Asian Noodle Salad with Crab Cakes

When this colorful Asian noodle salad is dressed with tangy-sweet peanut vinaigrette and crowned with crunchy crab cakes, it rises to a festive level. With plenty of ingredients to add flavor, there are minimal additions to the crab so its sweet taste shines through. Enjoy it as a main course for lunch or dinner or as an appetizer for three.

Backfin crabmeat is a good option here because it’s about half the price of jumbo lump meat, tastes delicious, and doesn’t need to be broken ap