Crab cakes are a delicious and versatile seafood dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer, main course, or even a snack. They are typically made with fresh crab meat, bread crumbs, eggs, and seasonings, and then fried or baked. When paired with a roasted red pepper dip, the sweetness of the peppers complements the savory flavor of the crab cakes perfectly. This article will provide you with a comprehensive guide to creating the perfect crab cakes with roasted red pepper dip. We will cover everything from selecting the best ingredients to cooking the crab cakes to perfection. Along the way, we will also share some tips and tricks for making your own roasted red pepper dip at home.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
CRAB CAKES WITH RED PEPPER SAUCE
Don't forget to have lemons on hand so you and your guests can squeeze some fresh lemon juice over these succulent crab cakes.-Joylyn Trickel, Helendale, California.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 50m
Yield 10 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; stir in crab. In a food processor, process bread slices, a few at a time, until fine crumbs form (total volume should be 2-1/2 cups). Add 1 cup to the crab mixture., Shape 1/4 cupfuls of crab mixture into patties. Coat both sides of patties with remaining bread crumbs, pressing to adhere. Place on a baking sheet; cover and refrigerate for up to 6 hours., Meanwhile, for sauce, in a blender, combine the mayonnaise, mustard, honey, lemon juice, red pepper, onions, shallots, parsley, salt and pepper; cover and process until finely chopped. Refrigerate until serving., In a large skillet, melt half of the butter and half of the oil. Place half of the crab cakes in skillet. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes on each side or until lightly browned (carefully turn the delicate cakes over). Repeat with remaining butter, oil and crab cakes. Serve with sauce and lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 241 calories, Fat 14g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 51mg cholesterol, Sodium 576mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 12g protein.
LORI'S FAMOUS CRAB CAKES
These crab cakes are just the best. I make these often at home, and I make a smaller appetizer size for parties. They are always a hit. They are easy and delicious. I won't eat crab cakes out anymore! Serve with fresh squeezed lemon and tartar sauce!
Provided by SLJ6
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Seafood Crab Crab Cake Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a bowl, toss together the 1/3 cup bread crumbs, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, green onions, and parsley. Mix in the egg white, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and Dijon mustard. Season with Old Bay seasoning, dry mustard, and onion powder. Fold crabmeat into the mixture. Form into 6 large cakes. Coat in the remaining 1/2 cup bread crumbs.
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet. Fry the cakes 5 minutes on each side, or until evenly brown. Drain on paper towels.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 225.3 calories, Carbohydrate 13.8 g, Cholesterol 76.5 mg, Fat 9.4 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 20.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 508 mg, Sugar 1.8 g
ROASTED RED-PEPPER DIP FOR CRAB CAKES
This roasted red-pepper dip, which is great for our Crab Cakes, can be prepared in advance.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Quick & Easy Recipes
Yield Makes 1 1/3 cups
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Heat broiler. Place the red bell peppers, cut-side down, in a single layer in a baking pan or on a baking sheet. Broil until the skins start to blister, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the peppers to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside to steam.
- When cool enough to handle, remove skin and seeds. Place the peppers in the bowl of a food processor, and process until a coarse puree forms. Squeeze the puree through a piece of cheesecloth to remove any liquid. Transfer to a medium bowl, mix in the mayonnaise, and season with salt and pepper. Serve.
CRAB CAKES WITH ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Place cracker meal in a bowl and make a well in the center of the meal. Beat egg with milk and pour into well. Moisten cracker meal and combine liquid with meal using the tines of a fork. Add crab meat, crab boil seasoning, baking powder, parsley, lemon zest, celery, Worcestershire, hot pepper sauce, and mayonnaise to the bowl. Mix all ingredients well and form into 8 (3-inch) patties. Add 1/2-inch vegetable or canola oil to a skillet and heat to medium high temperature. Fry cakes 3 minutes on each side and drain on paper towel lined plate. Cook 4 cakes at a time, so that oil temp does not drop too low.
- For red pepper sauce, combine drained red peppers in a food processor bowl with mayonnaise and chili sauce. Pulse/grind the ingredients into a smooth sauce. Transfer sauce to a small serving dish.
- Serve crab cakes with sauce and lemon wedges.
TILAPIA-CRAB CAKES WITH ROASTED PEPPER AIOLI
These fluffy tilapia-crab cakes served with a roasted red pepper aioli make the perfect guilt-free seafood dinner that satisfies.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 50m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400°F. Spray large cookie sheet with cooking spray.
- In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook celery, onions, 1 clove garlic and the chile 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until celery is just tender. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/4 cup roasted peppers, the parsley and salt. Spoon into medium bowl.
- In food processor, place tilapia pieces. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses until coarsely chopped. Place in bowl with celery mixture. Add crabmeat, bread crumbs and egg product; stir gently until combined. Shape mixture by 1/3 cupfuls into 8 patties, about 1/2 inch thick. Place on cookie sheet. Spray tops of patties with cooking spray.
- Bake 18 to 20 minutes, turning once, until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix all aioli ingredients. Serve tilapia-crab cakes on mixed greens with aioli.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving, TransFat 0 g
CRAB CAKES WITH RED BELL PEPPER
Categories Sauté Valentine's Day Quick & Easy Crab Bell Pepper Gourmet
Yield Serves 2
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a bowl combine the crab meat, the salt, and black pepper to taste. In a small saucepan cook the bell pepper in 3 tablespoons of the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened. Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the lemon juice, the beaten egg, and the Worcestershire sauce, and stir the mixture into the crab meat. Add the chopped hard-boiled egg and the bread crumbs, combine the mixture gently but thoroughly, and form it into 4 patties, each about 1/2 inch thick.
- In a large heavy skillet heat the oil with the remaining 1 tablespoon butter over moderately high heat until the foam subsides and in the fat sauté the crab cakes, turning them carefully, for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, or until they are golden brown and crisp. Serve the crab cakes with the lemon wedges, the remaining hard-boiled egg, and the tartar sauce.
CRAB CAKES WITH ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE
Make and share this Crab Cakes With Roasted Red Pepper Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Chocolatl
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 2h25m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Combine sauce ingredients in a food processor.
- Process until smooth, 1-2 minutes.
- Cover and refrigerate.
- Combine crabmeat, egg, mayonnaise, onion, apple, parsley, tarragon, hot sauce, cayenne, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and lemon juice in a large bowl.
- Stir until well-blended.
- Shape into 12 patties.
- Dredge in breadcrumbs.
- Place on a baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Cook patties until golden brown, 3-5 minutes on each side.
- Serve the sauce separately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 322.4, Fat 26.8, SaturatedFat 2.7, Cholesterol 35.7, Sodium 640, Carbohydrate 14.9, Fiber 1, Sugar 3, Protein 6.7
ROASTED RED PEPPER AND CRAB SOUP
Although this is not a typical traditional holiday recipe, it has become a Christmas day buffet favorite in our family. Several years ago, we decided to forgo our traditional big sit-down dinner for a buffet because of everyone's increasingly different visiting/family obligations on that day. Everyone could eat whenever or if they chose to. I'd had this soup, which I loved, at several different restaurants over time. Through trial and error, I came up with my own recipe, which has been a hit. I serve it with a dollop of creme fraiche.
Provided by Gail L. Harris
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood
Time 1h40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Set the oven to broil, and preheat for 5 minutes.
- Place the red bell pepper quarters skin-side up on a broiler pan or baking sheet. Broil until the skins have blackened, then place them in a brown paper bag, or in a covered bowl and allow them to steam for approximately 10 minutes to loosen the skins.
- Once the skins have loosened, peel them off and discard. Coarsely chop the peeled, roasted peppers, and place into a large saucepan along with the chicken broth and chopped potato. Bring to a boil over high heat, then add the half-and-half, salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and basil. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 45 minutes.
- Once the potatoes have softened, puree the soup in batches in a blender until smooth. Pour the pureed soup into another saucepan and stir in the crab. Heat over medium heat to warm through, about 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 352.3 calories, Carbohydrate 19.5 g, Cholesterol 120.5 mg, Fat 19.8 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 23.7 g, SaturatedFat 11.6 g, Sodium 1458.2 mg, Sugar 1.7 g
ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE FOR CRAB CAKES
Also good on grilled fish and grilled chicken. Different from those posted here already and easy, made with ingredients you probably keep on hand: jar roasted red peppers, garlic cloves, olive oil, lemon juice, red pepper sauce, mayo and salt and pepper. You can use low fat mayo to cut calories. For about 10 crab cakes, using 1 lb. crab, you may want to make half the recipe. We had a lot left over.
Provided by Oolala
Categories Sauces
Time 2m
Yield 2 cups, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients, except for the mayonnaise, salt and pepper, in a the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Add mayonnaise and process until combined.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 200.5, Fat 17.7, SaturatedFat 2.6, Cholesterol 10.2, Sodium 732.9, Carbohydrate 11.2, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 2.6, Protein 0.7
CREAMY CRAB AND RED PEPPER SPREAD
Get your appetizer on with our Creamy Crab and Red Pepper Spread. Sweet, tender lump crabmeat in a creamy spread with green onions and red peppers makes for an upscale Creamy Crab and Red Pepper Spread.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Appetizers & Snacks
Time 1h15m
Yield 18 servings, 2 Tbsp. cheese spread and 5 crackers each
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Reserve 2 Tbsp. onions. Mix remaining onions with all remaining ingredients except crackers.
- Refrigerate 1 hour.
- Top with reserved onions. Serve with crackers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Fat 5 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Sodium 250 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 20 g
CRAB CAKES WITH ROASTED RED-PEPPER DIP
Crab cakes with roasted red-pepper dip can be prepared in advance and sauteed before your dinner guests arrive.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Yield Makes 3 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large skillet, heat butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, celery, Worcestershire sauce, pepper sauce, salt, and pepper; saute until the vegetables have softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
- Transfer the cooled vegetable mixture to a medium bowl. Add crabmeat, breadcrumbs, basil, mayonnaise, mustard, and eggs, and stir to combine well. With your hands, shape mixture into 2-inch patties.
- Heat oven to 250 degrees. In a large saute pan, heat 4 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add 8 to 10 crab cakes, and cook until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Transfer crab cakes to a baking sheet, and keep warm in the oven. Repeat, cooking the remaining crab cakes, adding remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil as needed. Serve hot with roasted red-pepper dip.
Tips:
- For the best crab cakes, use fresh crab meat. If using frozen crab meat, thaw it completely before using.
- Do not overmix the crab cake mixture. Overmixing will make the crab cakes tough.
- Gently fold the crab cake mixture together. Do not press or pack it.
- Use a large skillet or griddle to cook the crab cakes. This will help to prevent them from sticking.
- Cook the crab cakes over medium heat. This will help to prevent them from burning.
- Do not flip the crab cakes too often. Flipping them too often will break them up.
- Serve the crab cakes with your favorite dipping sauce. Roasted red pepper dip is a great option.
Conclusion:
Crab cakes are a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer, main course, or sandwich. With a few simple tips, you can make perfect crab cakes at home. Serve them with your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy!
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