Mini Crab Cakes
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Spicy Bacon Crab Cakes
Serves5 or approx. 6 cakes per serving
Prep Time25 min
cook Time
20 min
Time to Table45 min
Crab cakes with bacon…enough said. Oh, and there’s a great spicy dipping sauce.
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Ingredients
CAKES:
2 cans (120g ea.) CLOVER LEAF® Chunk Crabmeat or Crabmeat with 15% Legmeat, drained and rinsed
8 slices Bacon, finely chopped
2 tbsp (30 ml) Olive oil
½ cup Red bell pepper, finely chopped
¼ cup Red onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp Garlic cloves, minced
1 cup Breadcrumbs
¼ tsp Cayenne pepper
3 tbsp Lemon juice, fresh
1 tbsp Parsley
DIP:
½ cup Mayonnaise
2-4 tbsp Sriracha
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
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PREP INSTRUCTIONS
- In a pan over medium heat, cook bacon until crispy. Set aside cooked bacon and remove all, but 2 tablespoons bacon grease.
- To bacon grease in pan, add olive oil, bell pepper, onion and garlic and sauté until tender, for about 5 minutes. Let cool.
- In a large bowl use hands to mix bacon, cooked pepper mix, crab, breadcrumbs, cayenne, lemon juice and parsley.
- Turn oven on to broil and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll crab mix into 1 tablespoon sized balls and press to form crab cakes about 1.5 inch diameter and ½ inch thick.
- Place cakes on parchment and broil 2-4 minutes on each side until golden.
- Meanwhile combine mayo, sriracha and Worcestershire sauce, and chill until ready to serve.
- Serve crab cakes with dip.
nutrition
| Amount per serving |
% Daily Value |
|
|---|---|---|
| CAKES: | 6 cakes per serving | |
| Calories | 220 | |
| Fat | 10 g | 13% |
| Saturated Fats | 2.5 g | |
| Trans | 0 g | |
| Saturated + Trans | 13% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1 g | |
| Omega-3 | 0.1 g | |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g | |
| Fibre | 2 g | 7% |
| Sugar | 3 g | 3% |
| Protein | 15 g | |
| Cholesterol | 60 mg | |
| Sodium | 660 mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 100 mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 125 mg | 10% |
| Iron | 1.5 mg | 8% |
| DIP: | ||
| Calories | 70 | |
| Fat | 6 g | 8% |
| Saturated | 1 g | |
| Trans | 0 g | |
| Saturated_Trans | 5% | |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g | |
| Fibre | 0 g | |
| Sugars | 3 g | 3% |
| Protein | 0.3 g | |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg | |
| Sodium | 490 mg | 21% |
| Potassium | 75 mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 10 mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0,4 mg | 2% |
