad is always popular with guests. The seasoning is fresh and fairly mild, so that the crab flavor is not overshadowed. Served in different ways, as shown here, it is a perfect dish for brunch or finger food buffet. Try it and enjoy.
Notes:
* Inari, are fried and marinated tofu skins pockets. They are available in Asian stores or online. They are used mainly for Inari sushi, but are wonderful for serving a variety of other foods as well. Their sweet-salty flavor complements the crab salad beautifully. Before using, drain them on paper towels, separate carefully and fill as close to serving as possible.
* Peppadaw are pickled peppers, also known as sweet piquant pepper. They are about the size of cherry tomato and have a mild sweet and spicy flavor. They are available in specialty stores or online.
Makes: 12
Prep time: 20 minutes
Chilling time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
For the salad:
1 6 oz (170 grams) can premium crabmeat, drained
1 Tbs mayonnaise
1 Tbs sour cream
½ tsp salt
1 Tbs sweet chili sauce
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 scallion, chopped
2 pickled peppadew, chopped (see notes)
1 Tbs chopped cilantro
1 Tbs chopped mint
For serving:
Fresh mint and cilantro leaves
Inari tofu skin pockets (see notes)
Romaine lettuce heart leaves
In a medium bowl, mix all the ingredients for the salad. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes or until ready to use, and up to a day.
Before serving, drain again, mix and adjust seasoning if needed.
To served in Inari tofu skin pockets: carefully separate and open the pockets. Fill with 1 heaped tablespoon of the salad. Garnish with fresh cilantro and/or mint leaves and serve.
Or place heaped teaspoons on fresh and crisp Romaine lettuce heart leaves.
Or simply place the salad in a medium bowl and serve with fresh Romaine lettuce leaves.
A famtastic appetizer!
Merry Christmas, Ronit! Have a great time with the loved ones!
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Thank you Daniela, I’m glad you liked the recipe. Happy Holidays to you and yours! 🙂
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Hag Sameach, Ronit! It s a great salad. I make a similar one with fake crab meat, and I add finely diced celery – for the crunch. I love he idea of serving it in Romain leaves – will definitely do it next time.
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Thank you Dolly! I’m usually a big fan of celery, but I don’t like it with cilantro and mint, so omitted it this time. חג שמח to you too! 🙂
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True, and that’s why I don’t use cilantro and mint, but use dill instead.
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🙂
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What a great recipe with Aburaage (Tofu skin packet)!
Happy Hanukkah!! I want some Sufganiyah….
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked the recipe, and glad to learn the Japanese term for these tasty pockets. I love them!
I’ve had Sufganiyah yesterday. It was very tasty! Happy Holidays to you too. 🙂
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All presentations are lovely! The crunch would be desirable to me, but it definitely would not be safe to put a bowl of the salad in a room where I had access to a spoon!
Virtual hugs,
Judie
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lol Guess the solution would be to double the amount so you can have one bowl all for yourself!
Happy Holidays! 🙂
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Sounds and looks great. Like Dolly I’ll use fake crab (unless you can suggest some thing else). This recipe is going to be on my table soon.
Chag Sameach!
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Thank you Joyce, I’m glad you liked the recipe. I’ve never tried it with fake crab, but I think it can work well. Another substitute can be poached Cod fish or any other white fish.
Happy Hanukkah and best regards! 🙂
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Mmh! Genau mein Geschmack…
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Thank you! I’m glad to know. 🙂
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The things your learn from your foodie ftiends. I haven’t come across or heard of pepadaw or tofu skins before.
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Thank you Mary, I’m glad to know you’ve found some new information here. These two ingredients are very tasty and versatile in use. Highly recommended. 🙂
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Lovely presentation and delicious recipe !👌
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Thank you Payel! 🙂
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Looks so inviting.Yummy.
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Thank you Anuradha! 🙂
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My pleasure Ronit.
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Sounds delicious and how clever to serve them in tofu pockets. 🙂
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Thank you Myra! The tofu pockets are a new favorite of mine. Well worth trying! 🙂
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I think I will if I can find now that I know what to do with them 🙂
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Hope you’ll enjoy it. 🙂
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What a wonderful way to serve crab salad as an appetizer!
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Thank you Kathryn, I’m glad you liked the recipe. The tofu pockets are great for serving appetizers. 🙂
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These little salad pockets are perfect for entertaining. I never heard of tofu this way – I will have to check those out. I just made crab rangoons for New Years and froze them so we are definitely thinking “crab” this time of the year.
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Thank you Judi.
The tufu pockets are indeed perfect for entertaining and well worth looking for.
I love crab rangoons as well – so we’re definitely in sync! 🙂
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An amazing appetiser!! Ronit ! Hope you had a great holiday time!!
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Thank you Sumith, I’m glad you liked this tasty appetizer.
As is the case with most chefs, holidays is the time for working, but I still enjoy it. Happy Holidays to you too. 🙂
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I love the idea of serving the crab salad on romaine lettuce leaves. Happy holidays Ronit😊
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Thank you Marisa, I’m glad you liked the idea. It is perfect for gluten-free guests.
Happy Holidays to you too! 🙂
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Yum! And it is so elegant too!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Just mmm.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Beautiful! How I miss fried tofu skins! I love the salad on the romaine, so pretty and easy. I am all about enjoying the company of guests and not slaving in the kitchen. These look elaborate but are easy to make.
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Thank you Sandra, I’m glad you liked the recipe. The idea indeed was to create an appetizer that is light and easy to make and serve. It’s always good to have a few of such recipes around. 🙂
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What a nice appetizer. Love the Asian influence…I’ll have to search out an Asian market in our area. I made a crab salad appetizer for Christmas Eve when we had friends over but used phyllo cups as the base.
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Thank you Karen, I’m glad you liked the recipe. If you can’t find tofu pockets at the stores, they can be easily found online.
I’m a big fan of phyllo cups as well, but it’s always good to have an alternative for gluten-free guests. 🙂
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Thank you for the suggestion. 🙂
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Love it😄😊😊
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Thank you Gerhard, I’m glad to hear! 🙂
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Really nice recipe! I wish you also Happy New Year and many new recipes in 2017! Bye. Kamila
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Thank you Kamila. Happy New Year to you too! 🙂
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I’ll have to look for tofu skin pockets. Crab salad is always good, and pockets provide an interesting new way of serving this classic.
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The pockets are indeed great for serving this salad and other appetizers. I hope you’ll enjoy them as well. 🙂
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This post hits so many of the right notes for me, Ronit. Crab salad means Christmas. Mom always began our feast with shrimp and crabmeat cocktails. Your sue of the tofu sin pockets is genius! I’ve enjoyed them when at one of the local Japanese restaurants and never thought to use them at home. Well, that’s about to change, thanks to you. What a great idea and the perfect way to spotlight your crab salad. My only problem would be trying to ensure that at least a few of them make it out of my kitchen to my dinner guests. 🙂
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Thank you John, I’m glad this post brought back such nice memories and that you liked my version.
Tofu skin pockets are really such a wonderful way to serve the salad. They add their own flavor and by now I use them often, with different fillings as well. It is indeed hard not to nibble a few before serving! 🙂
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I love this. This is one of my favourite things to get for lunch from my local cafe. I never thought to make it for myself. Gonna try this.
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Thank you Camille, I’m glad you liked the recipe.
It is very easy to make at home. I hope you’ll enjoy it. I’ll be happy to hear your comments. 🙂
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Looks very delicious! As soon as I get my Hands on sone crabs again I will give it a try.
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Thank you Diana, I’m glad to hear. Hope you’ll enjoy the results. 🙂
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😊❤️
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Thank you Kelly. 🙂
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😊
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Wow really appetising!! Amazing capture, and sounds so delicious!!
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Thank you Sumith! It all disappeared very quickly… 🙂
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Can’t blame. So good it should be 😍
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These look so yummy!!
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Thank you Michelle! 🙂
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Yum … LOVE crab!
Thx for sharing 🙂
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Thank you Doug! It’s my pleasure to share. 🙂
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perfect!
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Thank you Stacey! 🙂
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Love it !!
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Thank you! 🙂
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