Air Fryer Crab Cakes
Air fryer crab cakes make an excellent appetizer or lunch. The air fryer makes them nice and crispy without all the fat from frying.
Calories per serving: 469kcal
Ingredients
~~ Cakes ~~
- 8 ounces (226.8 g) imitation crab meat
4 tablespoons (4 tablespoons) mayonnaise- 3 tablespoons (3 tablespoons) breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoons (2 teaspoons) *dried red onion
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) Outrage
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) Creole Magic
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) *freeze-dried dill
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) True Lemon
~~ Breading ~~
- ½ cup (62.5 g) *flour
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Outrage
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Creole Magic
- 1 (1) egg
- ½ cup (30 g) panko breadcrumbs
~~ Sauce ~~
- 2 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) Homade Chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) mayonnaise
- ⅛ teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) Tabasco
~~ Garnish ~~
- 3 slices (3 slices) Bread, thinly sliced
- ½ cup (35 g) cabbage, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- Mise en place
To make the crab cakes
- Put the crab in the food processor with an S blade.
- Process the crab until it is in small pieces about the size of rice.
- Add the mayonnaise, breadcrumbs, and seasonings.
- Process until the mixture starts to form balls. Remove the mixture from the food processor.
- Form 6 disks on a flexible cutting board.
- Put the cutting board into the freezer, and let the cakes harden for about 40 minutes.
For the breading
- While that is happening, make the breading. Gather 3 breading trays.
- Put the flour Outrage and Creole Magic into one breading tray. Put an egg into another tray and use a fork to break it up. Put the panko in the last tray.
- Put the cakes in the flour and coat on both sides, shaking off any excess.
- Next dip the cakes in the egg on all sides. Shake off any excess.
- Finally, put the disks in the panko on both sides.
- Put the cakes on an air fryer rack. You can refrigerate the crab cakes at this point until you are ready to serve, up to three hours.
- Put the cakes in the air fryer and set the fryer to 360 °F (182 °C) for 15 minutes. Check at the 10-minute mark to make sure they are not burning.
For the Sauce
- While the cakes are cooking, make the sauce. Combine the sauce ingredients and set them aside.
For the Garnish
- Make the garnish by thinly slicing cabbage and mixing it with finely chopped cilantro. Set the garnish aside.
- Take three slices of thinly sliced bread and cut each in half, leaving 6 slices. Toast the bread in the air fryer at 400 °F (204 °C) for 4 minutes.
- When the toast is done, spread some of the sauce on each. Top with a crab cake. Put the remaining sauce on top of each cake.
- Place the cabbage garnish on top.
- Enjoy!
Notes
These will serve 3 for lunch or 6 as an appetizer.
If you have real crab on hand, feel free to use it.
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