Low Fat Crab Cakes Adapted From Cooking Light Recipes

CRAB CAKES WITH SPICY AVOCADO SAUCE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
• Make sauce:
• Pulse avocado with mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, sugar, and one fourth of chile in a food processor until chile is finely chopped. Add milk and purée until smooth. Add more chile if desired, processing until smooth. Transfer sauce to a bowl and chill, covered.
• 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.
• Melt butter in a medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook garlic, stirring, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add herbes de Provence, salt, and remaining 7 tablespoons panko and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer crumbs to a plate to cool. Discard garlic.
• Divide crabmeat mixture into 4 mounds on a sheet of wax paper. Form 1 mound into a patty, then carefully turn patty in crumb mixture to coat top and bottom. Transfer to a baking sheet and repeat with remaining 3 mounds, then sprinkle remaining crumbs on top of crab cakes. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes. Serve crab cakes with sauce.

LOW FAT CRAB CAKES (ADAPTED FROM COOKING LIGHT)

Steps:

• If the first three ingredients aren't already minced, throw them in your food processor for a moment or mince them by hand.
• Combine all ingredients except the cooking spray in a medeum mixing bowl; stir well. Shape into 8 patties.
• Coat a large skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Add crabmeat patties, and cook 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned on both sides, turning once. Transfer to a serving platter.

LOW FAT CRAB CAKES RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400. Line baking sheet w/foil. Sauce: Pulse avocado w/mayo, lime juice, salt, sugar and 1/4 chile in food processor until chile is finely chopped. Add milk and puree until smooth. Add more chile if desired, processing until smooth. Transfer to bowl and chill. Crab Cakes: Stir together crabmeat, mayo, chives, lemon juice, mustard, pepper and 1 tbs panko in large bowl until blended well, tehn chill, covered. Melt butter in medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook garlic, stirring unti golden and fragrant, 2 min. Add herbes de Provence, salt and remaining panko and cook, stirring, about 6 min. Transfer crumbs to plate to cool. Discard garlic. Divide crabmeat mixture into 4 mounds on sheet of wax paper. Form 1 mound into a patty, then carefully turn patty in crumb mixture to coat top and bottom. Transfer to baking sheet and repeat w/remaining crab. Sprinkle w/remaining crumbs on top of cakes. Bake until heated through, about 15 min.