Layered Crab Salad With Thousand Island Dressing

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 head lettuce, torn in bit sized pieces
• 1 cucumber, sliced
• 6 -8 radishes, sliced
• 2 -3 tomatoes, cut in wedges
• 1 cup cauliflower floret
• 1 cup broccoli floret
• 3 -4 asparagus spears, diced
• 1/2 carrot, sliced
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
• 1 onion, sliced in rings
• 2 cups crabmeat (about 12 oz)
• 1 cup mayonnaise or 1 cup salad dressing
• 2 tablespoons chili sauce
• 2 teaspoons chives, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 cup pickle relish
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 use a tall glass bowl like a trifle bowl for the total effect of the layers.
• 2 start layering first the lettuce then in order of the ingredients ending with the crab.
• 3 mix dressing ingredients together except for the pecans.
• 4 cover and chill each separately for at least 1 hour.
• 5 serve with the dressing drizzled over the whole salad and garnished with sprinkled pecans.