Restaurant Recipes
Blue Bayou Crab Cakes
Yield: 6 servings, 2 crab cakes each
Ingredients
Crab Cakes
- 1 pound imitation crab, finely chopped
- 1/2 pound snow crab, finely chopped
- 3 large mushrooms, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped green onion
- 2 tablespoons minced onion
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 large shallot peeled and minced
- 1 teaspoon chicken base
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne Pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons cooking sherry
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Breading
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Crab Cakes
- Melt butter in pan; add mushrooms, garlic, shallots, green onion, onion, parsley and sauté until tender.
- Add all crab meat and sauté over medium heat until hot, stirring constantly.
- Add bread crumbs; mix well, and turn off heat. Place mixture on cookie sheet. Cover and refrigerate until cool (approximately 1 hour).
- When crabmeat mixture is cool, divide mixture into 12 equal pieces. Form so that they are round and approximately 1/2 inch thick.
Breading
- Whip eggs in bowl. Dust the cakes in flour, dip in eggs and then roll in bread crumbs.
- Heat vegetable oil in skillet until hot. place crab cakes in pan and lightly brown on both sides. Remove from skillet and place in 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
- Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 10 minutes.
- Serve with Cajun pepper sauce and garnish with fresh chopped chives.
Attribution
Walt Disney's Blue Bayou