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Crab Louis
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Ready In: 30 Minutes
Servings: 4
At least two San Francisco establishments — Solari's restaurant and the St. Francis Hotel — have laid claim to this classic. Both places reportedly started serving crab Louis around 1915.
Ingredients:
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup ketchup-based chili sauce
1/4 cup minced scallion
2 tablespoons minced green olives
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon bottled horseradish
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 lb jumbo lump crabmeat
iceberg lettuce, shredded
capers
tomato wedges
hard-boiled egg
lemon
Directions:
1. Make dressing: Whisk together mayonnaise, chili sauce, scallion, green olives, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, bottled horseradish, and salt and pepper to taste.
2. Pick over crabmeat, then divide among 4 plates lined with shredded iceberg lettuce. Garnish with capers and wedges of tomato, hard-boiled egg, and lemon and serve with dressing.
By RecipeOfHealth.com