Crab and Mango Salad

Two of my favorite foods in the world are mango and crab. To pair them together is like tasting heaven. This salad has a simple composition. Chopped mango, green chiles, onion, a handful of herbs, a squeeze of lime and a mound of crabmeat, all piled on shredded lettuce. You taste briny carb, tart lime, sweet mango, spicy chile and the peppery freshness of herbs.....all in one bite! How good is that!

CRAB AND MANGO SALAD

Serves 4

DF, GF, EF

2 cups Crabmeat

1 large Mango

1 tablespoon chopped Onion

1 Green Chile

2 tablespoons Lime juice

2 tablespoons Mint 

2 tablespoons Cilantro

1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt

Several grounds of Black Pepper

2 cup shredded Lettuce ( I used Iceberg Lettuce)

Let crabmeat drain in a sieve. 

Peel mango and chop flesh into small cubes and put them in a bowl. 

Slice green chile thinly and add to mango. 

Add onion, lime juice, mint, cilantro, salt and pepper to mango. Mix well and let flavors develop for 1/2 hour. 

Mound the shredded lettuce on a plate. 

Top with mango salad. 

Scatter crabmeat over mango. 

Season with a little salt.

Chill the salad for 1/2 hour in the fridge before serving.

Enjoy it as a salad or as part of the main meal.

I can think of many words to describe the salad....refreshing, crunchy, a melange of contrasting flavors......I hope my favorites become yours!

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