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Crabby quesadillas

Posted the 26/06/2009 10:54:58 By AppleC (Visit website)

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Recipe type: Main Dish

Number of serving: 4

Preparation time: 30 Minute(s)

Cook time: 10 Minute(s)

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

For the Avocado Mixture:
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 avocado, peeled and chopped*
1/2 cup diced tomatoes (I used 8 grape tomatoes and 1/2 of a plum tomato- see below for use of the other 1/2 of that plum tomato)
1/8 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp lime juice
Ingredients for the Quesadilla.
4 flour tortillas
1 4.5 oz green chiles – drained
1 16 oz can crab meat – you may not want to use it all unless you want your quesadilla’s overflowing
4 TBS shredded cheese – cheddar or what ever you prefer
Salsa of choice
sour cream

Preparation:

Rub the bottom of a saute pan with olive oil and turn heat to medium. Add onion and cook 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine the avocado, tomatoes, cooked onions, seasonings and lime juice. Mix and set aside.
*The easiest way to prepare an avocado is 1. Take a sharp knife and cut all the way around it, top to bottom – long ways. Put down the knife and give the avocado a gentle twist. It will come right away from the big round pit. 2. Now take a spoon and gently insert the spoon between the “meat” and the skin of the avocado. The meat will come right out of the skin which you can toss away. Now you can chop the avocado “meat”.
The Quesadilla:
Pour lemon juice into the can of crab – just let it sit and soak it up for a minute. Put the tortillas on working surface. On one half of the tortilla, put about 3 TBS avocado mixture, 1 tsp green chiles, 4 TBS crab meat, and some cheese. Fold the tortilla in half. Do the same for the other 3 tortillas. *I had so much crab meat left over, I simply made extra plain crab-cheese quesadillas. You can also cut the crab meat in half if you don’t want left overs.
Heat a pan that is rubbed with olive oil on medium. When hot, add tortilla and cook about 4- 5 minutes per side – until cheese melts. Top with more avocado mixture, salsa and 1 TBS or so of sour cream.

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