Mini crab cakes with lime and chilli mayo
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + chilling
- A little effort
- Makes 16
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- 200g cooked white crabmeat
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 spring onionsfinely chopped
- chopped to make 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley
- 1 eggbeaten
- 2 handfuls fresh breadcrumbs
- butter
- to decorate (optional) coriander leaves
chilli lime mayo
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 limejuiced and zested
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- kcal98
- fat7.2g
- saturates1.9g
- carbs4.9g
- fibre0.2g
- protein3.6g
- salt0.44g
Method
step 1
Mix the crab, mayo, onion and parsley. Divide into 16, shape into balls, then dip in the egg and coat in breadcrumbs. Firm up in the fridge for 30 minutes.
step 2
Heat a knob of butter in a non-stick frying pan. Fry the crab cakes in batches until golden. Mix the mayo and lime juice and swirl in the sweet chilli sauce.
step 3
Serve the cakes, topped with a coriander leaf, with the chilli lime mayo for dipping.