Killer Crab Cakes and Bitter Salad with Sweet Red Pepper Dressing

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Hors D'Oeuvres Dinner

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (28)

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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

1 starchy potato, peeled and thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic
Coarse salt
Handful fresh flat-leaf parsley
Couple sprigs fresh thyme, leaves finely chopped
1/2 lemon, zested and juiced
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 (6-ounce) tubs fresh lump crabmeat, available at fresh seafood counter
7 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
2 roasted red peppers
1 small shallot, chopped
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Black pepper
1 small head escarole, chopped
1 small head radicchio, chopped
1 endive, chopped

Directions

Cook potatoes in boiling water 6 to 7 minutes until tender, drain, scatter across a large flat surface to cool and dry, 5 minutes. Smash the garlic with salt to make a paste and add to potatoes along with thyme, parsley, lemon zest and crushed red pepper flakes. Feel through the crab as you add it to the potatoes to check for shells. Mix together to combine and form into 4 (4 to 5-inch) super sized, killer crab cakes.

Heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium to medium- high heat. Add the cakes and cook 5 minutes on each side or until deep golden brown.

Combine the roasted red peppers, shallot, sugar, the juice of 1/2 lemon and the red wine vinegar in a food processor. Stream in the remaining 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil and form a dressing. Stop the processor and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Combine the greens in a salad bowl and dress them. Adjust salt and pepper, to your taste. Serve crab cakes on a bed of salad.

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recipe Killer Crab Cakes and Bitter Salad with Sweet Red Pepper Dressing
yvonne Rancho Belago, CA 06-09-2009
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good flavor, but would not hold up.
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I love the idea of the potato, but it make the cakes not want to stay together. Next time I will add more crab and less... potato. I also added hot sauce to mine. Overall, the flavor was great. Very easy and fast.Read more
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jill redwood city, CA 05-28-2009
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fell apart
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I thought the flavor of this was fantastic, BUT they absolutely would not stay together
recipe Killer Crab Cakes and Bitter Salad with Sweet Red Pepper Dressing
don wilton manors, FL 02-03-2008
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Fantastic
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My sister has celiac and cannot eat wheat. The use of the potatoes as the filler is a fantastic idea. After eating these, I... never make crab cakes any other way! They are truly delicious.Read more
recipe Killer Crab Cakes and Bitter Salad with Sweet Red Pepper Dressing
Lauri Hampton Falls, NH 09-14-2007
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great
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this was a pretty easy thing to make, the results were amazing ! served to people 12 to 57 and everyone liked it.
recipe Killer Crab Cakes and Bitter Salad with Sweet Red Pepper Dressing
Anonymous 07-23-2007
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ok
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

i put to much potatos in this meal and i had a hard time keeping the crab cake together
recipe Killer Crab Cakes and Bitter Salad with Sweet Red Pepper Dressing
Kathy Brandon, FL 07-18-2007
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Yum... with salad
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I used her recipe and added in about 4 cooked shrimp roughly chopped into the crab mixture. I also served with a fruit salad... you can get from the grocery store. Plus a small green salad with escarole, red cabbage, snow peas, celery, cherry tom, 4-5 greek halfed olives. Something like that, my family enjoyed it! Thanks RachelRead more