Cucumber Cups Filled With Crab Appetizer

By kathya5084

Easy appetizer. Ingredients can be made a day ahead and cut and fill cucumbers the day you are going to serve.

Ingredients

• English cucumber, unpeeled
• fresh herb ( to garnish)
• 1/4 cup fresh crab
• 1 teaspoon fresh lime zest
• 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon green onion, sliced fine
• 1/4 cup celery, diced fine
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• kosher salt
• cracked black pepper

Details

Cooking time 30mins

Preparation

Step 1

Mix all the ingredients together, taste for seasoning; set aside. This can be covered and refrigerated for 1 day.
Cut the unpeeled cucumber into 1-1/2" thick slices; with the cucumber slice still laying on it's side, make a diagonal cut, now you have two diagonal cut pieces of cucumber.
Use a melon baller to make a small round hole in the center of the cucumber where the seeds are to make a cup; do not cut completely through to the other side.
Lightly salt each cucumber cup; place on a paper towel to drain. They can be refrigerated at this point and finished later.
When ready to serve remove the cucumber cups from the refrigerator and place a small amount of the crab mixture in the center of each round hole in the cucumber and serve; garnish with fresh herbs.