10 Crab-ulous Crab Meat Recipes for Your Next Holiday Party

A collection of deliciously savory recipes using crab meat, from tasty appetizers to the main course, perfect for the holidays!

by Sabrina Snyder

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A collage of crab dip, crab cakes, and crab rangoon

If you’re looking for a way to elevate your holiday dinner, then look no further than my crab meat recipes collection. I’ve put together my favorite Appetizer and dinner recipes to serve around the holidays that are always a big hit at both parties and the family dinner table. For a party appetizer, start with one of my most popular recipe, Crab Rangoon. For an easy and satisfying lunch or dinner, try my Crab Cake Sandwiches. If you’re looking for something new to serve at your holiday table this year, this collection will help you take your favorite recipes and upgrade them with tender, juicy crab meat!

Side view of dinner plate with crab patties and fries
Crab Cakes Recipe
Crab Cakes are an easy and healthy main course or appetizer with minimal breading and mayonnaise, made with jumbo lump and canned crab meat.
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cooked dip in a skillet
Crab Artichoke Dip Recipe
Crab Artichoke Dip is the perfect, crowd-pleasing party dish! It comes together so quickly and can even be made ahead of time and baked later!
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Cheesy Crab Dip
Creamy Cheesy Crab Dip
Crab dip is a creamy, cheesy appetizer made with sour cream, cream cheese, cheddar, and crab meat, ready in only 45 minutes!
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top down view of a pizza on a white plate
Crab Rangoon Pizza with Sweet & Sour Drizzle Recipe
Crab Rangoon Pizza with Sweet & Sour Drizzle is an unexpected twist that combines the best of takeout and comfort food all mixed up in one!
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Crab patty on brioche bun with lettuce and tomato
Crab Cake Sandwich Recipe
My Crab Cake Sandwich features a homemade Maryland-style crab patty served on a delicious brioche bun for the ultimate summer meal!
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Top view of rangoons served with sauce
Crab Rangoon Recipe
Crab Rangoon is a favorite Chinese takeout appetizer made at home. Hand folding instructions and ready in just 20 minutes. Try them tonight!
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cake with an egg and sauce.
Crabcake with Over Easy Egg and Cornmeal Pancake Recipe
Crab Cake with Over Easy Egg and Cornmeal Pancake feels like the height of fancy, but is easy to make! You'll love this brunch favorite!
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Ultimate Seafood Gumbo Recipe
My Ultimate Seafood Gumbo recipe for a traditional New Orleans dish made with okra, andouille sausage, shrimp, crab, and Cajun seasoning.
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finished steak with sauce being spooned over it
Steak Oscar Recipe
Steak Oscar is an easy yet decadent steak with perfect toppings that is fantastic to serve on date night or to someone you want to impress!
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Seafood boil on platter with bread and beer
Low Country Boil Recipe
Low Country Boil is a classic Southern dish loaded protein and veggies! Perfect for your next Summer Cookout with friends! They will love it!
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These crab recipes will make you feel like you’re sitting in your favorite seafood restaurant! Make sure to let me know in the comments section below which of these crab recipes was your favorite. For more holiday dinner ideas, try my other collections, Thanksgiving Turkey and Ham Recipes, and my 25 Holiday Appetizers You’ll Flip for!

3 image graphic with crab rangoon, crab cakes, and crab dip

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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