Best Orange Crab Salad Recipes

ASPARAGUS, CRAB, AND ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook asparagus in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Cut top 6 inches from asparagus. Set 6-inch asparagus tips aside. Slice remaining asparagus into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Transfer slices to large bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup chives.
• Cut peel and white pith from oranges. Working over bowl, cut between membranes to release segments. Drain off juices. Transfer segments to bowl with asparagus slices and chives. Gently mix in crabmeat. Season salad to taste with salt and pepper.
• Whisk 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice, sugar, vinegar, and orange peel in medium bowl until sugar dissolves. Whisk in mustard. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. Divide asparagus stalks among 6 plates. Mound salad in center of plates. Pour dressing over each salad. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons chives.

ORANGE CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Divide the salad greens among four salad plates. Sprinkle with the chow mein noodles. Top each with about 3/4 cup crab mixture. , In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Serve with crab salad.

DUNGENESS CRAB SALAD WITH SWEET PEA TENDRILS AND ORANGE DRESSING

Steps:

• To make the orange dressing: Heat the grapeseed oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add red onion and garlic and allow to sweat for about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low and stir in tomatoes, orange and chives and cook for an additional 2 minutes over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in fresh mint leaves. Set aside until needed.
• For the crab salad: Combine hoisin sauce, soy sauce and mayonnaise in a medium mixing bowl. Gently fold in crabmeat. Using a 2 or 3-inch circle cutter, form crabmeat into rounds. Top with orange dressing and 2 tablespoons pea tendrils. Serve chilled.

DUNGENESS CRAB ASPARAGUS SALAD WITH ORANGE VINAGRE

Steps:

• 1. Snap off and discard tough ends of asparagus. Cook asparagus in boiling water to cover 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain.
• 2. Combine orange rind and next 5 ingredients in a medium bowl. Drizzle about half of dressing over asparagus, and toss well. Arrange asparagus in center of each of 4 plates.
• 3. Add crabmeat and green onion to remaining dressing, and toss well. Spoon crabmeat mixture evenly on top of asparagus.

CRAB SALAD WITH ORANGE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Vinaigrette:.
• Place a medium sauce pot over medium-high heat. Add the orange uice and reduce by half.
• Remove from heat and place in refrigerator to cool.
• Once the orange juice reduction is cool, place in a medium mixing bowl with champagne vinegar, olive oil, basil, thyme, and garlic.
• Whisk together and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Set aside.
• Salad:.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine the spinach, toasted walnuts and red onion.
• Place the crab meat in the center of the spinach salad.
• Drizzle the vinaigrette around and lightly over the salad and serve.

CRAB SALAD WITH ORANGE AND OREGANO ON GRILLED SOURDOUGH

Steps:

• Preheat a stovetop grill pan over medium high heat.
• In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, vinegar, oregano and parsley. Whisk in evoo in a slow stream. Season dressing with salt and pepper.
• Transfer tubs of crab to a bowl and run fingers through the meat to check for pieces of shells. Cut the ends off 2 navel oranges. Stand oranges upright and remove peels in strips working around each orange with a sharp small knife. Thinly slice the orange, then coarsely chop. Add chopped oranges and red onion to the bowl of crab meat. Drizzle the dressing over the crab mixture and toss to evenly coat. Cover and chill salad until ready to serve.
• Lightly brush the bread slices with oil and grill, turning once, until lightly toasted.
• To serve, mound the chilled crab salad over the grilled bread and enjoy with a Frozen Peach Champagne Cocktail.

MANDARIN ORANGE CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Simply line 4 cups or small serving bowls with lettuce.
• Arrange crabmeat and orange sections in cups and set aside.
• Mix the yogurt and cocktail sauce together and in a small mixing bowl and drizzle this dressing on top of the crab and orange.
• Serve chilled.

LOUISIANA BLUE CRAB AND BLOOD-ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Gently pick through the crabmeat to remove any bits of shell. In a medium bowl, mix together the crab, mayonnaise, jalapeño, lime and blood-orange juices and cayenne. Season with salt to taste. Set aside.
• Peel the kohlrabi and finely julienne using a mandoline or knife. Place in a medium bowl. Cut off the ends of the blood oranges. Slice off the peel, working as close to the flesh as possible, making sure to remove all of the white pith. Hold the orange over a small bowl to catch the juice. Using a small paring knife to slice in between the membranes, gently lift out each section and add to the kohlrabi as you work your way around the fruit. Squeeze any remaining juice into the small bowl. Add the basil to the kohlrabi and orange sections. Whisk the oil into the blood-orange juice, pour over the kohlrabi and blood-orange salad and toss to combine. Season with salt, to taste.
• Divide the crabmeat among 4 salad plates and top with the salad.