Chicken Cakes With Avocado Mango Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together the brown sugar and water. Bring to a boil, then pour into a medium bowl. Stir in the garlic chili sauce and lime juice. Set the dressing aside.
• In a large bowl, toss together the chicken, mangos and avocados. Arrange the spring salad mix on serving plates, then top with a few spoonfuls of the chicken mixture. Pour dressing over the top.

Steps:

• For the crab cakes: Combine the mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, stone-ground mustard and paprika in a large bowl. Add the crab, parsley and green onions and gently mix to combine. Begin adding the breadcrumbs 1/4 cup at a time until the mixture just holds together. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
• For the sour orange sauce: Combine the orange juice, lime juice, vinegar, chile powder, cumin and garlic in a medium saucepan, bring to a simmer over high heat and cook until reduced by half; season with salt and pepper. Strain into a bowl, add the honey, oregano and zest and let cool to room temperature before serving.
• For the mango-avocado relish: Combine the avocado, mango and red pepper in a medium bowl. Toss with the cilantro, canola oil, lime juice and salt and pepper. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.
• To finish the crab cakes, divide the crab mixture into 8 cakes and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush the tops of the cakes with mayonnaise and place overlapping layers of sliced plantains on top. Season the tops with salt, pepper and chile de arbol.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of canola oil in a large nonstick saute pan over medium heat until the oil begins to shimmer. In batches, add the crab cakes plantain-side down and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until just heated through, about 5 minutes longer. Repeat with the remaining crab cakes, adding up to 3 tablespoons more oil if needed.
• To serve, spoon some of the sour orange sauce into the bottom of 4 shallow bowls. Top with 2 crab cakes followed by some mango-avocado relish. Garnish with cilantro leaves.

Steps:

• Mayonnaise:.
• Roughly chop the avocado and place into your food processor with the mayo, a pinch of salt and pepper and process on high until smooth.
• Remove from the food processor, place in a bowl and cover the surface with cling wrap.
• Salsa:.
• Combine the tomato, onion, parsley, lemon juice, a pinch of salt and pepper and mix.
• Mix in a touch of olive oil and set aside.
• Chicken:.
• Preheat oven to 180 (350 fahrenheit).
• Cook the bacon in a large heavy based pan, until soft.
• Add the onion and chilli pepper and continue to cook a couple of minutes, (do not allow onion or bacon to brown), remove from heat and allow to cool.
• If using whole thigh meat, chop the chicken up roughly and place into your food processor and process until completely minced.
• Place chicken, contents of pan, egg, lemon zest and thyme into food processor and process until all combined.
• If mixture is very wet add all the bread crumbs, if only slightly wet add a little less.
• Add a pinch of salt and pepper and process once again.
• The mixture should appear slightly oily and shiny when done.
• Wet your hands and roll small handful size balls of the mix (slightly larger for main course), then press slightly flat.
• In a non stick fry pan add a liberal splash of olive oil and cook 1-2 minutes per side over med-high heat.
• Once all the cakes have been seared, transfer to the oven for a few minutes while you organise the serving plates.