Photo: Cajun Seafood Balls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound cooked, cleaned and peeled shrimp
- 1 (6-ounce) can crabmeat
- 1 (6-ounce) can salmon fish
- 1 (7-ounce) can whole corn kernels, drained
- 1 cup cooked white rice, leftover is fine
- 1 tablespoon Cajun spice mix
- 1/2 cup prepared tartar sauce, plus more for serving
- 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
- 2 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 eggs, beaten, divided
- 1/4 cup dried bread crumbs
- Peanut oil, for frying
- Lemon wedges, for serving
Directions
Pulse the shrimp in a food processor until finely chopped. Transfer the shrimp into a large mixing bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients except 1 of the beaten eggs and the bread crumbs, and fold together gently but thoroughly. Roll the mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls and dip into the beaten egg and then dredge in the bread crumbs. Deep-fry in 350 degree F oil until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Serve with lemon wedges and more tartar or remoulade sauce for dipping.
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By sarahbonnet
on May 26, 2012
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Incredible! They surpassed my expectations. Way to go, Paula! The balance of fish and other savory ingredients is marvelous. Be careful not to make them too big. Also, I left out the rice because I didn't have any in the house. Still awesome!
By lovely35
on November 21, 2011
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This recipe is excellent I have made them for about three years now every Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are wonderful and flavorful, the measurements are on point, I am from Monroe Louisianna and I actually make my own cajun tartar sauce, to put in to the mxture and also to serve them with. I am also a caterer and they are great at events. Thanks Paula
By rachel85704
on June 09, 2011
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Absolutely delicious. I used Japanese style bread crumbs and they worked wonderfully. I didn't have an issue forming the mixture into balls. I just put some of the mixture into the palm of one hand, used the fingers of my other to form it into a ball, switched it to the other hand and did the same.
I don't know why so many people had issues. I noticed the rice comments and thought that maybe people cooked the rice and THEN measured it out. I cooked a cup of rice and added all of it to the mixture (which comes out to more than a cup when cooked.
I think that adding bread crumbs to the mixture would dry them out and wouldn't recommend doing it.
The complaints about them being too fishy: There's three kinds of seafood in them. Of course they're going to be "fishy". They're not going to taste like chicken.
And: This is a recipe that has canned ingredients in it. If you don't like canned ingredients, you probably shouldn't have made them.
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