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Classic Crab Louie

February 23, 2016 By Joe 1 Comment

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Crab Louie salad with vegetables, hard-cooked eggs, and a spicy mayo chili dressing make for a great dinner.

Salad with hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, lettuce, and crab meat.

Crab Louie!  Where have you been all of my life?  I’ve got to admit, I only recall having this one other time and that is when Mary Jo made it for a Purple Foot Club wine gathering potluck.  It’s such an easy and satisfying salad to put together.  

A couple of weeks ago, I made a crab dip, and we still had a pound of crab meat to use, so Mary Jo remembered her Crab Louie recipe.  We had all the ingredients, except for the asparagus.  Springtime is the time for asparagus and Crab Louie is a perfect way to get your springtime eating started!  Mary Jo found Mexican grown asparagus for $3.00 a pound, and it was delicious.

The salad is generally made with iceberg lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, and asparagus.  And crab meat!  The Louie dressing is mayonnaise and chili sauce, mixed with other tasty ingredients.  Kind of a really kicked up Thousand Island dressing.  I made the dressing according to the recipe that Mary Jo had adapted from an old foodnetwork.com recipe.

Crab meat salad with boiled eggs, and asparagus.

We had this for the main course, but it would be super as a smaller portioned starter dish.

Give this a try.  I think you’ll like it.

And here are some more tasty recipes to try:

  • How to Make Crab Cakes
  • Mini Crab Cake Appetizer
  • Pesto Salmon with Asparagus in Foil
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Classic Crab Louie. Prepare this easy recipe as an appetizer or as a meal. Healthy and delicious! | joeshealthymeals.com

Classic Crab Louie

Easy to assemble salad for an appetizer or a full meal.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: classic crab Louie, crab Louie
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 198kcal
Author: Joe Boyle

Ingredients

Crab Louie Dressing

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup Heinz chili sauce
  • 1/4 cup cream
  • 2 tbsp minced green onion
  • 2 tbsp minced parsley
  • 2 tbsp minced bell pepper , red or yellow
  • 1 tbsp prepared horseradish
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp sweet pickle relish
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Salad

  • lettuce , iceberg or romaine
  • sliced tomatoes
  • sliced hard boiled eggs
  • blanched asparagus spears
  • crab meat
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Instructions

Dressing

  • Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl, refrigerate

Salad

  • Assemble ingredients on a large plate to self-serve or assemble individual plates.
  • Use about 1 to 2 ounces crab meat as a starter and 3 or 4 ounces as a main dish
  • Blanch asparagus in boiling water 2 to 3 minutes, then place in ice water to stop the cooking. (I cooked mine for 3 minutes and the asparagus was quite soft).
  • Serve cold with dressing on the side

Notes

  1. Nutritional information is based on 10 servings per dressing recipe, (2 to 2 1/2 tbsp). Crabmeat is 71 calories per ounce. One hard-boiled egg is 78 calories.

Nutrition

Calories: 198kcal

nutrition label, Classic Crab Louie

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  1. MaryJo

    February 23, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    5 stars
    I love this salad and the dressing goes well on shrimp and all kinds of vegetables.

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