I made crab cakes for dinner last night. To accompany I steamed some fresh broccoli and made a lemon butter sauce. I also made 24 cupcakes (from a boxed cake mix), a dozen blueberry muffins (Martha White mix) and I cheated with bisquick and made cheddar chive drop biscuits. I had some frozen shrimp in the freezer. I made a quick cocktail sauce and served up shrimp cocktail before dinner. I tried a new crab cake recipe and followed the direction exactly (very rare). Easy Crab Cakes (clipped from the St. Louis Post Dispatch) 1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper 2/4 cup finely chopped green onion (next time I'm using a scallion) 3/4 cup mayonnaise (I used Hellman's) 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice 4/4 teaspoon seasoned salt 5/2 teaspoon garlic powder a dash of cayenne pepper 2 6oz cans of crab meat, drained, juice reserved 1 medium egg beaten 1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs 3 tablespoons of butter In bowl, combine red pepper, green onions, mayonnaise, lemon juice, seasoned salt, garlic powder and cayenne. Stir in the crab, egg and 1/3 of the breadcrumbs (it will be sticky). Divide and form the mixture into 4 balls. Roll the crab balls into the remaining bread crumbs, flatten into cakes (1/2 inch thick). In skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Fry the crab cakes 3-4 minutes per side or until golden brown on each side. Makes 4 servings. After the crabcakes were done I put them on paper towels to drain and added more butter to the skillet. I whipped up a simple roux and added the clam juice, a smidge of cayenne, salt, pepper and a tiny bit of lemon juice. Brought to a boil. I didn't serve this, it was God awful. I threw it out and made a simple lemon/butter sauce. Michael
>and I cheated with bisquick and made cheddar chive drop biscuits. Care to share the recipe? TIA Laura B. LauraATwhoeverDOTcom
[email protected] (Thalocean2) deliciously posted in news:[email protected]: >>and I cheated with bisquick and made cheddar chive drop biscuits. > > Care to share the recipe? > > TIA Laura B. LauraATwhoeverDOTcom Darnit. It's on the bisquick box and I threw it away. I don't remember the recipe except I added water, shredded cheddar and fine chopped chives. It's really easy too. I made drop biscuits. If I can find the recipe, I'll post it for you. Michael
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:36:56 -0000, Dog3 <[email protected];not> wrote: > I made crab cakes for dinner last night. FYI: for those who don't have crab available... try grinding up some breast of chicken. I'm not fond of fried foods, but son made a concoction last night that was similar to crab cakes - with chicken breast meat he ground himself and it was very tasty. Practice safe eating - always use condiments
[email protected] (Thalocean2) deliciously posted in news:[email protected]: >>Darnit. It's on the bisquick box and I threw it away. I don't remember the recipe except I added >>water, shredded cheddar and fine chopped chives. It's really easy too. I made drop biscuits. If I >>can find the recipe, I'll post it for you. >> >>Michael > > Thank you Laura B Here you go Laura. I added to the recipe about 1/2 teaspoon of fresh chopped chives. I did not measure the chives. Cheese-Garlic Biscuits 2 cups Original Bisquick® mix 2/3 cup milk 3/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (2 ounces) 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 4/8 teaspoon garlic powder 5. Heat oven to 450ºF. 6. Stir Bisquick mix, milk and cheese until soft dough forms. Drop dough by 9 spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. 7. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Stir together butter and garlic powder; brush over warm biscuits. Michael -- "Beauty is only a light switch away." ~Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC
