These crab recipes include everything from easy appetizers and creamy dips to hearty soups, fresh salads and special-occasion dinners. Whether you want a classic crab cake recipe, a crowd-pleasing crab dip, or an impressive main dish, this roundup helps you find the best recipe for the moment.
Appetizer Crab Recipes
An often elegant ingredient, adding crab meat to these party favorite will make you the star of any party you host!
Crab Cake Egg Rolls
Creamy jumbo lump crab meat and cheese stuffed in a crunchy egg roll wrapper, gently fried and topped with spicy Old Bay aioli.
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Stuffed Mushrooms with Crab
With a delicious creamy crab filling, these Crab Stuffed Mushrooms are the BEST! Great for dinner parties, or even a light lunch or dinner!
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Crab Rangoon Dip
This Crab Rangoon Dip is creamy, cheesy and packs all the flavor of the classic crab rangoon. It's quick & easy to make and takes only 30 minutes to make!
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Crab Bruschetta Recipe
Crab Bruschetta is a mound of fresh tomatoes, garlic basil and buttery crab meat piled high on crispy toast. This is one of the best appetizers out there!
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Homemade Crab Rangoon Recipe
Crispy wontons stuffed with a cream cheese, avocado and lump crab meat filling. Fry, air fry or bake and serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
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Maryland Crab Dip
Hot Crab Dip with cream cheese is a is a Maryland classic! Blended with cheese, lump crab meat and old bay, this crab dip served hot is the best party appetizer recipe!
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There is nothing more comforting than a bowl of warm soup when it’s cold out- especially when crab meat is involved.
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Easy, homemade butternut squash made with apple and Greek yogurt. Make ahead and freezer friendly- perfect for a cozy winter night.
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Spicy Crab and Sausage Soup
Spicy Crab and Sausage Soup is a quick, easy and flavorful appetizer or dinner recipes. Full of vegetables, sausage and crab, it is soul warming and super easy.
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Cool, refreshing and full of seafood flavor, these salad recipes will be on repeat all spring and summer long.
Italian Seafood Salad
Made with shrimp, calamari and lump blue crab meat, this Italian Seafood Salad is one of the easiest but most delicious seafood salad recipes you’ll ever make. Perfect as an appetizer or light meal!
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Watermelon Crab Salad Recipe
Watermelon Crab Salad is a refreshing salad with a little bit of heat.
Crab Avocado Salad Recipe
Crab Avocado Salad is a simple and healthy salad. Buttery lump crab with creamy avocado, red onion, jalapeno and bell peppers topped with Miso Dressing.
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Don’t want crab as the main dish? You can still enjoy its deliciousness by adding it to your sides!
Crab Smashed Potatoes
Crispy smashed potatoes slathered in butter, topped with creamy crab, given another butter bath before being topped with bacon and baked.
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Crabby Totchos
Crabby Totchos are crispy fried tater tots smothered in hot crab dip and topped with melty cheddar cheese. The perfect party appetizer!
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The real stars of the show- the main course! Let’s get crabby!
Snow Crab Legs Recipe
Learn how to cook snow crab legs with easy steaming, boiling and grilling methods. Sweet, tender crab served with restaurant flavor.
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Creamy Chili Crab Pasta
This Creamy Chili Crab Pasta is anything but an average pasta dish. It’s creamy, spicy, garlicky, and has just the right amount of silky sauce!
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Crab Cakes Hollandaise
Crab Cakes Hollandaise is a decadently delicious dish that is perfect as an entree or as an appetizer. It is certain to wow your guests.
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Crab Imperial
Baked Crab Imperial is a creamy and buttery masterpiece made with lump crab meat, fresh lemon and topped with bread crumbs.
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Open Face Crab Melt
This Crab Melt will become your favorite open faced sandwich recipe! Deliciously cheesy and easy to make!
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Oscar Style Steak (Filet Oscar)
Fork tender beef tenderloin filets topped with crab oscar and buttery sauce! Ready in under 30 minutes and the perfect romantic dinner idea.
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Crab Stuffed Artichoke Hearts
Crab Dip Stuffed Artichoke Hearts takes traditional hot crab dip and bakes in an artichoke heart, topping it with crunchy panko and Sriracha Aioli.
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Crab Stuffed Beef Tenderloin
Crab Stuffed Beef Tenderloin takes a tenderloin and fills the center with buttered crab and caramelized onions, then baked to perfection with a black pepper bark.
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Maryland Crab Cake Recipe
These Maryland crab cakes are made with jumbo lump crab meat, Old Bay, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and very little filler for an authentic homemade crab cake recipe that lets the crab shine.
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Stuffed Lobster Tail
Crab Stuffed Lobster Tails is the ideal dinner for a special occasion. You won’t beleive how easy they are to make!
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Creamy Seafood Stuffed Shells Recipe
Pasta shells stuffed with a mixed seafood filling and topped with a sherry spiked cream sauce. Perfect for a fancy dinner, the holidays or just a random weeknight.
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Creamy Shrimp Scampi Bread Bowl
Creamy Shrimp Scampi Bread Bowl can be an easy appetizer or entree, dipping bread in the rich scampi sauce with succulent shrimp.
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Instant Pot Crab Legs
If you have seafood lovers in your family that love Crab legs, you can now easily satisfy their cravings by cooking crab legs at home in the Instant Pot. So easy and so delicious!
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Bacon Crab Roll
Easy Bacon Crab Roll recipe using Dungeness Crab and a delicious Sriracha Aioli sauce is a family favorite. Simple to make dinner recipe everyone loves.
See The Recipe! These Crab Recipes have everything from soups to salads, crab stuffed beef and even side dishes with crab. So whether you want it as an appetizer, dinner recipe or side, you’ll find what you’re looking for here.
Tips for Cooking with Crab Meat
While none of these crab recipes are particularly complicated, I do have a few tips and tricks for working with crab meat. It can be a little temperamental, but with these tips up your sleeve, your recipes will turn out perfectly every time.
- Avoid overmixing lump crab – If you are using jumbo lump or lump crab meat, handle it as little as possible. Large pieces of crab are delicate, and too much stirring or mixing will break them apart and take away the texture that makes them special.
- Check for shells – Even high-quality crab meat can occasionally contain bits of shell. It is always worth giving the crab a quick look-over with your fingers before adding it to a recipe.
- Drain well if using canned crab – Some crab meat, especially canned or refrigerated pasteurized crab, can hold extra liquid. For dips, salads, or fillings, gently draining the crab first helps keep the texture thicker and more balanced. You do not want to squeeze the crab aggressively, but you do want to avoid adding unnecessary liquid.
- Is crab the star or part of the filling? – Crab has a naturally sweet, delicate flavor, and one of the most common mistakes is overwhelming it with too many strong ingredients. Bold seasonings can work in some recipes, but in many cases, the best crab dishes are the ones that let the crab still taste like crab.
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