CHOW DOWN: Dungeness Crab Guacamole with Belgian Endive

Dungeness Crab Guacamole with Belgian Endive

TIME/SERVINGS

Total: 30 mins

Active: 10 mins

Makes: 3 cups

From: Amada Restaurant , by Adapted from Jose Garces

INGREDIENTS

• 2 medium ripe Hass avocados
• 3 medium garlic cloves, roasted
• 1 medium jalapeño chile, roasted, stem and seeds removed, and finely chopped
• 1/2 pound Dungeness crabmeat, picked clean of shell fragments
• 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
• 1 medium plum tomato, seeded and finely chopped
• 6 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 heads Belgian endive, leaves removed and edges trimmed
• 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
• Garlic Chips (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Halve avocados, remove pits and skins, and coarsely chop. Place in a molcajete or bowl and add roasted garlic. Mash with a spoon until only small chunks remain. Add roasted jalapeño, crabmeat, onion, tomato, 4 tablespoons of the cilantro, lime juice, and salt and stir until just combined.
2. Place endive leaves on a serving plate and dollop each with guacamole.
3. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons of the cilantro and the olive oil in a small bowl, season with salt, and stir until thoroughly mixed. Drizzle oil on top of each endive leaf and garnish with a garlic chip, if using.

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