Crab cakes with sweet chilli & ginger dipping sauce

Name: Crab cakes with sweet chilli & ginger dipping sauce
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 75 grams French beans, finely sliced; 200 grams fresh white crabmeat; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped; 1 Tbsp freshly grated ginger; 1 grated zest lime; 1 Tbsp chopped coriander; 75 grams fresh white breadcrumbs; 1 Tbsp mayonnaise; 1 egg, beaten; 1 serving sunflower oil, for frying; 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 2 red chillies, roughly chopped; 1 6cm ginger, peeled and roughly chopped; 2 dried kaffir lime leaves; 1 stalk lemongrass, trimmed and roughly chopped; 2 Tbsps chopped coriander; 175 grams caster sugar; 50 milliliters rice wine vinegar; 1 Tbsp fish sauce or lime juice; 1 Tbsp soy sauce

Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave American food.

Instructions

To make the dipping sauce, blend the garlic, chillies, ginger, lime leaves, lemongrass and coriander in a food processor until very finely chopped. Tip the sugar into a small saucepan, add 3 tbsp water and heat gently to dissolve. Continue to cook for another min or so until the syrup starts to thicken slightly.

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Syrup

Lime Leaves

Lemon Grass

Coriander

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Ginger

Sugar

Water

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Food Processor

Sauce Pan

Add the chilli and ginger mixture, and continue to cook for a further 2-3 mins. Then stir in the rice vinegar, fish sauce and soy sauce.

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Rice Vinegar

Fish Sauce

Soy Sauce

Chili Pepper

Ginger

Remove from the heat and leave to cool to room temperature.

Cook the beans in a small pan of boiling salted water for 1-2 mins until tender.

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Beans

Water

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Frying Pan

Drain and refresh under cold running water, then leave to dry on kitchen paper.

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Water

Mix the crab with the cooked beans and all the remaining ingredients, apart from the sunflower oil. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and shape into 8 small patties.

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Ground Black Pepper

Sunflower Oil

Beans

Crab

Salt

Heat 1-2 tbsp sunflower oil in a frying pan and cook 4 crab cakes at a time until golden brown on both sides.

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Sunflower Oil

Crab

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Frying Pan

Remove from the pan and keep warm while you cook the remainder.

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Frying Pan

Serve with the sweet chilli dipping sauce.

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Dipping Sauce

Chili Pepper

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Food Processor

Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling

Crab works really well with Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, and Riesling. Chilled crab tastes great with pinot grigio. Warm crab (especially with butter) can be matched with a buttery Chardonnay or a crisp fruity Riesling. The Foley Estate Winery Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 27 dollars per bottle.