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Crab cakes with sweet chilli & ginger dipping sauce
Photo: David Holifield

Crab cakes with sweet chilli & ginger dipping sauce

22 ingredients 25 min + 25 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Crab cakes with sweet chilli & ginger dipping sauce

An easy help-yourself starter with the zest and spice of ginger and chilli

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

909
Calories
27g
Protein
8g
Fat
176g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Kaffir Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
French Bean not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 75g French beans , finely sliced
  • 200g fresh white crabmeat
  • 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove , crushed
  • 4 spring onions , trimmed and finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger
  • grated zest 1 lime
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander
  • 75g fresh white breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 egg , beaten
  • sunflower oil , for frying
  • 5 garlic cloves , roughly chopped
  • 2 red chillies , roughly chopped
  • 6cm piece ginger , peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 dried kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 stalk lemongrass , trimmed and roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander
  • 175g caster sugar
  • 50ml rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce or lime juice
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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