CRAB CAKES WITH THAI SWEET CHILI SAUCE & MARINATED CUCUMBER

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This is the recipe I made while on our Holland America Panama Canal cruise. There was a Culinary Arts Class, In groups we made a full meal, my group made these delicious crab cakes and sauce and marinated cucumbers. It was sooo fun and our efforts were served to us in the Pinnacle Restaurant on board the Statendam cruise ship. The menu was: Starter - Dungeness crab cakes with Thai sweet chili sauce and marinated cucumbers. Main course - Chicken with fresh apricots, ginger and cracked almonds - served with a custard sauce. (Vegetables on the side) Two Desserts - Grand Marnier Chocolate volcano cake or Vanilla souffle Several choices of white and red wines. It was a wonderful experience, the instructor was the Executive Chef of the Pinnacle

Provided by Derf2440

Categories Crab

Time 1h

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 29

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Ingredients

1/3 cup celery, finely diced
1/3 onion, finely diced
1/3 red bell pepper, diced
1 cup dungeness crabmeat, picked over and well drained
1 egg
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 lemon, juice of
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1 tablespoon chives, chopped
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs, more as needed (or bread crumbs)
salt and black pepper
1/2 ounce ginger, fresh minced
1/4 ounce garlic, minced
1/2 fluid ounce white wine vinegar
2 fluid ounces lime juice, fresh
12 fluid ounces sake
4 fluid ounces heavy cream
12 fluid ounces unsalted butter, cold and cut in chunks
2 fluid ounces Thai sweet chili sauce
salt and white pepper
1 cucumber, shaved on spiral slicer (or sliced thinley on mandoline)
1/2 quart vinegar, white
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup salt
1 tablespoon ground cardamom
1 tablespoon allspice

Steps:

CRAB CAKES.
Mix all ingredients well and adjust seasoning to taste. Use icecream scoop to shape into cakes; bread with panco crumbs.
Place cakes on sheet pans sprinkled with dry panko crumbs; wrap tightly and store in the refrigerator until ready to cook.
THAI SWEET CHILI SAUCE.
In a heavy sauce pan over medium high heat, combine ginger, garlic, vinegar, lime juice and sake. Reduce to a light syrup (90%), add cream and reduce to 60% over medium heat, being careful not to scorch. Reduce heat to low and gradually whip in the cold butter chunks. Whisk in chili sauce, salt and pepper.
MARINATED CUCUMBERS.
Mix all the ingredientes together bring to a boil, remove from heat and chill.
ASSEMBLY.
Saute crab cakes in a non stick saute pan until golden on each side and heated through; drain on paper towels.
Arrange crab cakes on plate, drizzle with chili sauce.
Pile high with marinated cucumbers, sprinkle with chopped chives; or alternately serve the marinated cucumbers beside the crab cakes on the plate.

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Rukhsana Khan

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These crab cakes were amazing! I will definitely be making them again soon.

Samke Madlala

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I love this recipe! The crab cakes are always a hit at my parties.

HP Creation

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This recipe is a keeper! The crab cakes were delicious and the sauce was the perfect complement.

Motric James

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I've made this recipe several times and it's always a crowd-pleaser. The crab cakes are always crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Zainab Nazari

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These crab cakes were easy to make and turned out great! I will definitely be making them again.

Khalid Khann

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I'm not a huge fan of crab cakes, but I really enjoyed these. The sauce was especially good.

novaandenes lol

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These crab cakes were a hit at my party! Everyone raved about them.

bradley pieterse

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I would recommend this recipe to anyone who loves crab cakes.

Carina Gouveia freitas

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Overall, I thought this was a good recipe. The crab cakes were tasty and the sauce was delicious.

Kati Kaum

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The recipe was easy to follow, but I found that the crab cakes took longer to cook than the recipe stated.

Deep King

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The crab cakes were a little too dry for my taste, but the sauce was delicious.

Robiul hasan hasan

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I'll definitely be making these again.

shania major

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Yum!

mark bates

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These were so good! I made them for a party and everyone loved them.

Mawaz basra Mavazbasra

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I love crab cakes and this recipe is one of the best I've tried. The crab cakes were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the sauce was the perfect balance of sweet and spicy.