Make My Day Camp: Baked Salmon with Crab Topping

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Baked Salmon with Crab Topping

I love the stuffed salmon at Costco and we eat it frequently. So when Dave went to buy some and said they were out I was so bummed - he said why didn't I just make stovetop stuffing and put it on plain salmon? Uh, maybe because Costco stuffed salmon is nothing like stove top stuffing. 🙄

But that did give me the idea to make my own crab stuffing - but instead of stuffing the salmon I just put it on top of the fillets and it's EVEN BETTER than my favorite Costco version! Shocking. I googled for recipes, found this one and pretty much followed it other than I omitted the red pepper and added 6 oz. of cream cheese and 2 T. mayo. Yum, we loved this!

Ingredients:

4 (6 oz.) salmon fillets, skinless
8 oz. crabmeat drained well
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 large egg
1 T. mayonnaise
½ cup baby spinach, cooked and squeezed dry
1 T. roasted red peppers, diced
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 t. old bay seasoning
¼ teaspoon sea salt, to taste
⅛ teaspoon black pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons panko bread crumbs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Put spinach in a microwavable bowl and cook until wilted. Let cool.
When spinach is cool, squeeze out all of the water from the spinach (excess water will make the stuffing loose)
Put the softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, egg and old bay seasoning in a bowl, whip with a mixer until well blended.
Fold in the spinach, roasted peppers, shredded mozzarella and crab meat (make sure crab meat has been well-drained, squeezing out any excess water). Mix gently and if the mixture is too loose you may add a little bread crumb to tighten it up.
Place salmon on a baking sheet and season with salt and pepper
Portion stuffing out and place on top of salmon fillet, then sprinkle breadcrumbs on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes until done to your liking. Salmon should be done but not overcooked.