Deviled Crab Croquettes Recipes

DEVILED CRAB CROQUETTES

Steps:

• Sautee chopped green pepper and parsley and set aside.
• Combine crabmeat, mashed potatoes, seasonings, chopped egg, green pepper and parsley, and beaten egg.
• Shape into croquettes, roll in cracker meal and deep fry until golden brown.

DEVILED CRAB

Steps:

• Combine crabmeat, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, and salt together in a bowl; mix thoroughly. Shape crab mixture into cakes and roll in bread crumbs to coat.
• Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add crab cakes and saute for 5 minutes. Flip and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile, combine remaining 1 tablespoon oil, butter, and garlic in a 1.5-quart saucepan over medium heat until butter has melted and mixture is hot. Slowly whisk in flour. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
• Slowly add the clam juice to the flour mixture, whisking constantly and vigorously. Pour in white wine, black pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes; bring to a simmer. Add cream, parsley, lemon juice, and basil and continue to simmer, without boiling, until thick enough to evenly coat the back of a spoon.
• Serve the sauce over the crab cakes.

CROQUETAS DE JAIBAS, ESTILO YBOR (YBOR CITY'S DEVILED CRABS)

Steps:

• Dough Recipe: The dough must be prepared and refrigerated, preferably overnight. Remove crust from bread; soak in water for 1/2 hour. Drain and squeeze thoroughly. Add paprika and salt. Add the bread crumbs and work to form a dough, place in refrigerator to chill thoroughly.
• Crab Meat Filling: Heat the olive oil in a skillet. Saute the onion and green pepper until transparent. Add the garlic and saute all until soft.Combine salt, hot sauce, sugar, bay leaf, parsley, tomato sauce and the nutmeg. Add to saute and mix well. Cover and simmer for 1/2 hr (add water if needed during cooking time). Add the crab meat and sherry. Mix well and cook covered another 10 minute Cool and refrigerate.
• Preparation of the Croquettes: Remove dough and filling from refrigerator.Take 2 generous tablespoons Of dough in palm of your left hand. Indent with the back of a spoon in the center enough to fill with a tablespoons Of crab meat filling. Work dough around filling to form a croquette.
• Prepare a mixture of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons Of water, salt and pepper and beat. vigorously. In a bowl, combine 1 cup of seasoned bread crumbs with 1/2 cup of all purpose flour. Mix well. Dip croquettes first in the egg mixture, then roll in the crumb flour mixture to coat well. Place croquettes side by side in a shallow dish. Cover with Saran Wrap or foil and refrigerate at least 1 hour before frying in deep fat.(Make sure you have lots of your favorite red pepper sauce available to pour onto them, it makes them even more delicious.).