Crab Stick Dippers

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"This is a recipe was adapted from a regular crab cake recipe, & these little goodies are great finger foods for the dinner table or for a buffet of appetizers! For the bread crumbs I usually use 1 cup of unseasoned crumbs [store bought] & 1 cup of my own, made from Orowheat's winter wheat bread."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1 large egg
• 4 egg whites
• 6 tablespoons chives, finely minced
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 4 (6 ounce) cans crabmeat, drained, flaked, cartilage removed
• 2 cups dry breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons canola oil

directions

1. In a large bowl, gently beat egg & egg whites.
2. Stir in chives, flour, baking powder, salt & pepper, & mix well.
3. Fold in crabmeat, then cover & cool in refrigerator several hours.
4. Put bread crumbs in a pie plate or other shallow bowl.
5. Measure crabmeat mixture by mounding one tablespoon [about 1/8 cup], then shaping that amount into a small flat stick or cake about 3/4" thick.
6. Gently roll & coat each stick in bread crumbs & set aside. There should be about 24 sticks.
7. In a large nonstick skillet, with oil over medium-high heat, cook crab sticks in batches for about 4 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.
8. As each stick is removed from oil, place on paper-towel lined wire rack.
9. Serve at room temperature with a seafood dipping sauce.

Reviews

[weekend cooker]

Well, after some extra work I did manage to get them on a popsicle stick. I did end up with 24. Now the flavor with the chives, pepper,along with the crabmeat is EXCEPTIONAL !! It made for a great appetizer for us, and plan on making again. Made for Gimme 5.

 

[Az B8990]

These are fantastic!!!! I couldn't get them to form into sticks so I also went with cakes. I will make these again...soon :)

 

[Shelby Jo]

This was so yummy! I made it into our supper, not just an appetizer. I tried making them into sticks, but the crab mixture was super wet and it was just oozing apart. So after trying a few sticks I made the rest into patties. I think my eggs were pretty big so I had too much egg white in the mix. They still turned out excellent though. My hubby mixed up some mayo with Cholula (hot sauce) and a little chili powder, which made a great dipping sauce for them. This is definitely something I'll make again. Thanks so much for posting!

 

[teresas]

Excellent crab cakes. Sorry! but I could not make them into sticks :( This was easy to prepare and taste great!!! I serve with a hot seafood dipping sauce and also an excellent mayo sauce called recipe #228880. Both worked well together. Thanks Syd for posting.

 

[Stephanie Z.]

These were very good! I actually formed them into about 1 inch diameter balls because they were easier to manage that way. Great healthy appetizer!