Crab

37 Crab Recipes: Crab Cakes, Crab Toast, Chili Crab, and More

Plus crab pasta, roast crab, potted crab, and crab with so many dipping sauces.
37 Crab Recipes Crab Cakes Crab Toast Chili Crab and More
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If you're looking for crab recipes, you probably already know that you can serve Old Bay or J.O.-encrusted whole crabs on a newspaper-covered table. Or Dungeness with a bowl of melted butter for dipping. You probably have a favorite crab cake recipe. But there are so many delicious ways to eat crab, including piled on crab toasts, stuffed into crab rolls, stirred into cioppino, folded into salads, or roasted with fennel. Below you'll find a few of our very best crab recipes.

  • Crab rolls on plates with old bay one of our best crab recipes for summer.
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    Brown-Butter Crab Roll

    Lobster rolls may get all the glory, but crab rolls are way easier to pull off at home—and, dare we say it, maybe even more delicious. Nutty brown butter makes this take on the classic crab recipe even more special.

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    Gluten-Free Crab Cakes With Snap Pea Salad

    A mixture of almond meal and cornmeal replaces traditional breadcrumbs in these scallion- and mint-packed crab cakes. The raw snap pea salad is crunchy and refreshing—and it’s the perfect way to complete the meal.

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    Crab Louie Salad Lettuce Cups

    Serve these lettuce cups as a finger-food starter to a special meal, or make this retro classic your whole dinner.

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    Eggplant Omelet (Tortang Talong)

    Sometimes ground pork or beef is added to the egg in this battered eggplant cutlet, but a little crabmeat makes it even better.

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    Soft-Shelled Crabs Meunière

    If you can get soft shells, this crispy preparation is the way to go. The dredged and sautéed crabs get a drizzle of brown butter, lemon, and parsley.

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  • Jeffrey Schad
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    Potted Crab

    The delicate sweetness of Alaskan king crab is front and center in this easy-to-make appetizer. Serve with toasts or sliced baguette.

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  • Gail Albert Halaban
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    Cioppino-Style Roasted Crab

    You don't need a whole seafood assortment to make this cioppino-inspired supper. You'll make a tomato-y base with clam juice and crushed red pepper, then nestle in the crab to roast. Don't forget thesourdoughfor dipping.

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  • Marcus Nilsson
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    Linguine with Crab, Lemon, Chile, and Mint

    To make this pasta really sing, use the freshest, best-quality crab available. You can feel free to adjust the heat from the chiles and the amount of lemon juice to your liking.

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  • Lisa Hubbard
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    Cioppino

    This version of cioppino has a good dose of fennel and garlic, plus a mix of seafood including cod, mussels, squid, and crab (or shrimp).

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  • Jim Bastardo
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    Blue Claw Crab Boil With 3 Sauces

    You can use any kind of crab, or even dip lump crabmeat in the sauces.

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    Blue Crab Beignets

    These fresh crab fritters from La Petite Grocery in New Orleans are lightly battered in a mix of flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and amber lager.

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    Tomato and Crab Soup

    This soup is equally delicious served hot or chilled.

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    Creole Crab Burgers

    We wouldn't have a complete list of best crab recipes without at least one sandwich. Here, tender lumps of crab are seasoned (in the manner of traditional Louisiana deviled crabs) and lightly bound with egg and bread crumbs, then panfried until the cakes have a golden crust. A thin layer of tangy tartar sauce and crisp lettuce is all the accompaniment they need.

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