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Crabcake & Portobello Mushroom Salad

Crabcake & Portobello Mushroom Salad

Crab cakes are delicious any time of year. With canned crab meat you can make great variations of your own without having to go to Maryland. Yes, I said canned crab meat bc its March and there's snow on the ground...

....makes 2 big crab patties


Ingredients

  1. 1 6oz can Crab Meat
  2. 1 small red onion, diced
  3. 1 Celery Stalk, diced
  4. 1 egg
  5. 1 tbsp Mayo or Cottage cheese
  6. 2 tsp Dijon Mustard (or just 1 squirt) 
  7. 2 tsp Worchester Sauce + 1 tsp
  8. 1 shake of Adobo
  9. 1 tbsp Parsley
  10. 1/2 cup (or a little more) of Seasoned Bread Crumbs
  11. 1 tbsp Hoisin Sauce
  12. 2 Large Portobello caps
  13. S&P to taste

Dressing

  1. 2 1/2 tbsp EVOO
  2. 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
  3. 1 tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar
  4. 1 tsp Soy Sauce
  5. 1 tsp Honey
  6. S&P to taste
  7. Sesame Seeds

Directions

  1. Set oven to 350F. Open and drain canned crab and add to large bowl. Add the first 9 ingredients to bowl. Stir until well mixed. Form patties. If you find the mixture to be too moist, add a little more bread crumbs.
  2. Drizzle 1 tsp of Worchester Sauce to each mushroom cap. Sprinkle with a little salt. Place patties on top of mushroom cap. Dob 1 tbsp Hoisin Sauce on crab cake. Drizzle with Olive Oil and cook for about 20min or until crab is golden. 
  3. Mix dressing ingredients together and toss with lettuce. Place mushroom and crab cake over bed of lettuce. Enjoy!

**Note: The Worchester Sauce is a bit salty so you may not need need additional salt.

 


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