The following recipe is quite flexible: You can substitute a quarter cup of salsa for the garlic, pepper, onion & tomato; or add a few dashes of hot sauce to the tuna filling; use chopped cooked shrimp or crab meat instead of tuna; or use a different hot pepper or cheese (in fact, shredded cheese would probably produce a more attractive look). Let your imagination and taste buds be your guide.
My Broiled Avocado Tuna Melts recipe makes either 2 or 4 servings: As a main course, plan on 1 avocado per person. As a hearty appetizer, "salad" or snack, plan on half an avocado per person. And yes, you can multiply this recipe as needed.
Ingredients
2 ripe but firm avocados*
1 can (5 to 7 oz) tuna, drained
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp minced jalapeno
1/4 tsp onion powder
Salt & pepper to taste (I added about 1/4 tsp sea salt & a few twists from my pepper mill)
1/4 cup diced tomato
1 or 2 slices Swiss cheese
Chili Powder or other ground chile pepper powder
*The avocados should "give" a little when you press at the stem end, but they shouldn't be soft or mushy and should still be fairly firm.
Place the avocado halves, cut side up, on a foil-covered broiler pan. Spoon the tuna-avocado filling evenly into the hollowed-out avocado halves.
Zestfully yours,
Gloria
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