Best Easy Crab Tostadas Recipes

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SPICY CRAB TOSTADAS



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Delicious, packed with flavor, and easy: that's the name of the game with this elegant tostada recipe, which takes its flavorful cues from Mexico. Get the recipe for Spicy Crab Tostadas.

Provided by Ananda Eidelstein

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 large jalapeño
0.33 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
0.25 cup canola oil
4 6-in. corn tortillas
8 ounces cooked jumbo lump crabmeat, drained and picked over
2 stalks celery, finely chopped (½ cup), plus leaves for serving
1 small shallot, finely chopped (2 Tbsp.)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (from 1 lime)
0.25 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Thinly sliced radishes, for serving
Green pepper hot sauce, for serving (optional)

Steps:

  • Preheat broiler with rack 6 inches from heat. Place jalapeño on a baking sheet and broil until charred in spots, 5 to 8 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Finely chop and transfer to a small bowl; stir in mayonnaise and ¼ teaspoon salt. Set aside.
  • Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high. Add 1 tortilla; cook, flipping once and pressing down with a spatula for even coloring, until golden, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Repeat with remaining 3 tortillas. (Reduce heat as needed if tortillas get too dark around edges.) Season fried tortillas with ¼ teaspoon salt.
  • Stir crabmeat, celery, shallot, lime juice, pepper, and remaining ½ teaspoon salt in a bowl until combined. Spread jalapeño mayonnaise over tortillas and top with crabmeat mixture. Top with radishes, celery leaves, and hot sauce (if using).

CRABMEAT TOSTADAS



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All you need is a little lime juice, cilantro and chili pepper for this crabmeat tostada topping. Corn makes a nice addition too, but at this time of year it will have to come from the freezer.

Provided by Martha Rose Shulman

Categories     dinner, easy, quick, weekday, main course

Time 10m

Yield 6 main-dish servings or 10 appetizer servings.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 pound cooked crabmeat, picked over for shells
1 to 2 jalapeño or serrano chilies, seeded if desired and minced
4 scallions, white and light green parts, sliced thin or minced
1/2 pound tomatoes, finely diced (optional; omit if good tomatoes are not available)
2/3 cup corn kernels (fresh or thawed frozen), steamed for 5 minutes
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (more to taste)
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (optional)
Salt to taste
9 corn tortillas, cut into quarters or halves and toasted in the microwave
Sliced radishes (optional)

Steps:

  • Toss together all of the ingredients except the tortillas and radishes. If desired, warm through in a pan over medium heat, but don't cook the crab, or it will become too tough.
  • Spoon the crab mixture onto the toasted tortilla halves or triangles. Garnish with radish slices if desired and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 175, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 23 grams, Fat 2 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 17 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 447 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams

EASY CRAB TOSTADAS



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These are delicious tostadas, my whole family makes them and loves them. My husband doesn't care to much for seafood but always looks forward to eating this.

Provided by jjwilson_1

Categories     Crab

Time 10m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 (16 ounce) package tostadas
1 (16 ounce) package crab (immitation crab is fine)
4 tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup chopped onion (or less)
chopped cilantro
1 lemon, juice of
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream, 8oz
salt
hot sauce (optional)
1 avocado (optional)

Steps:

  • chop up crab or pull apart with your hands put all ingredients together in a bowel and drench with lemon and salt. Put sour cream on tostada top with crab mixture and top with slices of avocado and any kind of hot sauce if you want.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 386.9, Fat 26.4, SaturatedFat 15.8, Cholesterol 119.5, Sodium 404.6, Carbohydrate 13.8, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 4.6, Protein 24.8

CRAB TOAST



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Like the very best crab cakes on earth, which have as little dulling, distracting or deadening filler as possible, these crab toasts take that ethos to the extreme. There is no call for bell pepper or bread crumbs or diced celery; just the best fresh, sweet, saline crab meat you can buy, gently seasoned with a little lemon juice, bound with a tiny amount of tangy crème fraîche, then piled onto a slab of good toast, still warm. The toast is made ever so luxurious with a slathering of nutty brown butter mayonnaise. These two simple components - crab and brown butter toast - act in concert, and a glass of cold rosé to wash them down makes for the most exhilarating, satisfying spring supper imaginable.

Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton

Categories     brunch, dinner, easy, lunch, quick, finger foods, sandwiches, seafood, appetizer, main course, side dish

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
1 whole egg plus 1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Kosher salt
1/2 cup grapeseed oil
12 ounces crab meat
4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons finely minced chives
1 teaspoon crème fraîche, sour cream, heavy cream or half-and-half
4 to 6 slices pane Francese, black pumpernickel or other rustic bread, toasted on both sides

Steps:

  • In a small sauce pot, brown the butter over medium heat, swirling the pot, until the butter is caramel-colored and has a nutty fragrance, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, scraping up all the milk solids from the bottom and sides of the pot while the butter is still hot, and let cool to room temperature.
  • Place the egg and egg yolk, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, a healthy pinch of salt and 1 tablespoon cold water in the bowl of a food processor. With the processor running, slowly drizzle in the grapeseed oil. Once all the oil has been added, the mayonnaise should be loose yet emulsified. While the processor is still running, slowly drizzle in the brown butter and any toasted milk solids. Season to taste with salt and set aside.
  • For the crab salad, gently and quickly mix crab meat, olive oil, chives, crème fraîche and remaining 1 teaspoon lemon juice together in a bowl. Season to taste with salt.
  • Schmear each piece of toasted bread with the brown butter mayonnaise evenly - as we like to say, "wall to wall." Divide the crab mixture among the slices, piling it evenly on top.

LUMP CRAB MEAT TOSTADAS



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Crisp tortillas are layered with slices of creamy avocado and topped with a zesty crab salad to make the perfect appetizer or light meal.

Provided by Annacia

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 20m

Yield 4-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 lb lump crabmeat
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 tablespoons finely chopped red onions
1 jalapeno, stemmed and finely chopped
3 plum tomatoes, cored, seeded, and chopped
1/4 cup lightly packed cilantro leaf, chopped
2 limes, finely grated zest and juice
salt and black pepper
8 flat tostadas (packaged or homemade fried or baked to crisp)
1 avocado, pitted and thinly sliced
fresh cilantro stem
2 limes, quartered

Steps:

  • PREPARE:.
  • Put the crabmeat in a bowl.
  • Pick through it with your fingers to remove any cartilage.
  • COMBINE:.
  • Add the oil, mayonnaise, onion, jalapeño, tomatoes, cilantro, and lime zest and juice to the crabmeat.
  • Using a rubber spatula or spoon, gently fold (or toss) all ingredients until well blended.
  • Season well with salt and pepper.
  • ASSEMBLE:.
  • Top each tostada shell with a few slices of avocado, place a generous serving of the crabmeat mixture over it, and garnish with a sprig of cilantro. Serve each with a lime wedge.
  • OPTION:.
  • Another more casual option is to put the crabmeat mixture in a bowl or platter and serve the tortillas alongside, allowing your guests to make their own tostadas. In this case, dice the avocado and fold it into the crabmeat mixture.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 296.2, Fat 14.8, SaturatedFat 2.1, Cholesterol 88, Sodium 488.5, Carbohydrate 16.9, Fiber 6, Sugar 3.6, Protein 27.4

CRAB & AVOCADO TOSTADAS



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Use a corn tortilla as a base then top with storecupboard crabmeat, guacamole-style Mexican dip and salad

Provided by Lucy Netherton

Categories     Dinner, Main course

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 small red onion , sliced into thin rings
juice 2 limes , plus wedges to serve
pinch of caster sugar
170g can white crabmeat in brine, drained
2 spring onions , finely sliced
1 red chilli , deseeded and chopped
1 really ripe avocado , peeled, stoned and chopped
1 small garlic clove , crushed
2 corn tortillas
handful mixed salad leaves

Steps:

  • Put the onion in a bowl and cover with half the lime juice and a good pinch each of sugar and salt. Leave to soften while you get everything else ready.
  • Mix together the crabmeat, spring onions and half the chilli. Season with black pepper and set aside. Mash the avocado with the remaining lime juice, garlic and some seasoning. You can leave it quite chunky or mash it until smooth. Stir in the rest of the chilli.
  • Bend each tortilla in half and toast in a toaster for 1 min. Put on 2 plates and top with the salad leaves, then mashed avocado. Finish with the crabmeat and drained pickled onion. Serve with lime wedges for squeezing over.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 394 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 27 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 5 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 22 grams protein, Sodium 1.1 milligram of sodium

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