Asian Inspired Coconut Crab Cakes

Submitted by GingerlyJ

"I got the idea for this recipe taking an international cooking class in college.. I adapted it til it was perfect.."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 16 cakes
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 8 ounces flaked crabmeat
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger
• 1⁄4 cup thinly chopped green onion
• 1⁄4 cup diced red bell pepper
• 1⁄4 cup grated carrot
• 1⁄4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1⁄3 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 lemon

directions

1. preheat oven to 375.
2. place coconut in a mircowave safe dish and mircowave 3-4 minutes stirring often til lightly toasted.
3. combine crab, ginger, green onions, pepper, carrot, lemon juice, may, egg, rice vinegar and garlic and mix well.
4. combine bread crumsb and cayenne pepper and fold into crab mix.
5. sprinkle half of the coconut on cutting board.
6. With a measuring spoon form 16 even sized balls of crab mix.
7. roll in coocnut mixture and sprinkle remianing coconut on top.
8. Flatten and place on cookie sheet.
9. bake 20 minutes until coconut is golden brown.
10. Serve with asian style hot mustard.

Reviews

[cookingkiminpdx]

Really delicious! We simply loved these. I used flaked flounder instead of crab since that's what I had on hand. Mine needed about 30 minutes in the oven. I served them with a honey ginger dijon sauce. A winner!

 

[SarahCKS]

I tried these last night and was a little disappointed. They made a fine crab cake, but they just didn't have the zing I was hoping for. Aside from the coconut, they just really didn't taste any differently than an ordinary crab cake. I'm definitely going to make a spicy sauce for eating the leftovers. I'll probably go back to my usual crab cake recipe after this attempt.

 

[Brookes Kitchen]

Great recipe! I followed the recipe exactly. I used sweetened coconut flakes, as that is what I had on hand. My husband and I both liked the sweetened coconut. I've also never toasted coconut in the microwave- but it works! I would check it every 20-30 seconds. Mine was toasted in 2 1/2 minutes.

 

[gpl4574]

They were excellent thank you for your time and effort. I am new at cooking

 

[Shirlsaw]

OK - I will try next weekend and then update- looks yummy. Only question is did you use sweetened coconut or unsweetened??