Description
This Crab Stuffed Avocados recipe offers a fresh, vibrant, and creamy appetizer or light meal. Perfectly ripe avocados are hollowed out and filled with a zesty crab meat salad featuring lime juice, fresh cilantro, and cherry tomatoes. Ready in just 10 minutes, it’s a nutritious and elegant dish ideal for warm weather or entertaining.
Ingredients
Scale
Avocado
- 1 medium avocado
Crab Filling
- 3 ounces crab meat
- 2 tablespoons red onion, chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
- 2 cherry tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Prepare the avocado: Slice the avocado in half lengthwise and carefully remove the pit. Use a spoon to scoop out a small portion of the flesh from each half, creating a cavity to hold the crab mixture while keeping the avocado intact.
- Mix the crab salad: In a medium mixing bowl, combine the crab meat, chopped red onion, freshly squeezed lime juice, chopped cilantro, diced cherry tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and black pepper.
- Combine ingredients: Gently stir the crab mixture until all ingredients are evenly incorporated without breaking up the crab meat too much.
- Stuff the avocados: Spoon the prepared crab salad evenly into the cavities of the avocado halves, filling them generously but carefully to maintain the shape.
- Serve: Arrange the stuffed avocados on a serving plate. Garnish with extra cilantro leaves or lime wedges if desired, and serve immediately to enjoy the freshest flavors.
Notes
- Use fresh, high-quality crab meat for the best flavor.
- Choose ripe but firm avocados to ensure they hold their shape when stuffed.
- This dish is best served immediately to avoid avocado browning.
- Can be customized by adding a dash of hot sauce or chopped jalapeño for a spicy kick.
- For a dairy-free option, this recipe naturally contains no dairy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
