This site is the venue of my collection of special and ordinary Philippine and American dishes. For the last 55 years, My wife, Macrine Nieva Jambalos Katague had been the boss in the Kitchen. However, when she was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2013, I have to take over her cooking duties. I have been enjoying cooking and this proves that one is never too old to learn new things in life.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
My Homemade versus Commercially Prepared Crab Cakes
The other day while shopping at Food Mart I found commercially prepared crab cakes with Cocktail sauce on sale ( see photo above)( $4.99 for 4 cakes). The package says it is made from real crab meat, but if you read the ingredients at the back of the package there are other ingredients that may be considered artificial crab meat or an additive(Crab meat, pollock and or whiting, wheat, soy, milk and Egg)
I have never purchased commercially prepared crab cakes, But I thought I should try it and compared it with my homemade crab cake following the recipe from allrecipes.com. It was not bad but my crab cake made from my favorite recipe definitely taste better. But if you do not feel like cooking, the above commercial crab cake will suffice. The following is one of my favorite recipe for crab cakes from allrecipes.com
Ingredients:
1 pound crabmeat, shredded
1 1/2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley salt and pepper to taste
1 egg, large
1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon ground dry mustard
1 dash hot pepper sauce
Preparation:
1.Preheat oven broiler 400F.
2. Mix together crabmeat, bread crumbs, parsley, salt and pepper.
3. Beat together egg, mayonnaise, hot sauce and mustard. Combine with other ingredients and mix well.
4. Form into patties and place on a lightly greased broiler pan or baking sheet.
5. Broil for 10 to 15 minutes, until lightly brown.
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