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This Grilled King Crab Salad with Creamy Avocado is delicious at home or at a picnic, and is a light, refreshing, and healthy seafood salad!
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King Crab Recipe: Crab Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

This king crab salad is a delicious seafood salad served with grilled crab, creamy avocado dressing, boiled eggs, and mixed greens.
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 249kcal
Author: Sarah Trenalone

Ingredients

Salad:

  • 1 pound King Crab Legs See Recipe Notes
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 ounces fresh spinach
  • 1 Romaine heart, roughly chopped
  • 4 boiled eggs (or more if desired), halved
  • 1 large tomato, diced (or more if desired)
  • 2 limes, quartered

Creamy Avocado Dressing:

  • 1 avocado
  • ½ cup plain yogurt
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 lime, juiced

Instructions

Grilling Crab:

  • Preheat grill to medium-high heat.  Brush legs with olive oil to prevent them from sticking to the grill.  Place crab legs on grill in a single layer, and grill 4-5 minutes total for thawed crab legs or 10-11 minutes total for frozen legs.  Flip legs about halfway through grill time.

Removing Crab Meat:

  • Use a crab cracker to remove crab meat from shells, or use a chef’s knife and kitchen shears.  (Check the Recipe Notes for a tutorial link.)

Creamy Avocado Dressing:

  • Add avocado, yogurt, lime juice, and salt to a blender basin.  Blend until creamy.  (This dressing is thick, allowing it to work as both a dressing and a sauce to dip the crab into.  If you prefer a thinner dressing, add more lime juice.)

Assemble the Salad:

  • Toss together the romaine hearts and spinach.  Use the lettuce as a base for the salad, and then add the tomatoes, boiled eggs, and crab.  Serve with limes and the avocado dressing.

Notes

Serves 4 as a main course or 6-8 as a side dish.
Crab is typically sold either pre-cooked or alive.  This recipe assumes that you are using pre-cooked King crab legs.
Need more help prepping the crab? Learn more here: How to Steam + Crack Crab Legs
No grill?  Steamed king crab legs work perfectly in this recipe.
Nutrition information does not include the olive oil, since it is not consumed.

Nutrition

Calories: 249kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 180mg | Sodium: 417mg | Potassium: 762mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 5748IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 138mg | Iron: 3mg
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