416 crab meat recipes

Patout's Cajun hot crab dip with sweated trinity vegetables, fresh crab meat, heavy cream, three peppers, and Tabasco. Bayou-style appetizer for parties and game day.

Blue crab cakes bound with ground water crackers and sauteed golden in butter, served with a homemade cayenne mayonnaise made with roasted red pepper, anchovies, and capers.

Seafood bouillabaisse with white fish, shrimp, oysters, and crab in a saffron-spiked tomato-wine broth. Slow-simmered base, quick-added seafood, finished in under two hours.

Alaskan-inspired bouillabaisse loaded with halibut, clams in the shell, shrimp, and crab in a garlicky tomato-wine broth seasoned with thyme, marjoram, and hot sauce.

Crispy fried crab wontons with spinach and cream cheese, served with a sweet-spicy blackberry Szechuan dipping sauce. A stunning fusion appetizer that bridges East and West.

Oyster pie Picayune style with fresh oysters, crab meat, mushrooms, bacon, and shallots in a creamy sauce baked in a double-crust pie. A classic New Orleans Creole seafood pie.

Crispy Asian-style crab cakes with lemongrass and cilantro, served with tropical fruit chutney for elegant seafood appetizers with Thai-inspired flavors.

Chinese stir-fried assorted vegetables in a glossy clear sauce with carved carrots, turnips, mushrooms, baby corn, and optional crab. A showpiece side dish from the wok.

Rustic seafood soup simmered in a tomato, white wine, and herb broth with crab, shrimp, and scallops. Low-fat, high-protein, and ready in about 30 minutes.

Shrimp, scallops, and crab on a pesto-tomato base with smoked mozzarella, anchovies, kalamata olives, and capers. A Mediterranean seafood pizza baked on a stone in 20 minutes.

Cajun seafood gumbo with shrimp, lump crab, ham, and okra built on a dark cocoa-colored roux. Finished with file powder for authentic Louisiana flavor and body.

This recipe uses ready-made taco shells, but soft tortillas are good too.

A succulent seafood dish that is sure to satisfy one's hunger and bring families together.

Fried eggplant rounds with Parmesan crust topped with a creamy crab and shrimp sauce flavored with liquid crab boil, cream cheese, and Tabasco. A Cajun-style showstopper.

Sesame crab hash cakes: crab and red potato bound with egg, brightened with lime and cilantro, broiled golden, served over black bean sauce. A lighter, Asian-leaning take on the crab cake.

Louisiana seafood gumbo loaded with shrimp, crab, and oysters in a dark roux broth. Okra and the holy trinity thicken this Cajun classic, finished with file powder and ladled over rice.