Good luck finding the recipe. Walmart used to sell the best Krab salad with a K. I’ve looked for years and never found the right one. Krab with a K has a lot of carbs.
This seems to be something that’s very popular among my Black friends for big potlucks, so I looked for folks of that persuasion doing recipes. This one looks good, though I don’t think it’s exactly like the one my friend is keeping so close to his chest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUBDWMTMhI