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Crab Burger Po' Boys

4.3

(15)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 2 sandwiches

Ingredients

For mustard mayonnaise:

1/3 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons finely chopped sweet pickle
1 tablespoon drained capers, chopped fine
1 tablespoon Creole or Dijon mustard

For crab burgers:

1/4 cup minced onion
1/4 cup minced green bell pepper
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 pound lump crab meat, picked over
1/4 cup thinly sliced scallion greens
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lightly beaten egg
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon fine dry bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
cayenne to taste
vegetable oil for frying
two 5-inch lengths soft-crumb French bread, split and toasted lightly
2 iceberg lettuce leaves, sliced thin

Preparation

  1. Make mustard mayonnaise:

    Step 1

    In a bowl whisk together mayonnaise ingredients and reserve.

  2. Make crab burgers:

    Step 2

    In a small heavy skillet cook onion and bell pepper in butter over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. In a bowl stir together onion mixture, crab meat, scallion greens, mayonnaise, egg, 1 tablespoon bread crumbs, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne, and salt to taste.

    Step 3

    Put remaining 1/2 cup bread crumbs in a small bowl and put a piece of plastic wrap on a work surface. Form one fourth crab mixture into a 3-inch patty (it will be soft) and coat with bread crumbs, transferring to plastic wrap. Make 3 more patties in same manner with remaining crab mixture and bread crumbs.

    Step 4

    In a 10-inch heavy deep skillet heat 1/4 inch oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and fry patties until golden and cooked through, about 2 1/2 minutes on each side, transferring to paper towels to drain.

    Step 5

    Spread bread with reserved mustard mayonnaise and sandwich crab burgers and lettuce between bread.

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