Inside this post: This four ingredient easy crab dip recipe is perfect for parties and gatherings, especially since it can be made the night before the event!
I used to long for parties just so I could eat this delicious crab dip that my Mom would make from time to time for various get-togethers. I actually suspect that she started making it more often because I would often request it. She’s a swell mom like that.
Then, there were a few times that I had to take a dish somewhere and bought all of the ingredients and took them to my Mom’s house so that she would make it for me. I know, it’s shameful.
Do you know what makes it worse though? This is a crazy easy recipe. I just didn’t realize how easy it was until my Mom was out of town when I wanted to take it to a party that I was invited to. She told me how to make it, and I felt a little silly that I kept having her make it for me. So, learn from my laziness and know that this is most definitely an easy recipe.
Three more bonuses about this quick and easy crab dip recipe:
1. Not only can it be made ahead of time, but it’s actually better when it’s made ahead of time to really let the flavors meld together.
2. I have taken this to a lot of get-togethers and it has been very well received every single time.
3. There are only four ingredients!
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Quick and Easy Crab Dip Recipe
There is a printable version of the recipe toward the end of this post.
Crab Dip Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds of imitation crab
- 16 oz reduced fat sour cream
- 1 package green onions, diced (use as many or as few as you like)
- Dill weed (use to taste, though I would recommend using liberally)
Easy Crab Dip Directions
1. Cut up imitation crab. The more you can cut it up, the better, as it will allow the flavors to cover more surface area.
2. Add sour cream into crab and stir to combine.
3. Add diced green onions and dill weed to crab mixture.
4. Refrigerate. It is best if this can be refrigerated overnight, or at least for several hours.
(Scroll to end of the post get a printable version of the recipe)
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Quick and Easy Crab Dip Printable Recipe
- 1.5 pounds imitation crab
- 16 oz reduced-fat sour cream
- 1 package green onions, diced (use as many as is your preference)
- Dill weed (again, this is to taste, but use it liberally)
- Cut up imitation crab. The more you can cut it up, the better, as it will allow the flavors to cover more surface area.
- Add sour cream into crab and stir to combine.
- Add diced green onions and dill weed to crab mixture.
- Refrigerate. (It is best if this can be refrigerated overnight, or at least for several hours.)
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Post originally published in March 2010. Post updated in November 2017.
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Looks yummy! Thanks for sharing your mom's recipe, lol. And knowing how thoughtful and talented your mom is, we should all aspire to be more like her.
That crab dip looks great!
What a great idea!! And it looks great too!!
Yum! I love crab dip. I'll have to try this.
That IS an easy recipe. And with the low fat sour cream,not too bad on the calories.
With the low fat sour cream, it made about 2 1/2 pounds of crab dip that was 1275 calories (total). The worst part about it was eating it on crackers. LOL
Thanks for the easy crab dip recipe. My husband's stomach thanks you. I hate fish and never make anything with it. But this seems easy enough.
Isn't it great that you had a mom who taught you all this stuff? I think it's the funniest thing when I hear about kids going to college or being newly married without any idea of how to cook. I just wonder, "why didn't their parents teach them anything?"
Thanks,
Nicole
This does sound super easy to make and I know I would like it. One of my favourite foods from my growing up years that I still make all the time is imitation crab meat mixed with cream cheese and seafood cocktail sauce stuffed into mini pitas. Totally easy to make and yum! If you like this dip, you would probably really like it too.
Oh my gosh I love crab dip, but I always buy store bought because I thought it was too hard to make. I will have to give this recipe a try!
I hope that you love this recipe – it’s so easy! 🙂
This looks so delicious. I adore crab but have never made a crab dip before! Definitely going to make this at home. Love that you added dill too! Thanks for sharing!
I am going to make this tonight for a seafood boil our neighbors are having tomorrow!! I will let you know how it turns out!!
I hope it is a hit!
Where can I find imitation crab meat in the grocery store?
At any store I’ve ever purchased it, it has always been wherever they keep refrigerated seafood. I often find this type of area close to the butcher or meat counter. If you still can’t find it, I would ask someone at the meat counter or deli.
I would really prefer a recipe with exact measurements.
The amount of green onions and dill weed really is just based on your personal preference/taste, so I can’t give an amount on those. However, I would plan to use the whole small bunch of green onions, unless you really love it and want to purchase more or you really hate green onions and don’t want to add them at all. The dill weed is very subjective though, so you can consider that line more of like when they say to “salt and pepper to taste.” So, “add dill weed to taste.”