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"This California original of seafood atop fresh greens is defined, in part, by its creamy Thousand Island dressing. If you wish, you can use either all shrimp or all crab meat." — Scotty
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4 eggs
1 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
1/4 cucumber, thinly sliced
1/2 pound crabmeat
8 ounces cooked shrimp
1 avocado - peeled, pitted and sliced
8 cherry tomatoes, halved
2/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup hot chile sauce
2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 lemon - cut into wedges, for garnish
For those looking for "true" Louie dressing, try Remoulade Sauce a la New Orleans. Be sure to read the comments.
I am sure this is a good seafood salad --- but is not a "Louis" salad. Try using an authentic Louis dressing instead.
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I am from Northern CA, home of the dungeness crab. This recipe is right on! My mom always made her dressing with mayo, relish and ketchup. I will try the chili sauce. It should spice it up a bit! Thanks!
Made with bottled thousand island dressing for the sake of quickness. Very good. Will make again!!
Very good! Did not have crab on hand, so used only shrimp. The Thousand Island dressing was excellent. I used to make it with ketchup and now that you have turned me on to using Chile Sauce (YUM), I will never use ketchup again. Thank you so much for sharing.
As a native Californian, I've never seen or heard of a 'true louie' dressing (not to say it doesn't exist). Every restaurant I've ordered this in has had thousand island and that's what I make it with at home. The only thing I really do differently is that I boil the eggs ahead of time and refrigerate them when I make this. I like them much better cold when eating them on salad!
Definitely chill the hard boiled eggs prior to serving on the salad.Because of personal preferences, I usedf Romaine lettuce and more crab and shrimp.Because of this I increased the measurements on the dressing. The dressing is excellent, Scotty. Thanks for sharing.
Delicious! Love the dressing. Scotty - thanks for sharing such a rockin recipe!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 4 Amount Per Serving Calories: 581 Calories from Fat: 389
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