Crawfish Cakes With Chipotle Tartar Sauce


Course : Crawfish
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Serves: 2
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Ingredients:


---TARTAR SAUCE---

2 medium dried chipotle peppers

1/2 cup prepared mayonnaise

1 tablespoon chopped green onions

1 medium lemon -- juice of

1 teaspoon salt and pepper

---CRAWFISH CAKES---

2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon oil

1 cup shelled crawfish tails

2 tablespoons onion chopped

2 tablespoons red pepper chopped

2 tablespoons celery chopped

1/2 teaspoon garlic chopped

1 tablespoons Creole spice

1 large egg

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1 tablespoons chopped parsley -- , for garnish
 

Preparation / Directions:


Make tartar sauce: In a cast-iron skillet over high heat pan roast peppers, toasting them on all sides, until smoky and slightly charred. Chop finely. In a small bowl combine with remaining sauce ingredients. Adjust seasonings, to taste, with salt and pepper. In a sauté pan heat 1 teaspoon oil, add chopped onion, red pepper and celery, and toss and cook 2 minutes until tender. Remove pan from heat and add garlic, crawfish meat, and 1 teaspoon Creole spice or to taste. Transfer to a mixing bowl and set aside to cool. Mix in egg and enough bread crumbs for mixture to bind; adjust seasonings to taste with salt, pepper and Creole spice. Form into 4 equal patties and flatten to 3/4-inch thick. Heat remaining oil in a sauté pan and cook cakes on both sides until brown and crispy. Serve garnished with parsley and a dollop of tartar sauce.


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