Chinese Seafood Recipes - Crab Cakes Recipe

Ingredients

• 225 g/8 oz bean sprouts                         

• 60 ml/4 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 100 g/4 oz bamboo shoots, cut into strips

• 1 onion, chopped

• 225 g/8 oz crab meat, flaked

• 4 eggs, lightly beaten

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce

• salt and freshly ground pepper

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Method:

1. Blanch the bean sprouts in boiling water for 4 minutes then drain. Heat half the oil and stir-fry the bean sprouts, bamboo shoots and onion until softened.

2. Remove from the heat and mix in the remaining ingredients, except the oil.

3. Heat the remaining oil in a clean pan and fry spoonfuls of the crab meat mixture to make small cakes.

4. Fry until lightly browned on both sides then serve at once.