Crab Cakes Recipe Oven Baked or Air Fried
These delicious homemade crab cakes are flavoured with chives and fennel before being oven-baked until crisp and golden. I even have instructions for cooking them in an air fryer.
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 500kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Medium-large Floury Potatoes 400g
- 20 g Chives ½ Cup
- 2 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
- ½-1 teaspoon Coarse Sea Salt
- ⅛ teaspoon White Pepper
- 2 Tins Crab Meat 150g each or 210g total net weight
- 15 g Butter 1 tablespoon
- 50 g Coarse Dried Breadcrumbs ⅔-¾ Cup
- 2 tablespoon Flour
- 1 Medium Egg
Instructions
- Cook your potatoes whole with the skin on. I prefer to bake mine in the air fryer; they will take an hour at 180°C or 350°F. You can microwave them or even boil them. Then scoop out the flesh and pass it through a potato ricer. This should yield around 250-275g of mashed potato.
- Trim and finely slice the spring onions, then add them to the potatoes.
- Toast the fennel seeds in a small 20cm (8") frying pan, then crush them in a spice grinder or pestle and mortar and add them to the potatoes.
- Add the salt and white pepper to the potatoes, give everything a mix, have a taste, and adjust the seasoning to your liking.
- Drain the crab meat, add it to the bowl and mix, trying not to break up the crab too much. Form the mix into 4 patties. They will be around 125g each and aim for around 7½cm or 3" in diameter and around 2cm or ¾" thick.
- Heat the butter in a small 20cm (8") frying pan over a medium heat, and when it begins to foam, add the breadcrumbs and toast until golden.
- Dredge the parties in a little flour, then dip them into the lightly beaten egg and finally coat them in the breadcrumbs.
- Place the patties on a baking tray and cook in the oven at 200°C or 390°F for 15-20 minutes. You can also air fry them at 180°C or 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 500kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 211mg | Sodium: 1866mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 4g
