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Top 15+ Delicious Crab Recipes to Expand Your Culinary Repertoire

If you enjoy dishes like lump crab cakes, crispy soft shell crab, or creamy crab pasta, you’ll find plenty of inspiration with these crab recipes. From hearty soups to a rich crab gratin, and even a seafood boil featuring king crab legs, littleneck clams, jumbo shrimp, and andouille sausage, there’s something for every seafood lover. Discover a variety of ways to cook with crab and elevate your meals.

1. Crab and Shrimp Étouffée

Crab and Shrimp Étouffée
Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Rishon Hanners / Prop Styling by Christina Daley

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2. Seafood Boil with Cajun Seasoning

Seafood Boil
Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Melissa Gray / Prop Styling by Heather Chadduck Hillegas

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3. Garlic Crab Pasta

Garlic Noodles with Crab
Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christine Keely

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4. Cioppino with Fennel and Saffron

bowl of copping with grilled bread
Photo by Andrew Bui / Food Styling by Max Rappaport

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5. Blue Crab Beignets

Blue Crab Beignets
Greg DuPree

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6. Crab Salad Sandwich

Dungeness Crab Sandwiches
Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christine Keely

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7. Crispy Crab Cakes with Tomato Butter

Crispy crab cakes with tomato butter
Jennifer Causey

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8. Cold Crab Spaghetti

Cold Crab Spaghetti Recipe
Eric Wolfinger

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9. Mini Deviled Crab Cornbread Muffins

Deviled Crab Stuffed Mini Cornbread Muffins
Kelly Marshall

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10. Crab Salad with Serrano and Kewpie Mayonnaise

Crab Salad with Serrano and Kewpie Mayonnaise
Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Victoria Granof / Prop Styling by Karin Olsen

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