Crab Louie Salad Recipe



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Crab Louie Salad








When we lived in Oregon we had the most fun taking our boat and camper to the coast and crab at Nehalem Bay, 
we usually always got our limit of crab or at least enough for a big feed.  
We would take the freshly caught Dungeness crab back to our campsite, 
boil the crab in a pot of sea water then crack them open; 
one crab would yield approximately a 1/4 cup.  
I always brought my bread machine along in our RV to make fresh French bread.  Two of our grandsons Rick and Rolly Bucholz could each eat a whole loaf slathered with lots of melted butter!  
My daughter in law Laurie always made the most wonderful 
Thousand Island dressing...  
We had all kinds of chopped fresh vegetables for everyone to build a Crab Louie salad of their choice.  We'd open a chilled bottle of Chardonnay and enjoy a delicious meal 

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Crab Louie Salad
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Lettuce, sliced 1/4-inch thick
Fresh Dungeness crabmeat
Cucumber, peeled, seeded, diced finely
Tomatoes, seeded, diced finely
Green onion, sliced
Celery, diced finely
paprika
Fresh chives for garnish

Layer in stemmed glasses lettuce, crabmeat, cucumber, tomatoes, green onion and celery.  Top with Thousand island dressing, dust with paprika, add chives and serve as a salad course for an elegant dinner party or serve in a large bowl for a luncheon with wedges of hard-boiled eggs, julienne green bell peppers, sliced black olives and fresh French bread.


Thousand Island Dressing
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup Chili Sauce
1/4 cup green pepper, chopped finely
2 tablespoons green onion, sliced
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks
Salt and pepper, to taste

Mix first 5 ingredients together, fold in whipped cream.  Cover and chill for flavors to develop.  Serve over a Crab Louie salad.

Wine Recommendation: Chardonnay; Fume Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc


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