Crab and Shrimp Salad

The other day I was walking home pondering what to make for dinner. I stopped at Le Bec Fin to see what was on their menu and was inspired to make a crab, shrimp and green been salad. $33 dollars later I had all the ingredients and a tasty meal sitting in front of me.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 lb lump crab meat
• 1/4 cooked shrimp
• 1 tomato
• 1/4 lb steamed green beans (about 1/2 cup)
• roasted red pepper
• salt & pepper
• lemon
• 1 Tbs olive oil
• Cayenne pepper (substitution: horseradish)
• Bibb lettuce (or other leafy lettuce like Red Leaf or Romaine)
• cilantro
• cocktail sauce

Preparation:

In a small bowl, mix olive oil, juice of one lemon, 1/4 tsp salt, pinch of pepper and pinch of Cayenne pepper. Mix vigorously with a fork or whisk and set aside.

Steam green beans until crisp but soft. Remove from heat and cut into 1 inch pieces. Chop tomato and one roasted red pepper into small 1/8 - 1/4 inch pieces. With a fork, shred 1/4 lb of lump crab meat. Combine crab, shrimp, tomato, red pepper and green beans in a medium sized bowl. Mix in dressing and add salt and pepper to taste.

Spread lettuce over plate and spoon crab/shrimp mixture over top. Garnish with cilantro and serve with a dollop of cocktail sauce.