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Gluten & Wheat-Free Crab Cakes with Garlic Aioli Dipping Sauce

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Think you can’t eat crab cakes because you are following a gluten-free diet? Think again.  Straight from my cookbook, The Everything Wheat-Free Diet Cookbook, here are crispy Crab Cakes with a wonderful Garlic Aioli Sauce. These are great for entertaining and you make them small for an appetizer or larger for a main dish.

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Crab Cakes

Dinner, Appetizer, Seafood, Gluten-free, Main dish, Wheat-free

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 green onions finely chopped
  • 12 ounces jumbo lump crabmeat
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 ⁄2 cup plus 1 cup, wheat-free bread crumbs, divided
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon ground basil
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon ground oregano
  • Salt and ground pepper to taste
  • 1 ⁄2 cup extra-virgin olive oil for frying

Instructions

  1. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium- high heat. Sauté green onions for 1–2 minutes, until tender. Remove from heat.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the crabmeat, garlic, egg, Greek yogurt, 1⁄2 cup bread crumbs, cayenne pepper, green onions, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Form into small patties, about 1⁄2" thick.
  3. In a separate bowl, place 1 cup of bread crumbs. Dredge patties in the bread crumbs thoroughly.
  4. heat 1⁄2 cup oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Place crab cakes in oil and cook until golden brown, making sure to cook evenly on both sides. Once cooked, place on paper towels to drain.
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Garlic Aioli Dipping Sauce

Dinner, Appetizer, Seafood, Gluten-free, Main dish, Wheat-free

Ingredients

  • 1 ⁄2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt
  • 3 cloves of garlic chopped
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1 ⁄4 teaspoon dried cumin

Instructions

  1. Place all the ingredients in a small bowl and mix until thoroughly blended. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour so the flavors blend.

Hope you enjoy them!  You can find my cookbook at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and all major bookstores nationwide.

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