25 Canned Crab Meat Recipes

Creamy and piping hot, this crab dip requires little prep work but packs big flavor. Serve it in a bread bowl or spread it on homemade crackers. 

Make this takeout favorite at home with the help of canned crabmeat. Wonton wrappers are filled with a cream cheese and crab mixture and deep fried until golden-brown. 

Who would've guessed you could make such elegant tartlets with ingredients like refrigerated biscuit dough and canned crab meat? Or you can use small phyllo cups from the freezer section as reviewer LOWESBJ suggests: "The recipe made enough for 30 little cups."

Recipe creator PONYGIRL64 suggests serving this dip as an appetizer with onion or garlic crackers. 

These melt-in-your-mouth stuffed mushrooms can be served by themselves as appetizers or alongside a veggie side dish to make a meal. Mushrooms are stuffed with a creamy, cheesy mixture, that includes snow crab and shrimp, and topped with a crunchy bread crumb topping. 

Fresh haddock fillets are made better with a crab and cheese stuffing. Reviewer TinaColada suggests patting the fish as dry as possible to avoid excess liquid in the pan. 

English muffins are topped with a cheesy crab mixture and baked until melty. These are just begging to be served with some New England clam chowder. 

When the weather warms up, switch to this cold crab dip made with peppery horseradish, cream cheese, green onions, and crab meat. "Living in the Chesapeake region I had to add Old Bay seasoning to it and it was great," says reviewer MARCIA HICKEY. 

Two favorite hot dips — crab dip and artichoke dip — combine to make one crowd-pleasing appetizer. Serve it up in hollowed-out sourdough loaves and reserve any leftover bread for dipping. 

When unexpected company arrives, this no-fuss, four-ingredient appetizer will be your new go-to. Softened cream cheese is topped with crab meat, a squeeze of lemon, and cocktail sauce. 

This seafood spread is served more like a sandwich melt. Prepare the ingredients ahead of time and stick it all in the oven when you're ready to serve. 

Canned crab meat is wrapped in bacon and served with warm duck sauce in this quick and easy appetizer. 

A creamy seafood mixture is stuffed into jumbo pasta shells for an easy appetizer or light meal. Try sprinkling it with some Old Bay for even more Chesapeake Bay-inspired flavor. 

Canned crab meat elevates this simple macaroni salad to new heights. Because there are so few add-ins, the crab is the star of the show here. 

Southwest flavor meets a coastal delicacy in this fusion recipe. Yellow corn, poblano pepper, chili powder, and cayenne bring spicy flavor to sweet, mild crab cakes. Allrecipes Allstar Soup Loving Nicole shares her tip for keeping the crab cakes from crumbling: "If your cakes are too wet to stay together at first stick them in the fridge for an hour or either the freezer for 20 minutes and that will firm them so they won't crumble while cooking."

Breakfast hash is made better with coastal additions like crab meat and Old Bay Seasoning. "This would be good with fried eggs for breakfast," suggests reviewer ANNAJAM. 

Fresh ginger, fish sauce, and peanut oil bring vibrant flavor to these crab cakes. Allrecipes Allstar Soup Loving Nicole suggests using panko bread crumbs to switch things up. 

"This is made with callaloo leaves in the West Indies, but in Canada we often have to use spinach leaves, which is just as tasty," says recipe creator Trini. Callaloo soup is a popular Caribbean dish made with fresh vegetables and callaloo leaves — this is the Trinidadian version.  

Frozen puff pastry makes all things possible — in the world of appetizers that is. Use store-bought puff pastry to create these eye-catching pinwheels. Recipe creator SKMAT suggests refrigerating the puff pastry for five to 10 minutes in the case that it gets too warm or sticky to work with. 

Recipe creator and Allrecipes Allstar Soup Loving Nicole describes these fusion egg rolls as a hybrid between crab salad and crab rangoons. 

Thanks to the magic of the Instant Pot, this spinach and crab dip comes together in 45 minutes with just 10 minutes of prep work. Bonus: It's paleo- and Whole30-friendly! 

Recipe creator JILL ELAINE says she got the inspiration from this recipe from favorite beach restaurants. This recipe uses grouper, but any white fish will work. 

Looking for the perfect date night or special occasion dinner? Look no further than these grilled lobster tails stuffed to the brim with a buttery crab mixture. "My guests are still talking about the first time I whipped these up over five years ago!" says recipe creator Rayna Jordan. 

Recreate this steakhouse favorite in your own home using canned crab meat — no one will ever know. Serve over wild rice. 

We're rounding out the list with this very coastal-inspired crab mold that's perfect for special occasions. "Next time I might add 1 more can of crab meat for more crab flavor," says Allrecipes Allstar bd.weld.