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Dungeness Crab Salad

This salad showcases the colorful, interesting varieties of vegetables available at farmers' markets during fall and winter.
Martha Stewart Living, November 2011
  • Prep Time 25 minutes
  • Total Time 25 minutes
  • Yield Serves 8 to 10
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Ingredients

  • For the Dressing

    • 1/3 cup fresh lime juice (from 4 limes)
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated peeled fresh ginger
    • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
    • Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
  • For the Salad

    • 1 pound mixed carrots, such as Nantes and purple
    • 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and cored
    • 1 watermelon radish (3 ounces) or regular radishes, peeled
    • 1/2 rutabaga, peeled
    • 1 bunch baby Tokyo or regular turnips, peeled if needed
    • 1 jalapeno chile, halved, seeded, and thinly sliced
    • 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro, plus more for garnish
    • 5 fresh mint leaves, finely chopped, plus more for garnish
    • Coarse salt
    • 3/4 cup prepared or picked fresh Dungeness crabmeat (from 1 to 2 Dungeness crabs, about 1 1/2 pounds each) or lump crabmeat

Directions

  1. Make the dressing: Whisk together lime juice and ginger in a small bowl. Gradually whisk in oil. Season with salt and pepper.

  2. Make the salad: Slice or shave carrots, fennel, radish, rutabaga, and turnips, preferably on a mandoline, into very thin rounds over a large bowl; toss. Add vinaigrette, jalapeno, cilantro, and mint, and toss to combine. Season with salt. Gently fold in crab. Garnish with cilantro and mint.

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