Easy Seafood Salad
This easy seafood salad recipe crowd-pleasing addition to any memorable meal. Get the details about this simple special side dish.
Equipment
- Electric knife
Ingredients
- 1 loaf sliced white sandwich bread
- 1 cube butter
- 1 tbsp onion finely chopped
- 4 eggs hard-cooked and finely chopped
- 1 pound cooked shrimp (or 2-3 cans small cooked shrimp, drained)
- ½ pound fresh crab meat (or 1-2 cans crab meat, drained)
- 1 cup celery finely cubed
- 3 cups mayonnaise more or less to taste
Instructions
- Cut crusts from bread and spread slices lightly with butter.
- Cut into small cubes so that each slice is cut into about 20 cubes with an electric knife.
- Add chopped onion and chopped hard-cooked eggs.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- In the morning, add shrimp, crab, celery and mayonnaise.
- Mix lightly to combine very well.
- Cover and let stand 3 or 4 hours in the refrigerator before serving.
- To serve, pile lightly on plates rimmed with salad greens. Garnish with slices of cucumbers and cherry tomatoes, if desired