Crab Louie Salad
Since I moved to Vancouver, I’ve been traveling a lot with David. We’ve gone on many road trips 🚗 together along the Pacific coast and enjoyed the spectacular scenery!
One of my favorite spots is driving along the Oregon coast. Oh my! It’s almost supernatural with its big rocks standing in the water 🌊, surrounded by a slight haze. We’ve taken extraordinary photos from sunrises to sunsets, and each has a mystical flair it.
The cool thing that David and I love to do is to experiment with new dishes 🥘 – he’s finally more adventurous in that department… yippee! -, and even more so when we travel. There’s a dish that we’ve never had before, and we were quite impressed with it. It’s a Crab Louie Salad! I’m not sure if we tried it the first time in Oregon or California, but it sure had an impact on us.
As soon as we came back from our trip (can’t remember 🤔 which one it was), I made my own version of a Thousand Island dressing and assembled the ingredients for the Crab Louie Salad. Throughout the years, I’ve added ingredients by replacing others, to the point that now we love it just the way it is. I do add avocado 🥑, and if you are not sure how to handle this fruit, click here… How to Prep an Avocado
My version of a Crab Louie Salad is a good place to start, and you can easily change some of my ingredients for your own favorites. I love to combine crab 🦀 and prawns, but you can either keep one of them or, for a vegan/vegetarian version, omit both seafoods.
I personally don’t serve this type of salad as an appetizer but rather as my main course. It’s packed with yumminess, and when you eat this salad, trust me, you feel good 🥰! It’s light and satisfying.
Next time you want to have just a salad 🥗 for dinner, don’t look any further, this one is great unless you decide to have one of these… Julienne, Asian Chicken Salad, Pittsburgh Steak Salad, Quinoa Beet Salad, Buffalo Chicken Salad, Pear Pomegranate Blue Cheese Salad, or Cobb Salad, just to name a few!
Bon Appétit!🍽
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Crab Louie Salad
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Ingredients
THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise, such as Hellmann's® see Recipe
- ⅓ cup light sour cream
- 1 ½ tbsp. chili sauce
- 1 tbsp. ketchup
- ¼ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp. sweet relish see Recipe
- ¼ tsp. hot paprika
SALAD
- ½ large head iceberg lettuce, finely chopped tips & tricks
- ¼ large English cucumber, thinly sliced
- 14-16 large cherry tomatoes, halved tips & tricks
- 12 large shrimp or prawns, poached tips & tricks
- ½ lb. crab meat
- 2 large hard-boiled, chilled, peeled and sliced tips & tricks
- 1 large ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced tips & tricks
- 2 slices bacon, cooked and finely chopped tips & tricks
- freshly ground mixed peppercorns, to taste
- 2 large lemon wedges, for garnish
- 1 tbsp. fresh chopped parsley, for garnish tips & tricks
Directions
DRESSING
- In a small bowl, mix all the dressing ingredients together. Cover and transfer to the fridge until ready to serve.
SALAD
- Evenly divide lettuce, cucumber slices, tomatoes, prawns, crab, hard-boiled eggs, and avocado between 2 plates; sprinkle on the bacon evenly, and season with pepper.
- Spoon the dressing into individual bowls. Garnish with lemon wedges and sprinkle parsley on top.
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