Crab cakes recipe

Name: Crab cakes
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 250g potatoes, peeled; 1 dressed crab; freshly ground black pepper; 2 spring onions, very finely chopped; 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley; ½ red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 egg, beaten; 100g breadcrumbs; vegetable oil for frying

These crab cakes are luxurious yet surprisingly easy to prepare: dressed crab is mixed with mashed potato, flavoured with chilli, pepper, parsley and spring onions, then coated with breadcrumbs and fried. Serve with mayonnaise and a green salad for a delicious starter or light main course.

See method

Serves 12
20 mins to prepare and 20 mins to cook
107 calories / serving

Dairy-free
Healthy

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Tesco All Rounder Potatoes 2Kg
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250g potatoes, peeled
£1.32
£0.66/kg
Seafood & Eat It Fifty Fifty Crab meat 100g
1 dressed crab
£5.50
£55.00/kg
Tesco Ground Black Pepper 25G
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freshly ground black pepper
£1.20
£48.00/kg
Tesco Bunched Spring Onions 100G
2 spring onions, very finely chopped
£0.69
£6.90/kg
Tesco Curled Leaf Parsley 30g
1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Tesco Red Chillies 60G
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½ red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
£0.51
£8.50/kg
Tesco Free Range Eggs Medium 6 Pack
1 egg, beaten
£1.80
£0.30/each
Tesco Golden Breadcrumbs 175G
100g breadcrumbs
£1.25
£7.14/kg
Tesco Pure Vegetable Oil 1L
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vegetable oil for frying
£1.45
£1.45/litre

Method

Boil the potatoes until soft and mash thoroughly. Fold in the dressed crab. Mix in the spring onions, parsley and chilli. Shape mixture into 12 small cakes about 4cm across.
Dip cakes into the egg and coat in breadcrumbs. Heat the oil in a shallow pan and fry the cakes on each side for 3-4 minutes. Serve with lime wedges, salad leaves and mayonnaise.