These boats are wonderful with tortilla chips, beans or rice. You can also cover them, pack them on ice, and take them to a picnic or potluck. Straight from the oven or cold, they're always delicious. &mdash;Frances Benthin, Scio, Oregon

Avocado Crab Boats

avocados,

mayonnaise

lemon juice

cilantro, divided

chives

serrano pepper,

capers, drained

pepper

shredded pepper jack cheese

paprika

Lemon wedges

I tried this recipe because I had ten ripe avocados that needed to be eaten. I was thrilled at the results. I made one significant change in using fresh-cooked shrimp instead of crab. To my surprise I could not find fresh crab in New Orleans yesterday! 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.

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!

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.

Yeah, this one was a swing and a miss.  Nice idea, but fell very flat.

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!

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.

They need something  it might be a texture thing for me but did not like at all

We enjoyed however not for kids.  They did not like so that is why I am giving it a 3.  Very easy to make and very tasty for adults.

avocado crab boats

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 8

Cost: $5.47 /serving

Author : Taste of Home

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