Crab cake burger with chili cream

Recipe Categories : | Burgers | Crab | Seafood |

Serves : 4    Preparation time : 25 minutes  Cooking time : 5-10 minutes

Ingredients :

• For chili cream : ¼ cup sour cream
• 2-3 tspn sweet or hot chili sauce
• ½ tspn ground cumin
• 1 tbsp plain yogurt
• 2 tspn fresh chopped chives
  For burger :
• 200g crab meat, drained
• 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped
• ¼ cup whole egg mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
• 1 tbsp finely chopped red capsicum
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• ½ tspn grated lime rind
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil for shallow frying
• 1 round Italian crusty loaf, quartered
• cos lettuce leaves

Preparation and Cooking Instructions

1. To make chili cream : Combine all chili cream ingredients in a small bowl. Stir until combined.
2. To make burgers : In a bowl, mix crab meat, breadcrumbs, onion, mayonnaise, juice, coriander, capsicum, egg, rind, salt and pepper. Divide mixture into 4 portions.
3. Heat oil in frying pan. Drop each crab portion into pan, cook over medium heat 2-3 minutes each side; remove crab cake, drain on paper towels.
4. Halve bread quarters horizontally. Toast each side. Place bread bases on 4 serving plates and, on each place lettuce, crab cake, chili cream and top quarter of bread.