Best Wasabi Lime Crab Salad In Cucumber Cups Recipes

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CUCUMBER CRAB BOATS



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Cool, creamy and crunchy, this simple appetizer has it all! To make it even easier, blitz the veggies in a food processor instead of finely dicing them by hand.

Provided by Kardea Brown

Categories     appetizer

Time 30m

Yield 24 crab boats

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 medium-size English cucumbers
Kosher salt
One 8-ounce block cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup mayonnaise, at room temperature (no more than 2 hours)
1 stalk celery, finely diced (1/2 cup)
1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced (3/4 cup)
1/2 yellow bell pepper, finely diced (3/4 cup)
1/2 pound lump crabmeat, picked through to remove any shells
1 1/2 teaspoons seafood seasoning (I like Old Bay)
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill, plus more for garnish

Steps:

  • Cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise. Use a spoon to scrape out the seeds. Cut each cucumber half crosswise into 4 pieces and place on a paper towel-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt. Let stand while making the filling.
  • Beat the cream cheese and mayonnaise in a medium bowl until smooth. Fold in the celery, bell peppers, crabmeat, seafood seasoning, lemon zest, lemon juice and chopped dill.
  • Pat the cucumbers dry (to remove the liquid and salt). Spoon the crab salad into the hollowed cucumbers. Garnish with more dill. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

CUCUMBER CUPS FILLED WITH CRAB APPETIZER



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Make and share this Cucumber Cups Filled With Crab Appetizer recipe from Food.com.

Provided by kiwidutch

Categories     Crab

Time 30m

Yield 10 Cups

Number Of Ingredients 10

English cucumber, unpeeled
fresh herb (to garnish)
1/4 cup fresh crab
1 teaspoon fresh lime zest
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon green onion, sliced fine
1/4 cup celery, diced fine
1 tablespoon olive oil
kosher salt
cracked black pepper

Steps:

  • Mix all the ingredients together, taste for seasoning; set aside. This can be covered and refrigerated for 1 day.
  • Cut the unpeeled cucumber into 1-1/2" thick slices; with the cucumber slice still laying on it's side, make a diagonal cut, now you have two diagonal cut pieces of cucumber.
  • Use a melon baller to make a small round hole in the center of the cucumber where the seeds are to make a cup; do not cut completely through to the other side.
  • Lightly salt each cucumber cup; place on a paper towel to drain. They can be refrigerated at this point and finished later.
  • When ready to serve remove the cucumber cups from the refrigerator and place a small amount of the crab mixture in the center of each round hole in the cucumber and serve; garnish with fresh herbs.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 12.6, Fat 1.4, SaturatedFat 0.2, Sodium 2.1, Carbohydrate 0.2, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.1

CRAB LOUIS CUCUMBER CUPS



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I saw this just recently in Cuisine at Home magazine. Two of my favorite flavors in the world, crab salad and cucumbers! Very tasty and very pretty, and a real company pleaser. I hid 3 away on a lovely dish while I charged up my camera battery, but someone found them. :( Be sure to use the English cucumbers because of their seedless, uniform shape and tender skin. These would also be very good with shrimp. I made them up about 1 hour ahead, tented them with toothpicks and plastic in the fridge, then served them on lettuce leaves. YUM!

Provided by Chef PotPie

Categories     Crab

Time 30m

Yield 24-36 appetizers, 12-18 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 -3 English cucumbers
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 teaspoons chili-garlic sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
12 ounces crabmeat
1/2 cup yellow bell pepper, finely diced
1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
2 teaspoons lemon zest, minced
salt and pepper, to taste
grape tomatoes, slices (for garnish)
fine strips lemon zest (for garnish)

Steps:

  • Peel cucumbers lengthwise to create alternate stripes.
  • Trim ends, then cut crosswise into 3/4" pieces.
  • With melon baller, scoop flesh from centers to form a cups.
  • Combine mayonnaise, cream cheese, ketchup, chili garlic sauce, and Worcestershire in a bowl.
  • Fold in crab, bell pepper, chives, and 2 teaspoons minced lemon zest; season with salt and pepper.
  • Fill cups to slightly overflowing with crab mixture.
  • Garnish each with a tomato slice and a few strands of lemon zest.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 71.9, Fat 3.5, SaturatedFat 1.2, Cholesterol 18.5, Sodium 320.9, Carbohydrate 4.4, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 2, Protein 6

WASABI LIME CRAB SALAD IN CUCUMBER CUPS



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Categories     Citrus     Shellfish     Vegetable     No-Cook     Cocktail Party     Mayonnaise     Wasabi     Crab     Cucumber     Radish     Summer     Gourmet

Yield Makes about 60 hors d'oeuvres

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 seedless cucumbers (usually plastic-wrapped; 3 1/2 pounds total), peeled
1/4 cup mayonnaise
4 teaspoons wasabi paste (Japanese horseradish paste)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
6 medium radishes
1 (3-ounce) container radish sprouts or baby pea shoots
1/2 pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
Special Equipment
a 1 1/2-inch fluted round cookie cutter; a melon-ball cutter (optional); a Japanese Benriner or other adjustable-blade slicer

Steps:

  • Prepare cucumber cups:
  • Cut cucumbers crosswise into generous 1/2-inch-thick slices. Cut a fluted round from each slice with cookie cutter, then scoop out some flesh from center of each round with melon-ball cutter or a small spoon, creating an indentation but leaving bottom intact.
  • Prepare filling:
  • Whisk together mayonnaise and wasabi, then whisk in lime juice and salt.
  • Cut radishes into very thin slices with slicer. Halve slices, then cut crosswise into very thin strips. Trim radish sprouts to 1-inch lengths, measuring from top of sprout, and discard remaining stems. (If using pea shoots, cut sections with leaves into 1-inch pieces.)
  • Stir together crab, wasabi mayonnaise, radish strips, and radish sprouts, then put a small spoonful of filling into each cucumber cup.

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