Spicy Avocado Sauce Recipes

SPICY AVOCADO SAUCE

Steps:

• Blend the tomatillos, serrano chile peppers, and cilantro in a blender until smooth. Add 1 avocado quarter and continue blending until the avocado is fully incorporated into the mixture; repeat with each piece of avocado. Season with salt; continue processing until smooth. Serve immediately.

CRAB CAKES WITH SPICY AVOCADO SAUCE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
• Make sauce:
• Pulse avocado with mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, sugar, and one fourth of chile in a food processor until chile is finely chopped. Add milk and purée until smooth. Add more chile if desired, processing until smooth. Transfer sauce to a bowl and chill, covered.
• Make crab cakes:
• Stir together crabmeat, mayonnaise, chives, lemon juice, mustard, pepper, and 1 tablespoon panko in a large bowl until blended well, then chill, covered.
• Melt butter in a medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook garlic, stirring, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add herbes de Provence, salt, and remaining 7 tablespoons panko and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer crumbs to a plate to cool. Discard garlic.
• Divide crabmeat mixture into 4 mounds on a sheet of wax paper. Form 1 mound into a patty, then carefully turn patty in crumb mixture to coat top and bottom. Transfer to a baking sheet and repeat with remaining 3 mounds, then sprinkle remaining crumbs on top of crab cakes. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes. Serve crab cakes with sauce.

AVOCADO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine avocados, garlic, lime juice, green onions, cilantro, and tarragon in a food processor; puree until smooth.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in avocado puree and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 5 minutes. Add cream and cook until heated through, but not boiling. Season with salt.