Best Thai Crab Salad Recipes

Thai-Style Crab Salad in Papaya image

Yield Makes 4 light main-course servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/4 cup rice vinegar (not seasoned)
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons water
4 teaspoons Asian fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh serrano chile (about 1; including seeds)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
2 ripe small papayas, halved lengthwise and seeded
Accompaniment: 4 lime wedges

Steps:

Whisk together vinegar, sugar, water, fish sauce, and salt in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Add bell peppers, chile, cilantro, and crab and toss gently to combine.
Serve crab salad mounded in papaya halves.

Thai Crab Salad image

Provided by Baby Kato

Categories < 30 Mins

Time 30m

Yield 3-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 1/2 cups crabmeat, cleaned and coarsley chopped
4 green onions, chopped finely
1/3 cup cilantro, fresh, chopped
2 cups baby lettuce, iceberg or 2 cups romaine lettuce
1/3 cup cucumber, unpeeled, diced
salad dressing
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 inch ginger, peeled and grated
2 kaffir lime leaves, torn into peices
1 lime, fresh, juiced
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1 -2 teaspoon brown sugar (optional)

Steps:

On a nice platter arrange your lettuce and add the crabmeat, scallions, cucumber and cliantro.
Mix your ingredients for the salad dressing together and pour over the plated salad.
Serve immediately, great with fresh fruit and homemade bread.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 21, Fat 0.1, Sodium 165.8, Carbohydrate 5.4, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 1.3, Protein 1.1