Pan-fried crabmeat cakes
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Bean sprouts |
| ½ | cup | Bamboo shoots |
| 1 | Onion | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Oil |
| ½ | pounds | Lump crabmeat |
| 5 | Eggs | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornstarch |
| 2 | tablespoons | Soy sauce |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | dash | Pepper |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Oil |
Directions
1. Blanch bean sprouts. Sliver bamboo shoots and onion.
2. Heat oil. Add vegetables and stir-fry about 1 minute. Transfer to a deep bowl.
3. Pick over and mince crabmeat; add to vegetables. Beat eggs and add along with cornstarch, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well to blend.
4. Heat remaining oil. Add crabmeat mixture about 2 tablespoons at a time, dropping it like pancake batter to form thin cakes.
5. Brown cakes lightly on one side; turn with a spatula and brown on the other. Repeat (adding more oil as needed) until crabmeat mixture is used up. Keep cakes warm until ready to serve. VARIATIONS: 1. For the bean sprouts, substitute shredded celery.
2. Mince the vegetables and, add directly to the crabmeat. (Omit step 2.) From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .