Shrimp and Sweet Potato Cakes with Chayote Slaw and Chipotle Sauce
- 1 pound tan-skinned sweet potatoes
- 4 large garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 4 tablespoons (or more) vegetable oil
- 8 ounces peeled cooked large shrimp, coarsely chopped
- 2/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2/3 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)*
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped poblano chili**
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Latin Spice Mix
- All purpose flour
- Slaw Chayote
- Chipotle Tartar Sauce
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Pierce potatoes all over with fork.
- Place on baking sheet.
- Toss garlic with 1 tablespoon oil in small bowl.
- Enclose garlic in foil; place on baking sheet with potatoes.
- Bake until potatoes and garlic are tender, about 30 minutes for garlic and 1 hour 15 minutes for potatoes.
- Cool garlic and potatoes slightly.
- Remove peel from garlic.
- Remove skins from potatoes.
- Combine potatoes and garlic in bowl.
- Mash until smooth.
- Add shrimp, cilantro, panko, chili, onion and 1 1/2 teaspoons Latin Spice Mix.
- Stir to blend well.
- Season with salt.
- Form mixture into six 3-inch-diameter patties.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Lightly coat cakes in flour.
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Cook cakes in batches until brown, adding more oil if necessary, about 2 minutes per side.
- Place on baking sheet.
- Bake until heated through, about 5 minutes.
- Spoon Chayote Slaw in center of plates.
- Place 1 cake on each plate.
- Spoon Chipotle Tartar Sauce atop cakes; serve.
- *Available in Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets.
- **A fresh green chili, often called a pasilla, available at Latin American markets and some supermarkets.
potatoes, garlic, vegetable oil, shrimp, fresh cilantro, poblano chili, red onion, latin spice mix, flour, tartar sauce
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/shrimp-and-sweet-potato-cakes-with-chayote-slaw-and-chipotle-sauce-102840 (may not work)