Crab Cakes With Spicy Avocado Sauce Recipes

EASY BAKED CRAB CAKES WITH AVOCADO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl.
• Fold in saltines, onions and celery.
• Fold crab meat into the cracker mixture just until combined allowing some larger pieces of crab to stay intact.
• Scoop out Tablespoon (or 1/4 cup) portions of the mixture and tightly compress to form small, slightly rounded patties.
• Place patties on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Bake uncovered for approximately 30 minutes or until the crab cakes are firm and slightly browned, flipping once half way through the baking process.
• Combine ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.

CRAB CAKES WITH SPICY AVOCADO SAUCE

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.