Mini Crab Cakes With Avocado Salsa Recipes

Steps:

• CRAB CAKES: Pick the crabmeat over for shells and cartilage. Cut it into 1/4-inch pieces. (You should have 1 1/2 loosely packed cups.) Gently mix the crabmeat with the salt, pepper, thyme, chives, Tabasco, and mayonnaise in a bowl. Add the bread crumbs and toss them lightly into the mixture. Divide the mixture into portions and form it into patties about 1-inch thick. Handle the mixture gently; the cakes are fragile. Heat the oil in a large skillet. When it is hot, carefully place the patties in the skillet and cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes on each side, until nicely browned. SALSA: While the crab cakes are cooking, peel and pit the avocado and coarsely chop it. Combine the avocado and tomato in a bowl. Add the vinegar, oil, pepper, salt, and water, tossing gently to mix. To serve, spoon the avocado mixture onto four individual plates and sprinkle with the chives. Place the crab cakes on top and serve.

Steps:

• Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl.
• Add the crab meat, spring onion, mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce and breadcrumbs and stir well.
• Season, then cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• To make the avocado salsa, combine all the ingredients in a bowl, season with kosher sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, and toss gently to combine.
• Using wet hands, form the crab mixture into 20 small flat cakes.
• Heat about 1 1/4 inches oil in a large heavy-based pan and cook the crab cakes over medium heat for about 3 minutes each side, or until golden brown on both sides.
• Drain well on paper towels or brown paper, and serve immediately, with avocado salsa to spoon onto the top.
• NOTE: In America, what we term as the Spring onion has a slightly more and defined bulb and is typically larger than the slender and more delicate green onion (scallion). The flavor has more bite and is somewhat hotter.
• IN ADVANCE: the crab mixture can be made a day ahead, then covered and refrigerated. Prepare the salsa close to serving time.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine avocado and lemon juice; toss to coat. In another small bowl, combine 1/4 cup cornflake crumbs, egg, onion, mayonnaise, mustard, dill, seafood seasoning, salt and cayenne. Fold in crab and avocado mixture., Place remaining cornflake crumbs in a shallow bowl. Drop scant 1/3 cup crab mixture into crumbs. Gently coat and shape into a 3/4-in.-thick patty; place on a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining mixture., Spritz crab cakes with cooking spray; sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 450° until golden brown, 10-12 minutes., For sauce, in a small bowl, mash avocado. Stir in remaining ingredients; serve with crab cakes.

Steps:

• For the crab cakes: Combine the mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, stone-ground mustard and paprika in a large bowl. Add the crab, parsley and green onions and gently mix to combine. Begin adding the breadcrumbs 1/4 cup at a time until the mixture just holds together. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
• For the sour orange sauce: Combine the orange juice, lime juice, vinegar, chile powder, cumin and garlic in a medium saucepan, bring to a simmer over high heat and cook until reduced by half; season with salt and pepper. Strain into a bowl, add the honey, oregano and zest and let cool to room temperature before serving.
• For the mango-avocado relish: Combine the avocado, mango and red pepper in a medium bowl. Toss with the cilantro, canola oil, lime juice and salt and pepper. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.
• To finish the crab cakes, divide the crab mixture into 8 cakes and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush the tops of the cakes with mayonnaise and place overlapping layers of sliced plantains on top. Season the tops with salt, pepper and chile de arbol.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of canola oil in a large nonstick saute pan over medium heat until the oil begins to shimmer. In batches, add the crab cakes plantain-side down and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until just heated through, about 5 minutes longer. Repeat with the remaining crab cakes, adding up to 3 tablespoons more oil if needed.
• To serve, spoon some of the sour orange sauce into the bottom of 4 shallow bowls. Top with 2 crab cakes followed by some mango-avocado relish. Garnish with cilantro leaves.

Steps:

• For the crab cakes: Whisk together the mayonnaise, Worcestershire, seafood seasoning, scallions, egg, lemon zest and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Add the bread and toss to coat.
• Add the crab and combine the mixture well with your hands. Form 18 small crab cakes, about 2 inches wide and 1/2-inch thick, making sure to pack the cakes tightly with your hands.
• Heat the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until the foam subsides. Working in batches, add the crab cakes and cook, turning once, until golden brown on both sides and heated through, about 3 minutes per side.
• For the mango salsa: Combine the cilantro, sugar, cucumber, lemon juice, mango and jalapeno in a medium bowl and season with salt.
• For the creamy Dijon: Combine the mayonnaise and Dijon in a small bowl and mix well.
• Serve the hot crab cakes topped with a dollop of the creamy Dijon and a little of the salsa.

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
• Make sauce:
• Pulse avocado with mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, sugar, and one fourth of chile in a food processor until chile is finely chopped. Add milk and purée until smooth. Add more chile if desired, processing until smooth. Transfer sauce to a bowl and chill, covered.
• Make crab cakes:
• Stir together crabmeat, mayonnaise, chives, lemon juice, mustard, pepper, and 1 tablespoon panko in a large bowl until blended well, then chill, covered.
• Melt butter in a medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook garlic, stirring, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add herbes de Provence, salt, and remaining 7 tablespoons panko and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer crumbs to a plate to cool. Discard garlic.
• Divide crabmeat mixture into 4 mounds on a sheet of wax paper. Form 1 mound into a patty, then carefully turn patty in crumb mixture to coat top and bottom. Transfer to a baking sheet and repeat with remaining 3 mounds, then sprinkle remaining crumbs on top of crab cakes. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes. Serve crab cakes with sauce.

Steps:

• Mix together crabmeat, egg, 1/3 cup yogurt, red pepper, green onion, lemon zest fresh cracked pepper, and 1/2 cup breadcrumbs.
• Form mini crab cakes using a tablespoon or small ice cream scoop, and coat the crab cakes in remaining breadcrumbs, placing them onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Spray lightly with cooking spray.
• Bake in a 400 degrees F preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden.
• Mix remaining yogurt, lemon juice, chopped parsley and basil. Season with cracked black pepper. Serve sauce with crab cakes.