Crab Cakes with Lemon Caper Dipping Sauce mini size

By pattie_d

Ingredients

• For the cakes:
• olive oil spray
• 1-1/4 cups whole wheat panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon fat free milk
• 1/2 cup minced sweet onion
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley leaves
• 2 tablespoons seeded, minced red jalapeno pepper
• 1/3 cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• 1 pound lump crabmeat
• 1-3/4 inch cookie scoop (optional)
• For the lemon caper dipping sauce:
• 1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 4 teaspoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped parsley leaves
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped green onion
• 2 teaspoons chopped, drained capers
• 2 teaspoons minced or crushed garlic
• 1/2 teaspoons sugar

Details

Servings 24
Adapted from health.discovery.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Spray a medium non-stick baking pan with olive oil spray.

Pour the breadcrumbs into a medium shallow bowl. Add the egg and milk to a small, deep bowl and beat the mixture lightly with a fork.

In a medium mixing bowl, mix the onion, parsley, jalapeno, mayonnaise, Worcestershire, and horseradish until combined. Carefully stir in the crab, leaving the lumps of crab in tact, until just combined with the other ingredients.

Place a large sheet of waxed paper on a flat work surface. Using a 1-3/4 inch cookie scoop, scoop the mixture, packing it tightly to make 1-3/4 inch diameter crab cakes the shape of the scoop (or mounds if you don't have a scoop). Place them side by side on the waxed paper until all 24 cakes are formed. Then, carefully dip one cake in the egg mixture, making sure that any excess drips off. Roll it in the breadcrumbs and place the breaded cake on the prepared pan. Continue with each cake until they are all breaded and place them on the sheet so they do not touch. Spray them lightly with olive oil spray and transfer the pan to the oven. Cook them for 6-8 minutes per side until the outsides are slightly browned and the filling is warm throughout.

Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon juice and mustard. Add the parsley, green onion, capers, garlic and sugar. Stir the mixture until it is well combined. Serve the cakes immediately with the sauce for dipping.

Makes 24 cakes and 2/3 cup sauce; 6 3-cake servings with about 1/2 tablespoon sauce.

Each (3 cake + 1/2 tablespoon sauce) serving has: 187 calories, 15 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 6 g fat, trace saturated fat, 68 mg cholesterol, 2 g fiber, 624 mg sodium

Traditional Mini Crab Cakes (cakes only) have: 362 calories, 15 g protein, 21 g carbohydrates, 23 g fat, saturated fat unavailable, 101 mg cholesterol, 366 mg sodium