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Crab Salad with Pimento Olives
This super yummy make ahead Valentines day dinner crab salad with pimento olives is not only impressive but delicious! The best part is it tastes even better the next day so you can put this together the night before a dinner party or event and save yourself some time the day of! Substitute with shrimp if crab is not your thing.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 8- oz Packs of Imitation Crab Meat Note: If you prefer shrimp, 1-1.5 Lb of peeled Shrimp can be substituted for the Crab
- ½ Small Sweet Onion
- 1 lb of Pimento Stuffed Green Olives preferably from a supermarket olive bar and not jarred
- ½ Cup Mayonnaise
- ½ Cup White Vinegar
- 2-3 Celery stalks finely chopped
- Seasoning: 1 tsp Salt and ½ Tsp Pepper more or less to suit your taste
Instructions
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Breakup the crab meat by hand into smaller chucks (helps absorb the dressing). (If using raw shrimp instead of crab, put in boiling water for 2-3 minutes until they turn pink, then cut lengthwise into medium chunks)
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Dice the Onion and Slice the Olives lengthwise into circles and add to the crab
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Dressing: Mix the Mayonnaise and Vinegar and Season with Salt and Pepper to taste
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Add dressing (add in half, mix, then add more to taste)
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Refrigerate overnight mixing a few times to distribute the dressing (Note: this dish should sit for at least 12-15 hours to allow for ingredients to marinate and reduce the intensity of the onions)