Recipes
Panko-Crusted Crab Cakes with Mango Puree
Makes 8 Cakes
Makes 3 cups puree
Ingredients
Panko-Crusted Crab Cakes
2 tablespoons sambal
½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chives, chopped
1 teaspoon honey
juice of 1 lime
1 pound lump crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage
1 cup all-purpose flour, for dredging
3 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs) or regular, unseasoned bread crumbs
2-4 tablespoons canola oil
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
4 ounces mixed greens
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Mango Puree
1 ripe mango, peeled and cut into chunks
1 teaspoon sambal oelek
Juice of 1 lime
¼ cup canola oil
salt and freshly ground white pepper
Directions
Panko-Crusted Crab Cakes
1. In a small bowl, combine the sambal, mayonnaise, and chives. Mix well. Reserve half of sambal mayonnaise for later use; refrigerate.
2. In a bowl, combine 1/2 of the sambal mayonnaise mixture, honey, lime juice and crabmeat. Mix together and season with salt and pepper.
3. Using a ¼ cup measuring cup, scoop out 8 portions of the mixture and place them on a plate. Wet your hands and form each portion into a cake, packing it tightly.
4. Place the flour, eggs, and panko on 3 separate deep plates (pie plates work well). Dredge the cakes in the flour, dip in the beaten egg, and then dredge with the panko.
5. Heat a large saute pan over high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and swirl to coat the pan. Add the cakes and sear on both sides until brown and crisp, about 3 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels.
6. Meanwhile, toss the greens with the lemon juice and zest and season.
7. To serve; use the mango puree to make wide zigzags on 4 plates. Divide the greens among the plates, place 2 cakes on each plate, top each cake with a dollop of the reserved sambal mayonnaise.
Mango Puree
- In a blender, combine mango, sambal and lime juice. Puree until smooth.
- With blender running, slowly drizzle in oil. Check for seasoning.
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