Avocado Stuffed With Crab

This is another recipe out of our local KCTS cookbook called "Favorite Recipes". It was sent in by a viewer in Kirkland, Washington.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  avocados, ripe and large
• 1  cup  crabmeat, cooked
• 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
• 2  green onions, chopped
• 2  teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise
• 2  hard-boiled eggs
• 4  green olives, whole
• 2  whole dungeness  crab legs (to garnish) (optional)
•  iceberg lettuce, shredded

• 1 cup dressing below

• Rich Mayonnaise Salad Dressing

• 1  cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄3 cup chili sauce, bottled
• 2  whole green onions, chopped
• 2  tables  olives, sliced
• 2  teaspoons lemon juice, fresh
• 2  tablespoons  sweet pickled  relish
• 1  tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 1  teaspoon yellow bell pepper, chopped
• 1  egg, hard-boiled gated
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika

Directions

1. Carefully peel the avocados, then cut in half lengthwise. Or you can keep the peel on.
2. Sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent discoloration.
3. Set each half on a plate filled with lettuce.
4. Combine flaked crab meat, celery, onion, lemon juice and mayonnaise.
5. Season with a dash of salt.
6. Fill hollow of each avocado with crab mixture.
7. Top crab mound with dressing and garnish each pile with whole crab legs and quarters of hard-boiled egg.
8. Sprinkle all with a dash of paprika an top with ripe olive's.