Good cold salads are great; you can use them with you favorite grilling recipe, potlucks, graduation parties and sometimes work out great as a main dish. This Imitation Crab Pasta Salad Recipe is a very simple recipe and because it calls for Imitation Crab it is very inexpensive. I have made these for years and one of the great thinks about them is you can add anything you think you would like to the recipe. Depending on the mood I am in I may use tuna, crab or salad shrimp in place of the imitation crab and add some fresh frozen peas or shredded carrots. If you’re grilling out this Memorial Day weekend give this Imitation Crab Salad Recipe a try, its goes great with almost anything you cook on the grill. Enjoy
Imitation Crab Salad Recipe
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Author: Admin
Recipe type: Side Dish
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
- 1 pound elbow macaroni
- 2 medium tomatoes (chopped)
- 1 small sweet onion (finely diced)
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 stalks celery (thinly sliced)
- 1 pound imitation crab meat (flaked or minced)
- 1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing (or to taste)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Boil macaroni according to directions on package. Strain and rinse with cold water.
- Stir in the onion, celery, tomato, crab meat, mayo, then salt and pepper to taste.
- Fold in the shredded cheddar-serve cold (I like to make this a little ahead of time so it has a chance to cool in the fridge)
Use shell macaroni it is prettier and only half of the onion and a mild one it over powers the salad.
I use 1/2 mayo and 1/2 sour cream in pretty much the same receipe. It gives it and extra KICK, instead of just mayo.
I use Ranch dressing instead of mayo, shell roni fresh veggies of ur choice and imitation cracmeat yummmm!
I’m like Grace and use ranch dressing but with just a little bit of mayo. I also put chopped green or red bell peppers mainly for color but they taste good in it too
We add some horseradish, pickle relish, garlic and some cream cheese. Extra sharp cheddar is best also.