Crab Cakes With Spicy Avocado Sauce

Serves: 3

Gideon Batz

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

56

Spice

58

Sweetness

48

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Salt

1 tsp

Sugar

1 tsp

Black Pepper

Directions:

1

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F

2

Line a baking sheet with foil

3

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F

4

Line a baking sheet with foil

5

Make sauce: Pulse avocado with mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, sugar, and one fourth of chile in a food processor until chile is finely chopped

6

Add milk and purée until smooth

7

Add more chile if desired, processing until smooth

8

Transfer sauce to a bowl and chill, covered

9

Pulse avocado with mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, sugar, and one fourth of chile in a food processor until chile is finely chopped

10

Add milk and purée until smooth

11

Add more chile if desired, processing until smooth

12

Transfer sauce to a bowl and chill, covered

13

Make crab cakes: Stir together crabmeat, mayonnaise, chives, lemon juice, mustard, pepper, and 1 tablespoon panko in a large bowl until blended well, then chill, covered

14

Melt butter in a medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook garlic, stirring, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes

15

Add herbes de Provence, salt, and remaining 7 tablespoons panko and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 6 minutes

16

Transfer crumbs to a plate to cool

17

Discard garlic

18

Divide crabmeat mixture into 4 mounds on a sheet of wax paper

19

Form 1 mound into a patty, then carefully turn patty in crumb mixture to coat top and bottom

20

Transfer to a baking sheet and repeat with remaining 3 mounds, then sprinkle remaining crumbs on top of crab cakes

21

Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes

22

Serve crab cakes with sauce

23

Stir together crabmeat, mayonnaise, chives, lemon juice, mustard, pepper, and 1 tablespoon panko in a large bowl until blended well, then chill, covered

24

Melt butter in a medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook garlic, stirring, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes

25

Add herbes de Provence, salt, and remaining 7 tablespoons panko and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 6 minutes

26

Transfer crumbs to a plate to cool

27

Discard garlic

28

Divide crabmeat mixture into 4 mounds on a sheet of wax paper

29

Form 1 mound into a patty, then carefully turn patty in crumb mixture to coat top and bottom

30

Transfer to a baking sheet and repeat with remaining 3 mounds, then sprinkle remaining crumbs on top of crab cakes

31

Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes

32

Serve crab cakes with sauce