Crab Cakes With Lime Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Mix half the lime juice, 1/2 cup mayo, dressing mix and mustard in medium bowl until blended. Add crabmeat, 1/2 cup cracker crumbs and onions; mix lightly.
• Shape into 18 (1/2-inch-thick) patties; coat with remaining cracker crumbs.
• Cook, in batches, in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 2 min. on each side or until heated through and golden brown on both sides. Meanwhile, mix sour cream, lime zest, and remaining mayo and lime juice until blended.
• Serve crab cakes with the lime sauce.

Steps:

• LIME SAUCE:.
• Combine, in small bowl, remaining 1/4-cup mayonnaise, 1/2-tablespoon mustard, juice from a lime quarter and sour cream. Chill until ready to serve.
• CRAB CAKES:.
• Chop onions into 1/4-inch pieces. Place in large bowl.
• Cut lime in quarters and squeeze juice of one quarter over onions.
• Add 1/4-cup mayonnaise, dressing mix, and 1/2- tablespoon mustard. Mix until well blended.
• Crush seven crackers while adding to mayonnaise mixture. Add crabmeat and mix well.
• Shape into four 1/4-inch thick patties.
• Preheat large saute pan on medium-high 2-3 minutes.
• Crush remaining 6 crackers onto a plate. Lightly coat patties with crackers, then place in saute pan.
• Cook 12-15 minutes turning as needed to brown and heat thoroughly.
• Serve crab cakes with lime sauce and enjoy!

Steps:

• Grate the peel from the lime and squeeze the juice.
• Mix 1/2 of the lime juice you squeezed, 1/2 cup of the mayo, the salad dressing mix and the mustard in a medium bowl until well blended; add the crabmeat, 1/2 cup of the cracker crumbs and the onion; mix lightly but thoroughly.
• Shape into 16 patties; coat with remaining cracker crumbs.
• Cook patties, in batches of three or four, in a large nonstick skillet (spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray also), about two minutes on each side or until lightly browned and heated through.
• Mix remaining 1/2 cup Mayo, remaining lime juice and peel, the sour cream and salt to taste until well blended; serve with the crab cakes.