Recipe for an easy and delicious crab avocado stack salad, made with layers of avocado and refreshing crab salad that is made with fresh crab, red onion, bell pepper, cucumber, radishes, lime juice, olive oil, and cilantro.
Course Appetizer, Salad
Cuisine Ecuadorian inspired, Latin
Keyword Avocado, Crab, Salad stack, Seafood salad
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
For the crab salad layer:
½poundof cooked crab meatreserve a few of the lump pieces to add on top
In a large bowl combine the cooked crab meat with diced onions, diced bell peppers, diced cucumbers, diced radish, and chopped cilantro. Mix well. Add the lime juice, olive oil, and salt/pepper to taste.
The salad can be prepared in advance and kept refrigerated until ready to assemble the crab avocado stacks.
For the avocado salad layer:
Dice the avocado, drizzle with lime juice, olive oil, and salt. You can keep the avocado diced or gently mash it for a creamy layer.
To assemble the crab avocado stack salads:
Place a lightly greased round mold on the center of the plate, add the avocado layer first, gently press down (with a spoon) to make it as compact as possible.
Next add a generous layer of the crab salad. Press down and then gently remove the mold.
If you saved some of the lump pieces of crab, add these on top. You can also garnish the stacks with cilantro leaves and red pickled onions.
Notes
For a more filling crab and avocado stack you could add a layer of rice as the first layer.
For a spicy variation add diced jalapeños or other spicy peppers.