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Sign me up for any recipe that combines two of my favorite treats: avocado and crab! This crab-stuffed avocado recipe gives fabulous luxury vibes, and no one needs to know you can whip it up in the bat of an eye. Creamy, buttery avocado contrasts beautifully with zesty crab salad, giving you a rich, savory bite and a kick of spicy heat. Add a sprinkle of pepper jack cheese and a squeeze of lemon and you’ll have a warm, flavor-packed snack or appetizer.<\/p>\n
Finding perfectly ripe avocados isn’t always easy. They can be rock-hard at the grocery store and brown mush the next minute. Ideally, you can judge a ripe avocado<\/a> by the color of the skin, its texture and looking at the stem. Is the avocado too hard? Quickly ripen avocados<\/a> by storing them with a banana or an apple for a day or two. And if it’s too ripe, it’s OK; you can eat brown avocado<\/a> in most cases.<\/p>\n Whether you’re impressing dinner guests or treating yourself, crab-stuffed avocado is an elegant and easy seafood recipe<\/a>. An appetizer of stuffed avocado with crab will make any meal feel like a special occasion.<\/p>\n Preheat your broiler. Place two peeled avocado halves in a large bowl and mash them lightly with a fork. Add mayonnaise and lemon juice; mix until well blended. Stir in the crab, 3 tablespoons cilantro, chives, serrano pepper, capers and pepper. Spoon the mixture into the remaining eight peeled avocado halves.<\/p>\n Editor’s Tip: <\/em>Peeling avocados can be a pain. I like to take a big spoon, get as close to the skin as possible and scoop out the half all in one go. It does take some practice, but you can use your first attempts in the filling if they aren’t exactly right.<\/p>\n Transfer the avocado halves to a 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika. Broil the filled avocado halves 4 to 5 inches from the heat until the cheese melts, three to five minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro. Serve warm stuffed avocados with lemon wedges or squeeze the lemon wedges over the tops as a finishing touch.<\/p>\n Put any leftover crab-stuffed avocados in an airtight container and refrigerate them. While freezing avocados is possible (and a great way to save those about to spoil), this is not the recipe to freeze. Thawed avocados tend toward mushy, and freezing anything with mayo gets a little dicey.<\/p>\n If well-sealed in an airtight container in the fridge, a stuffed avocado with crab will last three to four days.<\/p>\n Fast! To heat your avocado halves, broil them for just a couple of minutes. But be careful; the boat and the filling are much more likely to lose their shape the second time you warm them. Instead of reheating them, try your leftover crab-stuffed avocados cold and enjoy all of the same great flavors without the mush factor.<\/p>\n This recipe is one of the rare ones that tastes just as delectable cold as it does hot. One avocado tip<\/a> is to always serve avocados cold to preserve their texture and flavor. The only adjustment for a cold crab-stuffed avocado is with the pepper jack cheese. Seeing as we aren’t melting it, either stir the cheese into the filling mixture or leave it out.<\/p>\n It seems as if avocados can go brown in the time it takes to run to the fridge and back! One way to keep an avocado from turning brown<\/a> is to submerge your avocados in water in the refrigerator. Then, once sliced, use citrus juice to preserve the green flesh before wrapping them. Don’t worry, though! If you missed the ripeness window and the brown is due to oxidation, it is safe to eat. Bruises can be removed, but brown from the fruit’s stem might be mold, so you will want to throw that one out.<\/p>\n This dish can be a fantastic easy lunch<\/a> idea, a terrific bite to team up with a green salad<\/a>, or even a snack with tortilla or pita chips. 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I omitted the pepper and capers because of personal preferences, and used Monterey Jack cheese. I found fresh watercress to use as a chopped garnish instead of cilantro.I rate this dish a five for flavor, creativity, eye appeal, nutrition, and versatility. It is a lovely supper on a steamy New Orleans night but could easily be a side with grilled meats or find a place on a buffet. The fresh shrimp adds a crunchier texture than would crab which may be more pleasing to some, but I will make this again with the crab. For children, I would remove the stuffing from the shell and serve as a dip-style meal with blue corn chips or similar.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2022-03-11","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"MidnightMittens"},"reviewBody":"One of my family favorites!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2018-04-08","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"CyanBottleOpener"},"reviewBody":"To clear up the confusion, just look at the photo! Discard skin from avocados, you are stuffing the remaining 8 (halves of avocado, not skins!), with the crab avo mixture in step one. I use fresh crab and more cilantro, just personal preference. Very tasty, my crew loves these! Thanks for sharing the recipe!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2017-03-27","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GreenTag"},"reviewBody":"These are so good and so easy!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2018-02-21","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GreenQuill"},"reviewBody":"You guys are missing that you mound the 2 mashed avocado halves mixed with the crab and seasoning onto the avocado halves that are still full with the little hole where seed was.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2018-05-20","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurpleWheel"},"reviewBody":"Very tasty and easy to make. I scooped out all the avacado, mixed all ingredients together except the pepperjack. I refilled the shells and baked\/broiled that way. Had some left over to eat as dip.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2018-01-20","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurpleBulb"},"reviewBody":"Maybe I'm missing something, but if you halve five avocados, you have 10 avocado halves. If you use two of those 10 avocado halves for the mashed avocado, you will have eight avocado halves left to stuff with the crab mixture, thus making eight servings. Everything worked out just fine when I made this--and it's really good!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-06-21","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OrangeDucky"},"reviewBody":"They need something it might be a texture thing for me but did not like at all","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":2,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2021-02-12","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GreenPaw"},"reviewBody":"Yeah, this one was a swing and a miss. 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Step 1: Make the filling<\/h3>\n
Step 2: Broil the avocado halves<\/h3>\n
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How to Store Crab-Stuffed Avocado<\/h2>\n
How long do crab-stuffed avocados last?<\/h3>\n
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Crab-Stuffed Avocado Tips<\/h2>\n
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How do you make cold crab-stuffed avocados?<\/h3>\n
How do you prevent your avocados from browning?<\/h3>\n
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