Thai Crabcakes

13 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 pound fresh crab meat
  • 8 ounces french bread, crusts removed
  • Pint milk
  • 4 green onions, finely chopped
  • bunch of coriander leaves, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon red Thai paste
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves, stem removed, finely chopped
  • 5 ounces unsalted butter, softened
  • 6 ounces bread crumbs
  • 4 limes
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 ounces clarified butter
  • Thai sweet chili sauce to serve

Directions

  1. 1
    {"0":"Tear bread into chunks, place in bowl and add milk to cover, leave to soak 10 minutes then drain and squeeze out.","2":"Mix crab meat with bread, greens and Thai paste and butter in bowl, mix together and season with salt and pepper.","4":"Pour remaining milk into shallow dish.","6":"Place breadcrumbs in another dish.","8":"Peel 2 of the limes and remove all pith, then thinly slice.","10":"Cut other two limes into wedges.","12":"Divide crab mixture into 8 cakes and dip first in milk then in breadcrumbs.","14":"Heat half of clarified butter in a frying pan and fry four of the crab cakes for 4 minutes each side.","16":"Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel.","18":"Place on a warm serving dish and garnish with lime slices, serve with lime wedges and Thai sweet chili sauce."}

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