Fresh Crab Salad Recipe
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Ingredients: 3 Dungeness crabs (buy them cooked & chilled)
Juice of 6 lemons
1 stalk celery - leaves and tenders (chopped)
2 T celery seeds
1/4 cup good extra virgin olive oil
4 T red wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic (minced)
Salt & pepper to taste
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Directions:Detach legs
Remove crab body from shell
Discard all but the knuckles* (the part of the body where the legs attached)
Cut or break knuckles into 2 or 3 pieces (depending on how big the crab is)
Place legs and knuckles in a large serving bowl
Add celery, celery seeds, garlic, olive oil, vinegar and lemon juice
Add salt and pepper to taste
Toss to mix and coat well
Keep chilled until serving
*Some people do eat the muck inside the shell - but we don't use it in this salad |
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Notes: This one's from John's daughter Kellie. We serve it for all big family celebrations - usually after everyone has finished the main course. Sicilians generally eat their salads AFTER the meal...just to be ornery, I guess.
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