Crab croquettes, or crab cutlets, are a popular dish throughout Atlantic coast of the USA. They are prepared, as a rule, from crab meat sliced, mixed with breadcrumbs, mayonnaise sauce and sometimes vegetable frying. Cook savory fresh, frozen or canned crab croquettes crab meat, fried in breading, and serve with a dip of spicy mayonnaise sauce that goes well with tender crab under a crispy shell of croquettes. It turns out very tasty a beer snack that football would love болельщикам. 
Time: 1hour. 55 minutes Difficulty: easy Quantity: 25 – 30 crab balls The recipes use measured containers with a volume of: 1 glass (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cups (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp. l.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 450 gr sliced crab meat coarsely chopped
- 1 tbsp. mayonnaise
- 3 tsp garlic chili sauce
- 2 tbsp. l freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tbsp. l rapeseed oil + optional for shallow frying
- 1 stalk of celery, finely chopped (about 1/4 tbsp.)
- Half jalapeno pod finely chopped
- Half a small red onion, finely chopped (about 0.5 tbsp.)
- Half red bell pepper finely chopped (approx. 0.5 tbsp.)
- 4 tbsp. unsalted breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg, beaten
Recipes with similar ingredients: crab meat, chili sauce, celery, red onion, sweet pepper, lemon juice, breading crackers, eggs
Recipe preparation:
- In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, chili sauce with garlic and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate. Over moderate heat heat a pan with a thick bottom with a diameter of 25 cm. Add rapeseed oil and heat until sparkling. Add celery, jalapenos, onions and bell peppers and fry until soft, about 3 minutes. Put the vegetables in a large bowl and let cool to room temperature. temperature, 10-12 minutes. Dry the pan.
- Add crab meat, 1.5 tbsp. breadcrumbs, eggs and 0.5 tbsp. chili mayonnaise to cooled vegetables. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper, mix. Pour the remaining 2.5 tbsp. breading crackers in a shallow bowl.
- Form small croquettes from a crab mixture (approximately 1.5 tbsp. l.), only 25 – 30 pieces. Roll every croquet completely in breadcrumbs. Lay croquettes on parchment covered cover, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 8 hours.
- In a thick-bottomed pan over medium heat, heat 0.5 cm. Rapeseed oil. Sauté croquet in batches until golden colors, turning them over once, 2-3 minutes. Shift to serving dish, salt and pepper. Serve with the rest chili mayonnaise.
