Kitchen Ideas: Crab Cakes and Mango Salsa

Kitchen Ideas: Crab Cakes and Mango Salsa

Crab Cakes

From: Allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

¾ Pound Crabmeat

1 Cup Plain Bread Crumbs

¾ Cup Mayo

1 Egg – Beaten

2 Green Onions – Minced

½ Lemon – Juiced

Sriracha – To Taste

Salt and Pepper – To Taste

2 Tablespoons of Oil

Directions:

Drain crabmeat. In a large bowl, mix crab, bread crumbs, mayo, egg, green onions, lemon, Sriracha, salt and pepper until combined. Shape mixture into small cakes. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook crab cake patties until crisp and golden brown on both sides.

Mango Salsa

From: Allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

1 Mango – Peeled, Pitted and Diced

1 Red Onion – Diced

3 Tablespoons Chopped Basil

3 Tablespoons Chopped Cilantro

1 Lime – Juiced

Jalapeno – Minced to Taste

Salt and Pepper – To Taste

Directions:

Combine all ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

I am not a fan of tomatoes and will use this salsa instead of tomato based salsa with chips as well. It also works very well with fish or shrimp tacos, like I did with some grilled shrimp tacos and the mango salsa from this summer.