Cuban Stuffed Avocados Recipes

CRAB SALAD STUFFED AVOCADOS

Steps:

• Make sure your seafood is well drained of liquid.
• Mix all ingredients except avocados.
• Refrigerate.
• Meanwhile, cut avocados in 1/2 and remove pit.
• If you would like more salad than avocado use a spoon and carefully remove part of the center of the avocado.
• Sprinkle all avocado halves with additional lemon juice to help prevent browning.
• Just before serving use an ice cream or cookie scoop to fill avocados, and serve.

CREOLE CRAB STUFFED AVOCADOS

Steps:

• Steam the rice and let it cool.
• In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise, mustard, salt & pepper, lemon juice, ketchup and tabasco.
• Cut the avocados in half and scoop out the inside, leaving a small amount all around the skin to keep it sturdy. Set aside the skins.
• Dice the avocado.
• Sitr together the crab, mayonnaise mixture and the cooled rice. Then fold in the avocado and tomatoes. Taste the mixture and add any additional salt/pepper or seasoning that you like.
• Fill each avocado half with the prepared mixture, sprinkle with chopped herbs and refrigerate until serving.

RICE STUFFED AVOCADOS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp butter in medium saucepan.
• add rice and cook until golden, stirring.
• add onion and celery and continue cooking gently 3 minutes, stirring.
• add chicken broth and salt, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until rice is tender (if rice is still very moist cook with cover off for a few minutes).
• remove from heat.
• stir egg, cheese, and Worcestershire sauce together with a fork and mix into rice along with the parsley.
• heat oven to 350 degrees.
• cut avocados in half, remove pits and put avocado halves in a shallow baking dish.
• add 1/4 inch hot water to the pan.
• spoon rice mixture into hollows of the avocados.
• combine bread crumbs and melted butter and sprinkle over rice mixture.
• bake 20 minutes or until crumbs are browned and avocados are hot.

TUNA AND MANGO STUFFED AVOCADOS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together mangoes, onion, cilantro, oil, cumin, salt and cayenne. Add tuna; stir gently to break up slightly. Cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours, if desired.
• Right before serving, spoon about 1/2 cup tuna mixture into the center of each avocado half; garnish with a lemon wedge.