We also like using the whole-grain “Food Should Taste Good” chips that you can get at Costco. We like serving it with club crackers or Ritz crackers. If you are making it as a dip you will want to chop the crab up into smaller pieces (so it can fit on a cracker). You can serve Neptune salad tossed with spiral pasta or it can be served on a bed of lettuce. If you want to make a more complex crab salad (or “Neptune Salad”), make the recipe below and then add any or all of the following: It really depends on what region of the country you are in. Others may say that any kind of crab salad qualifies as “Neptune salad”. Some may argue that Neptune salad is more complex than a simple crab salad and more of a “seafood salad”. Simply put, Neptune salad is another term for “crab salad”. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. This crab salad recipe can also be used as a dip on crackers, along with pasta in a pasta salad, or as a delicious sandwich filling. You can easily dress this recipe up or down depending on what you are serving. When serving plain, you can serve on lettuce leaves or individual glass dishes (Martini glasses are really pretty if you want to be fancy with it). Everyone wanted to know the secret to why it was so good, and really, there was no secret at all! It is the easiest, most simple crab salad recipe ever. As mentioned above, we would serve this is the restaurant I worked at in Hawaii and it was always a crowd favorite. If you feel like adding any extras, feel free. Not to say that the above mentioned add-ins are bad, they just alter the taste too much in my opinion. Some people like to add all sorts of fancy stuff to their crab salad (onions, dill, chopped cucumber, cumin, etc.) but, I like my crab salad SUPER simple.

Imitation crab meat is often found in California rolls or simply eaten on its own as a snack. It is more commonly found than actual crab meat and is MUCH cheaper. Most crab salad is made from imitation crab meat (aka “krab meat” or “surimi”). Ironically, most crab salad (including this recipe) isn’t made from actual crab. I have had it all three ways and I honestly can’t pick a favorite. You can either have it plain, as a crab dip, as crab macaroni salad, or as a crab salad sandwich. This is how we would make crab salad at the restaurant I worked at in Hawaii and it was always a favorite! I love making this crab salad as a quick snack or an easy lunch.

The big salad crab