I got this recipe idea from my brother, Mac. He told me about an awsome dish they had in New Orleans last weekend, it sounded so yummy I had to come up with a version of it. I think they came out great!
2 T butter
1/2 pound crawfish
1 small onion chopped fine
2 cloves garlic minced fine
1 cup cooked corn bread, crumbled fine
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1/2 can whole kernel corn
1/3 cup mayo
1 egg
salt, red pepper, black pepper, garlic powder
flour and corn meal for dredging
Melt butter, add onion and garlic and cook until soft. Add crawfish and cook for about 5 minutes. While this is cooking, place corn bread, corn and soft bread crumbs into a bowl. After cooking crawfish, drain the pan juices into the corn bread mixture. Chop crawfish and add to the corn bread mixture. Add mayo, egg and seasoning to taste.....mix everything together. Line a cookie sheet with plastic wrap, then scoop the mixture onto the plastic wrap forming patties. Mixture will be very loose. Place in the freezer for about an hour to firm up. Dredge the patties in a mixture of 1/2 flour and 1/2 corn meal and fry in a shallow pan.
These were SO good. I make a quick crawfish A-2-fay with the remaining 1/2 pound of crawfish and poured it over the crawfish cakes.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Crab Cakes
This is one of Stevie's favorites!
1 pound crab meat(white jumbo lump is best)
1c soft bread crumbs
1/2 small onion, chopped fine
2-3 green onions chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced very fine.
2T butter
1/2 cup mayo
1 egg
season with red pepper, black pepper, salt and garlic powder
panko bread crumbs
oil for frying
Melt butter in a small saute pan, sweat onions and garlic for a couple of minutes until soft. Mix together bread crumbs, cooked veggies, mayo, egg and seasoning and mix together lightly. Fold in crab meat that has been picked over and drained well. Line a cookie sheet with plastic wrap, then scoop crab mixture on to the sheet forming patties. The mixture will be a little mushy and loose, if it is too loose to shape into patties, add more bread crumbs. Place the cookie sheet with the patties into the freezer for about an hour. this will firm them up enough to handle. Once firm, dredge them in panko bread crumbs and fry in a shallow pan until brown and crispy.
1 pound crab meat(white jumbo lump is best)
1c soft bread crumbs
1/2 small onion, chopped fine
2-3 green onions chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced very fine.
2T butter
1/2 cup mayo
1 egg
season with red pepper, black pepper, salt and garlic powder
panko bread crumbs
oil for frying
Melt butter in a small saute pan, sweat onions and garlic for a couple of minutes until soft. Mix together bread crumbs, cooked veggies, mayo, egg and seasoning and mix together lightly. Fold in crab meat that has been picked over and drained well. Line a cookie sheet with plastic wrap, then scoop crab mixture on to the sheet forming patties. The mixture will be a little mushy and loose, if it is too loose to shape into patties, add more bread crumbs. Place the cookie sheet with the patties into the freezer for about an hour. this will firm them up enough to handle. Once firm, dredge them in panko bread crumbs and fry in a shallow pan until brown and crispy.
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