Avocado Crab Louis

Classic crab Louis is nothing but crabmeat and lettuce coated with a mayonnaise-rich dressing. We wanted to update this rather plain salad and bulk it up into a main course dish. Here’s what we discovered:

Test Kitchen Discoveries

• Spend the extra money for lump crabmeat. It costs a little more than the other grades, but the large chunks of sweet, tender crab are what make this dish special.
• “Stretch” the crabmeat with creamy, rich avocado.
• Jazz up the basic mayonnaise dressing with chili sauce, Worcestershire, and lemon juice.