Our ingredient of the week is crab, a seafood that I love.
In my kitchen there's a drawer full of recipes that I've clipped from magazines and newspapers, and for Small Bites, I'm going to try to use as many of those as I can. I found this recipe for Crab Salsa in the drawer; it came from a Super Bowl party article in Food and Wine magazine. Really easy to make and great flavor. The recipe called for serving the salsa with potato chips but I used Guiltless Gourmet blue chips instead.
Other Small Bites cooks are listed here. Next week's ingredient is "sun-dried tomatoes."
Crab Salsa
(adapted from this recipe in Food and Wine magazine).
Ingredients
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 medium shallot, finely chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced
1 jalapeño, seeded and finely diced
Grated zest and juice of one-half of a large lime (or to taste)
1 garlic clove, very finely chopped
1/8 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 pound lump crabmeat, picked over
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup salted roasted almonds, coarsely chopped
Thick-cut potato chips, for serving
Directions
Combine first seven ingredients (cilantro through olive oil) in a bowl. Gently fold in the crab meat and season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Let the salsa come to room temperature, then fold in the almonds. Serve with potato chips.
(The salsa can be refrigerated for up to 4 hours. Fold in the almonds just before serving.)
Comments (5)
Hi Annie, your appetizer dish looks very delicious. I love salsa but have never tried one made with crab. I look forward to trying it and I like the idea of serving them with guiltless Gourmet Blue chips. I don't think I've see those before.
Great photo! Thanks so much for sharing this great recipe. Enjoy your day today!
Posted by Kathy (Trekcapri) | September 13, 2009 1:44 PM
Posted on September 13, 2009 13:44
This has a lot of my favorite ingredients. I will soon try this out. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by Eden | September 13, 2009 1:51 PM
Posted on September 13, 2009 13:51
Yummy. And so simple. I agree, the blue corn chips are perfect!
Posted by Deborah | September 13, 2009 1:55 PM
Posted on September 13, 2009 13:55
Best part of my day is browsing through the sunday small bites recipes. I'm getting so many good ideas. Love it.
Posted by Barb Cabot | September 13, 2009 2:22 PM
Posted on September 13, 2009 14:22
This crab salsa looks delish and so easy to make. It looks great with the blue corn tortilla chips. I think I’ll make it this coming weekend since I have all the ingredients including an extra container of crab I bought at Costco. Might have to use pepitas instead of almonds.
I’m enjoying so much looking at all the recipes and pictures. Small Bites looks like it’s a hit with everyone. I’m a bit late with my SB blog entry. I’ll probably post it tomorrow since I still have to write up the recipe.
Posted by Maria I. | September 14, 2009 12:41 AM
Posted on September 14, 2009 00:41