201 Restaurant Bar Cream Cheese Crab Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Slightly saute vegetables. Cool to room temperature. Combine with remaining ingredients. Form into three-ounce cakes and coat in bread crumbs. Fry in 360-degree peanut oil for 2.5 minutes.

Steps:

• To bind the crabmeat, melt 6 tbsp of butter and cook the onions, peppers, and garlic until transparent.
• Add remaining butter till melted on low heat.
• Add flour. Mix well with butter and vegetables until it becomes a light roux.
• Add cream, mustard, basil, garlic powder and thyme. Leave on low heat, stirring frequently unitl very thick. Cool the sauce at room temperature.
• Take the crabmeat, mix the sauce with the bread crumbs until you get a dough. Make 3-ounce patties (make sure they're neither sticky nor dry). Refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• To cook, in 3 tbsp olive oil, sear the crab cakes, lightly dipped in flour and fry to a golden brown.
• Try a lemon beurre blanc or roasted peppers sauce for drizzling over the top.

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, 1/4 cup mayo, eggs and lime juice in medium bowl until blended. Add crabmeat, cracker crumbs, peppers and onions; mix well. Shape into 16 patties.
• Cook butter and oil in large skillet on medium heat until butter is melted. Add crab patties; cook 4 to 5 min. on each side or until firm and golden brown on both sides.
• Mix mustard and remaining mayo until blended. Serve with crab cakes.