Chinese Recipes - Crab Cakes Recipe

 
 

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


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.