La Jolla Crab Stack

La Jolla Crab Stack

La Jolla Crab Stack

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 30 min

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons minced fresh ginger
1 Tablespoon sugar
6 Tablespoons lime juice
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
¼ cup water
1 cup pea shoots
1 cup diced Roma tomatoes
1 cup thinly sliced cucumber
1 cup diced red onion
1 cup diced mango
1 cup diced avocado
1 cup fresh crab meat

Directions:

Prepare the dressing by whisking together the ginger, sugar, lime juice, garlic and water. Refrigerate the dressing overnight.

See step-by-step photos below to assemble each of the four crab stacks by tightly layering together in a mold one fourth of each of the pea shoots, tomatoes, cucumbers, mango, onions, avocado and crab. (If you don't have a mold, you can use any hollowed-out aluminum can or circular bottle).

Press down on the top layer while slowly removing the mold to reveal the freestanding crab stack. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to form a total of four crab stacks.

Drizzle the crab stacks with the ginger-lime dressing and serve.

Step-by-Step Photos:

Step 1: Place a layer of pea shoots in the mold and then top with a layer of firmly packed tomatoes.

Step 2: Place a layer of sliced cucumbers atop the tomatoes, fanning them out to fill the circular mold.

Step 3: Layer the diced mango atop the cucumbers, then add the red onions.

Step 4: Add a layer of avocado, pushing it firmly into the mold.

Step 5: Add a layer of crab, then while pushing down on the crab with one hand, slowly slide the mold upward to reveal the layered La Jolla Crab Stack. Drizzle with ginger-lime dressing and serve.