Crab-Stuffed Avocado
 
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Recipe type: Entree
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 3 large firm ripe avocados
  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ tsp mild yellow curry powder
  • ¼ cup finely chopped red onion
  • ¼ cup finely chopped red pepper
  • ¾ cup fresh corn kernels (about 1 good fat ear of corn)
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 pound pasteurized crabmeat (from the refrigerated seafood case)
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 3 Tbsp finely chopped cilantro plus a few leaves for garnish
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 6 lime wedges for serving
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
  2. Add curry powder and stir about a minute until aroma comes.
  3. Add red onion, red pepper, and corn and sauté 2 minutes.
  4. Add garlic and stir about 30 seconds until aroma comes and remove from heat.
  5. Place crabmeat in a large mixing bowl and remove any shell fragments.
  6. Add salt, chopped cilantro, lime juice and sautéed vegetables and mix well.
  7. Cut each avocado in half lengthwise and remove pit.
  8. Score 4 of the avocado halves in a crosshatch pattern by cutting through with a knife down to but not through peel, making a pattern of roughly ½-inch cubes.
  9. Scoop out avocado cubes with a spoon.
  10. Cut rectangular pieces in half as necessary to make roughly ½-inch cubes.
  11. Combine the avocado cubes with the crab mixture and gently mix in.
  12. Scoop out the remaining 2 avocado halves and reserve avocado for another purpose – maybe a little guacamole?
  13. Stuff crab mixture into avocado shells mounding it up generously.
  14. Garnish with cilantro leaves.
  15. Serve with lime wedges for spritzing.
Notes
This recipe could be done nightshade-free by substituting ¼ tsp ground cumin seed and ¼ tsp ground coriander seed for the ½ tsp curry powder, and omitting the red bell pepper. You could substitute chopped carrot for the red pepper if desired, but saute it a few minutes longer than the corn and onion.
Recipe by Savory Nature at http://savorynature.com/2014/05/16/crab-stuffed-avocado/