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Layered Crab Dip

This Layered Crab Dip will be a hit at your next party. Perfect for entertaining at home and also easy to take to a friend's house!
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Crab Dip
Author: Jurga

Ingredients

  • 1 pound fresh crabmeat or 2 8-ounce cans lump crabmeat, drained
  • 2 green onions, minced
  • ½ cup diced cucumber
  • ½ cup diced red onion
  • 1 medium tomato, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 Tablespoon minced fresh parsley
  • 1 Tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
  • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
  • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 avocado, peeled, seeded and diced
  • Tortilla chips

Instructions

  • In a glass bowl combine crabmeat, green onions, cucumber, red onion, tomato, parsley and cilantro.
  • In a small bowl, combine the 3 juices.
  • Stir the juices into the crab mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
  • When ready to serve, combine cream cheese and mayonnaise, blending well.
  • Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese and mayonnaise mixture over the bottom of a serving platter.
  • Drain crab mixture, pressing out as much moisture as possible.
  • Spread crab mixture over cream cheese and mayonnaise.
  • Top with diced avocado.
  • Serve with tortilla chips.

Notes

Gr8 Tips:
  • Crabmeat can be expensive so I often substitute cooked jumbo shrimp cut into small pieces.
  • Add a little bite to the recipe by adding ¼ teaspoon Tajin Clasico seasoning to the crab mixture (found at your local supermarket in the produce section).
Gr8 Do-Ahead Tip:
Since this has to marinate several hours in the refrigerator, the crab mixture can be made the day before or the morning of serving it, up through Step 4. Begin with Step 5 just before serving.
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