Crab Louis on Avocado Slices

Total time: 20 minutes
     Okay, so it's not really Crab Louis: there's no lettuce or hard-boiled egg.  But it is a lovely salad.  Try to get crab meat that is in lumps rather than shredded - if you can find it and it's reasonable.  The better the crab, the nicer the salad. I found a can of 'marble-size' pieces that were wonderful and less then 5.00.  Fresh, of course would be better, but it's not readily available here. (You could use tuna or salmon)

 Ingredients:

• crab meat, 6oz , canned or fresh, 125gr,  4.4oz, canned, 'blue', drained weight
• 4 tbs mayonnaise, 59gr,  2oz, light
• 2 tbs ketchup, 30gr,  1oz
• 2 tsp tarragon white wine vinegar, 10gr,  .35oz
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce, 5.5gr,  .19oz
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 2 tbs freshly snipped chives
• 1 tomato, 250gr,  8.8oz
• 1 small avocado, pitted, 136gr,  4.8oz

 Instructions:

• Drain the crab meat well and put into a bowl. 
• Snip the chives and add 1 tbs to the crab.  
• In another bowl mix the other 1 tbs chives, mayo, ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire and chili powder. 
• Add about half to crab and very gently mix - just barely.  Add a bit more if you want to, but it should be just lightly dressed. 
• Remove the pit from the avocado and slice half. (Wrap half in cling film and place, cut side down, on a plate and refrigerate).  Fan the slices out on each of two plates. 
• Slice the tomato and cut the slices in half.  Arrange on the other side of the plates. 
• Divide the crab and spoon into the center. 
• Serve, with remaining dressing on the side.  A few olives if you have them...

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  660 / 330 Total Carbohydrates:  44 / 22           Dietary Fiber: 12 / 6 Total Fat:  43 / 21.5          Saturated Fat: 4 / 2 Cholesterol:  127 / 63.5 Protein:  32 / 16 Calcium:  190 / 95 Sodium:   1250 / 625

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/