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Mango Crab Towers with Mean Green Vinaigrette

  • Servings:

    Serves 4 as an appetizer
  • Prep Time:

    20 minutes
  • Cook Time:

    0 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 cup mango, peeled and diced (Salad)
1 each Jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined, and minced (Vinaigrette)
1/4 cup red onion, diced (Salad)
1 each avocado, diced (Salad)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (Salad)
4 oz lump crabmeat (Salad)
1/2 teaspoon grated lime zest (Vinaigrette)
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest (Vinaigrette)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (Vinaigrette)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (Vinaigrette)
1/4 cup minced cilantro (Vinaigrette)
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste (Vinaigrette)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (Vinaigrette)
Mango Crab Towers with Mean Green Vinaigrette

Directions

1. Prepare the salad. In a medium bowl, stir together mango, diced jalapeƱo, and onion.
2. In a small bowl, use a fork to mash avocado with lime juice to combine.
3. Prepare the vinaigrette. In another small bowl, combine all vinaigrette ingredients and whisk to combine.
4. Have ready 4 salad plates. Place a clean mold in the center of a plate to use in forming the towers. Spoon out 1/4 of the avocado mixture into the mold, spreading to the sides. Top that with 1/4 of the crabmeat. Top that with 1/4of the mango mixture. Gently lift the mold and repeat until you have 4 towers.
5. Drizzle each tower with vinaigrette and serve immediately.
Source: Hannaford fresh Magazine, September - October 2011

Nutrition

Nutritional Facts
Servings Serves 4
Base Nutrients
Calories 220 kcal (11%)
Calories from Fat 162 kcal (0%)
Total Fat 18 g (28%)
Saturated Fat 3 g (13%)
Cholesterol 20 mg (7%)
Sodium 250 mg (10%)
Total Carbohydrates 10 g (3%)
Dietary Fiber 4 g (16%)
Protein 7 g (12%)
Vitamins
Vitamin A n/a
Vitamin C n/a
Minerals
Calcium n/a
Iron n/a
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