Crab Croquettes
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 ounces shelled cooked crab
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs), divided
- About 4 cups vegetable oil for frying
- Hot sauce
- Saute onions in butter in a medium frying pan over high heat until softened, 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl. Add mustard, garlic powder, salt, crab, 1 egg, and 1/4 cup panko and stir until blended.
- Form mixture into 8 balls and set them on an oiled baking sheet. Whisk remaining egg with 2 tbsp. water on a small plate. Put remaining 1/2 cup panko on another plate. Dip balls in egg, then roll in panko.
- Meanwhile, pour oil into a medium pot, insert a deep-fry thermometer, and heat over high heat to 350u0b0. Cook 3 or 4 balls in oil at a time, turning often, until medium brown, 4 minutes. Transfer croquettes to paper towels. Serve with hot sauce.
- Nutritional analysis is per croquette.
green onions, butter, dry mustard, garlic, kosher salt, crab, eggs, bread crumbs, vegetable oil, sauce
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/crab-croquettes (may not work)