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A tasty, refreshing, and light crab salad is the perfect light lunch. For those that are a little bit hungrier, though, why not try turning it into a sandwich?

Why not learn more about how to make this Crab Salad? Or make a Salmon Salad Sandwich instead?

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  1. Crab Salad Sandwiches
  2. Crab Salad Sandwiches Ingredients
  3. How To Make Crab Salad Sandwiches
  4. Why Use Croissants For This Recipe?
  5. Turning This Crab Salad Sandwich Vegan
  6. PIN THIS RECIPE to your Sandwiches and Seafood Boards and Remember to FOLLOW ME ON PINTEREST!
  7. Crab Salad Sandwiches Recipe
Crab Salad Sandwich in a croissant

Crab Salad Sandwiches

A lot of people think that pretty much anything delicious can be made even better by putting it in a sandwich.

While not everyone can afford to fit extra carbs into their diet, the bread usually does improve most things.

This recipe for crab salad sandwiches uses some flaky and crumbly croissants as the bread, and it works surprisingly well to help soak up all of the tangy flavors of the salad!                                   

Crab salad sandwich ingredients

Crab Salad Sandwiches Ingredients

Make sure you look at the recipe card at the very bottom for the exact amounts so that you know exactly what to buy for this recipe.

• Croissants, sliced lengthwise

• Crab meat, or even imitation crab meat

• Celery

• Salt & pepper

• Mayonnaise

• Lemon juice

• Fresh dill

• Old bay seasoning

Crab Salad sandwich filling in bowl

How To Make Crab Salad Sandwiches

• Coarsely chop or break apart the crab into small pieces

• Finely chop the celery

• Toss the celery, crab, salt, pepper, and old bay seasoning together in a medium-sized bowl

• Stir the mayo, lemon juice, and dill together in a cup

• Pour the mayo mix over the crab and toss gently to coat

• Fill the croissant with crab and garnish with green onion on top if desired

Crab salad in bowl

Why Use Croissants For This Recipe?

Croissants are definitely not a typical bread choice for making sandwiches. Normally, just a simple loaf of white bread would be recommended because you don’t necessarily want the flavor of the bread to overpower the intense flavor of your chosen filling.

The thing about croissants, however, is not so much the flavor they provide but the texture. Their flaky, buttery layers help to provide an intense crunch and crispy crackliness in every bite.

This extreme textural sensation is perfect for pairing with fillings that are more diverse in their consistency and mouthfeel. Seeing as this crab salad is basically completely mixed together, having that little bit of extra crunch in every bite really makes for an amazing, crunchy and textural lunch.

If you really don’t like croissants for whatever reason, you can also just use a really crusty roll. Anything with a lot of crunch and texture is perfect for helping to lift this sandwich to another level.

Crab Salad sandwich in croissant

Turning This Crab Salad Sandwich Vegan

Being a vegan is never easy, especially because most recipes always seem to include all kinds of animal products, from butter and milk to actual meat; most recipes just aren’t vegan and cannot easily be converted to be vegan either.

This recipe, however, is super easy to turn vegan – you just need to do a little bit of preparation!

The crab meat is the easiest; you can probably find imitation crab meat right next to the cans of regular crab meat.

The only other thing that isn’t vegan is the mayonnaise. Most mayonnaises are made with eggs; to get a vegan mayo, you have a couple of different options.

You can either make it yourself or just pick up a vegan mayo if your local store has it.

The only reason eggs are needed in mayonnaise, besides the color and flavor, is to act as an emulsifier, so there are plenty of other ways to get those emulsification properties into a mayo, such as soy milk or aquafaba.

The final thing is the croissants – croissants are made with a lot of butter, which is obviously not vegan. Simply swap to a regular crusty roll or a sourdough loaf for a good vegan substitute for croissants if you want.

However, you choose to do it, with just a couple of substitutions, you can have some really delicious vegan crab salad sandwiches!

Looking for more delicious Sandwich recipes? Try these out:

Copycat Disneyland Monte Cristo Sandwiches

Air Fryer Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Cheesy Mushroom French Dip Sandwiches

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Crab Salad Sandwiches

This versatile Crab Salad in a flaky croissant is creamy smooth, with a slight crab flavor, perfect for that light lunch!
5 from 3 votes
Crab Salad Sandwich in a croissant
Prep Time
10 minutes
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
American
Servings
4 people
Calories
435
Author
Karlynn Johnston

Ingredients
 

  • 4 croissants (sliced lengthwise)
  • 1 pound crab meat (or imitation crab meat flake style)
  • 1/3 cup celery (diced)
  • salt and pepper (to taste)
  • 2/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice (to taste)
  • 2 teaspoon dill (fresh dill if available)
  • 1/2 teaspoon old bay seasoning

Instructions
 

  • Coarsely chop or break apart the imitation crab into small pieces.
  • Finely chop the celery.
  • Toss the celery, crab, salt, and pepper, in a medium-sized bowl.
  • Stir the mayonnaise, lemon juice, old bay seasoning and dill together in a bowl or cup.
  • Pour the mayonnaise mix over the crab and toss gently to coat.
  • Fill your croissant with the mixed crab meat and garnish with green onion on top if desired.

Recipe Notes

This is best if made a few hours before eating for the dill to infuse its flavor.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 435kcal, Carbohydrates: 50g, Protein: 11g, Fat: 20g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 57mg, Sodium: 1188mg, Potassium: 104mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 12g, Vitamin A: 499IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 29mg, Iron: 1mg

All calories and info are based on a third party calculator and are only an estimate. Actual nutritional info will vary with brands used, your measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

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  1. Kerstin Bandner says

    Imitation Crab isn’t vegan; it’s made out of fish….but nice try.

  2. Jeffrey J Blanchard says

    I made this tonite for supper, tweaked it a bit, added little celery salt, lemon pepper little more mayo to the creamy part, little tartar sauce, paprika and it was gone in one night, no leftovers. Must be a winner since there’s none left!!!5 stars

  3. Zena says

    Love to serve this for small group,,easy to prepare and do good as spread for pita bread

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