Shrimp Crab Melts 🦐🦀🧀
A warm, cheesy seafood sandwich that’s rich, savory, and perfect for lunch, dinner, or appetizers—think classic tuna melt, but elevated with shrimp and crab.
Shrimp Crab Melts Recipe
Ingredients (4 melts)
- 1 cup cooked shrimp, finely chopped
- 1 cup crab meat (lump or claw, picked clean)
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard (optional)
- 1 tbsp chopped green onion or celery
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 cup shredded cheese (cheddar, mozzarella, or Swiss)
- 4 slices bread (sourdough or white)
- Butter for toasting
Instructions
- Preheat oven broiler (or toaster oven)
- Mix shrimp, crab, mayo, lemon juice, mustard, onion, salt, and pepper
- Spread mixture evenly on bread slices
- Top generously with cheese
- Broil 3–5 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly
- Lightly butter bottoms of bread and toast in a pan if you want extra crunch
Tips & Variations
- Extra rich: Add a spoon of cream cheese to the seafood mixture
- Spicy: Mix in Old Bay + a dash of hot sauce
- Open-faced or sandwich-style: Works great either way
- Appetizer version: Serve on baguette slices or English muffins
Serving Ideas
- With a green salad
- Tomato soup
- Pickles or coleslaw
If you want, I can give you a New Orleans–style version, a low-carb option, or turn these into air-fryer melts.
