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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Crab cakes with a savory chipotle sauce

Deke worked at the Cal Fire crab feed last Saturday and ended up brining home a HUGE bag of leftover dungeness crab. I've never been a huge seafood fan but I didn't want all that food going to waste either. So I made some delicious Paula Deen inspired crab cakes with a savory chipotle sauce. 
I say "inspired" because I took her ingredients but decided my own portions. Her recipe looked too mild and I needed a bold flavor to hide the fish taste that I hate. I was very pleased with my results!

I even convinced Tyler to try one... I only had to tell him they were Crabby-Patties and I had gotten the recipe from Sponge-Bob himself. hehe....  ;)




For dessert we had some strawberry Italian sodas :) 

Recipe with MY portions:
1 1/2 pound crabmeat, picked free of shells 
2 cup crushed crackers (recommended: Ritz), I used 1 cup for mixture and 1 cup for outside layer
5 green onions, finely chopped 
1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper 
1/4 cup mayonnaise 
1 egg 
2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 
1 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 
1 lemon, juiced 
1 teaspoon garlic powder 
1 teaspoon salt 
Several dashes cayenne pepper

Approximately 1/4 cup of flour (not for mixture) 


Directions: In large bowl mix all ingredients except the oil and 1 cup of Ritz crumbs. Once mixed, make medium sized patties and coat with Ritz crumbs and flour. Fry in pan on medium heat for 4 minutes on each side.  Once slightly cooled add chipotle dollop and enjoy! 


Chipotle Sauce: 
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise 
2 tsp lime juice
1 tsp finely chopped cilantro 
2 tsp of finely chopped chipotle peppers 
several dashes of cayenne pepper
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13 comments:

Tammy @ Type A said...

man that looks yummy. i love crab cakes. thanks for sharing this at my party.

Tammy @ Type A said...

man that looks yummy. i love crab cakes. thanks for sharing this at my party.

Alison @ The Polohouse said...

This looks great. Yum! I have been trying to find the perfect crab cake recipe for YEARS!
Great post!

nicolette {momnivores dilemma} said...

I love crab cakes! I just bookmarked your post so I can adapt it GF.

Thanks so much for linking to Creative Juice Thursday!

<3
n

Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...

I love crab. I bet those are good.Thanks for sharing this recipe at WUW. I would love to see a link back to the party added to your post.

Jill said...

Oh my, those look delicious!!! Thanks for joining the party!

Jill

Trisha said...

The crabcakes look absolutely delicious!!!

Lauren @ Love, Water and Wine said...

I love crabcakes! And your dessert looks delicious!

I'm blog hopping from Paisley Passions' Wandering Wednesday link party and would love for you to check out my blog too. And I'm your newest follower!

Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage said...

Ummm; the crabcakes look delicious! Just seeing the picture makes me hungry. lol

Thanks for linking to the party.

Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

By the Bluegrass said...

yum, yum, yum! And that's just the crabcakes. The sodas look sinfully good too.
xo,
Sena

Bella @ Bella before and after said...

Hey Kim, those crabcakes, I just couldn't get them out of my mind. They seriously make my mouth water just thinking about them. Crunchy outside, chewy inside, with a delicious sauce drizzled all over them, oh man. Thank you so much for sharing.

I seriously loved this so much I just HAD to FEATURE YOU, so come grab a button, and display it proudly!!

THANKS again for linking up to Bella Before and After **AMAZE ME AUGUST**, and don't forget I have a fabulous giveaway going on this week for an original AVOCADO ART painting, by ME!! Come enter before it's too late. GIVEAWAY HERE, I really appreciate the support girl.

Hugs,
Bella :)

AllieMakes! said...

Those look SOOOOO yummy!
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie last week! I can't wait to see what you have for this week!
AllieMakes.Blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

The crab cakes look absolutely luscious and that sauce is something I'm going to have to try. Thanks for sharing.

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