Description
These crab salad stuffed avocados are a fresh and delicious appetizer or light meal, combining creamy avocados with a flavorful crab salad mixture made with red onions, bell peppers, cilantro, lime juice, and olive oil.
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1/2 to 1 lb cooked crab meat (fresh or imitation)
- 1/2 small red onion, finely diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced
- 1–2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt, to taste
- Hot sauce or diced hot peppers, to taste (optional)
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the crab meat, diced red onion, diced red bell pepper, and chopped cilantro.
- Add the lime juice and olive oil to the mixture, and season with salt to taste. Add hot sauce or diced hot peppers if desired.
- Gently mix all the ingredients until well combined.
- Cut the avocados in half and remove the pits. Scoop out a small amount of flesh to create more space for the filling.
- Fill each avocado half with the crab salad mixture.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Notes
- Use fresh lump crab meat for the best flavor, but imitation crab works as a budget-friendly alternative.
- Adjust the lime juice and seasoning to taste.
- You can garnish with extra cilantro or a drizzle of hot sauce for added flavor and color.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: Latin American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed avocado half
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 11g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
