When I was a child, my mom used to buy seafood salad from the deli at our grocery store. I remember it being expensive, and definitely not something we could get every day (I guess that’s why mom only bought it when we did our monthly grocery trip!) The seafood salad was always a treat that never lasted a day in our house. My mom would dish it out and serve it with crackers. It was just so creamy and full of shrimp, and chunks of imitation crab. One day we bought some from our usual deli, and to our surprise the changed the darn recipe! It was GROSS. The new recipe had some type of vinegar that was too blunt. It was also full of course black pepper. We never understood why they would change such a great recipe, and replace it with YUCK. Needless to say, we never bought any seafood salad from that store, or any store again, It just wasn’t the same.
These days I like to make my own seafood salad. I make my salad without any over powering seasonings, and lots of imitation crab and shrimp meat. I also like to add crisp celery for a little crunch, and of course taste. This seafood salad recipe is as simple as ever, and it’s also budget friendly. I like serving this salad at parties along with vegetable sticks, cheese, and crackers!
You can also use this recipe along with 16 ounces of elbow macaroni or shells to make a seafood pasta salad! Give it a try.
Creamy Seafood Salad
Ingredients
- 1 lb imitation crab flakes
- 1/2 lb cooked shrimp meat
- 1/4 cup black olives diced
- 1/2 cup celery diced
- 1/4 cup green onions
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp cajun seasoning
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Fold and stir in the ingredients until everything is well incorporated.
- Transfer the salad into a serving bowl.
- Serve with Crackers, and/or vegetable wedges/sticks!
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I’m glad that you like it! XOXO
Your food is GREAT and so are you when it comes to cooking….I have made your peach cobbler on more than one occasion and people KILL IT and I’m no chef! Thanks for putting in the time to share these recipes…The ladies love a man who cooks lol, thanks to you.
me too. I just saving each one to my desktop.
Im on iheartrecipes.com but cant find the actual recipe for the creamy seafood salad. P.S. Ive used your recipe for hushpuppies and my son LOVED them. Ive never had them before, but they were so good
So glad that he liked the hush puppies! I fixed the recipe for the creamy seafood salad. It is now available!
Thank you Rosie! Yeah, my son is obsessed with the hushpuppies lol