CRAB CAKE FRITTERS

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Categories     Shellfish

Yield 14 1/4 cup each

Number Of Ingredients 17

1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup panko
3 eggs
1 cup milk
2 tbs lemon juice
2 tps sesame oil
4 tbs minced green onions
2 tps ginger
8 cloves roasted garlic
1 cup shiitake mushrooms
1 tps salt
1 tps pepper
1 to 1 1/2 lb of dungeness crab
peanut oil
for sauce- 1/2 cup sake
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tbs butter

Steps:

  • take 1 head of garlic,a splash of olive oil,and fold up in foil. put in 350 oven, for 1 hr.destem and slice saute mushrooms in peanut oil. drain and cool mushrooms. take garlic and peel. smash garlic to a paste. mince ginger and onions. mix all ingredients, except for crab. take small handfuls of crab at a time and squeeze out juice with your hands. before putting crab in mixing bowl, check to make sure that there is no shell in the meat. finish mixing together. preheat pan or griddle top on medium heat. pour peanut oil in pan. measure each cake out to 1/4 cup. slightly flatten. cook about 2 to 4 minutes each side, depending on how hot your pan is. your pan should not be smoking. the crab cakes will come out golden brown. put sake and lemon juice in a small sauce pan. use high heat. cook til reduced by half. add butter and remove from heat. spread lettuce or wild greens on plate, and put crab cakes on top. pour sauce over and garnish with lemons.

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