Crab Cakes with Spicy Mango Sauce

 
Sweet crabmeat combined with red onion, bell pepper, and tossed with egg, mayonniase, mustard, old bay seasoning, and cayenne pepper. Crab caked are baked until golden brown and served with a spicy mango sauce.
 
Ingredients -
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 cup Red Onion, finely diced
1/2 cup Red Bell Pepper, seeded and finely diced
1 Extra Large Egg
2 tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
3 tablespoons Mayonnaise
5 tablespoons Dijon Mustard
2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning
1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 pound Jumbo Lump Crabmeat
1 cup Panko Breadcrumbs
Sea Salt, to taste

Spicy Mango Sauce:
2 large ripe Mangos, peeled, flesh removed
Juice of 1 Fresh Limes
1 teaspoon Sugar
Pinch of Salt
2 Serrano Chile Peppers, stemed, seeded, finely diced

 
Preparation:

1. Add olive oil to a large sauté pan and heat over medium heat.

2. Sauté onion and red pepper until tender. Remove from stovetop.

3. Remove any shell or bone from the crabmeat.

4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the egg, lemon juice, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, Old Bay, and cayenne.

5. Fold in crabmeat, sautéed vegetables, and breadcrumbs.

6. Season crab cake mixture with sea salt.

7. Chill crab cake mixture for ½ hours for flavors to combine and breadcrumbs to absorb some liquid.

8. Preheat oven to 350° F.

9. Create 8 equal sized crab cakes.

10. Lightly coat a baking sheet with olive oil.

11. Bake crab cakes about 10 minutes, turn and bake 10 more minutes, or until golden brown.



Spicy Mango Sauce:

1. Place mango, lime juice, pinch of salt, and sugar into a blender and blend until smooth.

2. Stir in diced Serrano chiles.


Variations and Recipe Ideas:
 
 
 
 



Cooking Tip

Serrano Chile Peppers
Add an additional Serrano chili to the crab cake mixture for more heat. Diced Habanero chilies instead of Serranos, or adding a few drops of tabasco with the Serranos, will create a hotter fire.

Cooking Tip

Panko Breadcrumbs
Panko breadcrumbs are perfect for this recipe. They are Japanese breadcrumbs and can be found in the Asian section of most supermarkets,