Crab Cakes with Chilli Lime Sauce Recipe
Prepare Crab Cakes with Chilli Lime Sauce using eggs, prawns, crab meat, lemon grass, red Thai chilli, kaffir lime leaf, and spring onions. Here is a simple Crab Cakes with Chilli Lime Sauce Recipe guide.
Recipes by Finechef
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
20 min
Serving
8
Difficulty
Easy
Cooking Preparation (Mise-en-place)
Assemble all the Crab Cakes with Chilli Lime Sauce Recipe ingredients on the preparation table.
- Chop the coriander, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaf and red Thai chilli.
- Place the necessary cooking equipment nearby.
How to prepare Crab Cakes with Chilli Lime Sauce
Follow the steps below.
Ingredients
- 2- spring onions
- 2tbsp- fresh coriander
- 2tbsp- vegetable oil
- 2tbsp- lemon grass
- 1- kaffir lime leaf
- 2- red Thai chilli
- 350g- crab meat
- 650g- uncooked prawns
- 1- eggs
- 2tbsp- water
- 1tbsp- red curry paste
- 2tbsp- fish sauce
- 2tbsp- lime juice
Nutritional Information
- Protein: 19.6g
- Cals: 133kcal
- Sat fat: 0.7g
- Sugar: 0.4g
- Carb: 1.2g
- Fibre: 0.1g
- Fat: 5.6g
- Energy: 557kJ
Directions
1. Prepare the prawns.
Finely chop the prawns into a coarse paste.
2. Make the crab cake mixture.
In a bowl, combine crab meat, prawn paste, red curry paste, egg, spring onion, coriander, lemon grass, and kaffir lime leaves. Mix well until the mixture holds together.
3. Shape the crab cakes.
Form the mixture into small, even patties.
4. Prepare the sauce.
In a small bowl, mix the chopped chillies, lime juice, fish sauce, and water. Adjust to taste.
5. Cook the crab cakes.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Fry the crab cakes 4 minutes per side until golden brown and cooked through.
6. Drain and serve.
Remove and drain on paper towels.
