BRAZILIAN CRAB CAKES (CASQUINHA DE SIRI)

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This recipe is a Brazilian-style crab cake, usually served on the beach. Very rich in flavor and slightly spicy. Serve piping hot with lime wedges.

Provided by Ronnie Mason

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Seafood Crab Crab Cake Recipes

Time 1h13m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tomatoes - peeled, seeded, and chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped parsley, or to taste
2 green onions, chopped, or to taste
1 pound lump crabmeat, picked over for pieces of shell
1 ½ cups coconut milk
1 tablespoon palm oil
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
clean scallop shells
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, green bell pepper, parsley, and green onions; cook until slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add crabmeat; cook until flavors combine, about 20 minutes.
Pour coconut milk and palm oil into the skillet. Cook until slightly reduced, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in bread crumbs to give mixture a paste-like consistency. Season with hot pepper sauce, salt, and black pepper.
Stuff scallops shells with the crab mixture. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top. Arrange on a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 118.9 calories, Carbohydrate 4.3 g, Cholesterol 8.6 mg, Fat 10.1 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.5 g, Sodium 90.4 mg, Sugar 1.4 g