Lake Conway Slab Crappie Cakes

(from Charley’s recipe box)

Source: Arkansas Wildlife Calendar- Matt Schroeder (from RecipeThing user Lucianolinda)

Categories: Fish- Seafood

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. crappie fillets
  • 1 bag Zatarains' Crab boil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup chopped celery
  • 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
  • Green onions (optional)
  • jalapeno (optional)
  • 1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning
  • 1 tsp. Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp. spicy brown mustard
  • juice of half a lemon
  • 1 sleeve Ritz crackers
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1 cup peanut oil

Directions

  1. Boil crappie fillets with Zatarains Crab Boil until they float. Remove fillets; chill about 2 hours.

  2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat egg; add celery, parsley, (onions and jalapeno if desired), seasonings, mayonnaise, mustard and lemon juiced; mix. Break crappie fillets into chinks; add to mixture. Add enough crushed crackers to mixture so it can be formed into cakes the size of hockey pucks. Roll cakes in crumbs on both sides.

  3. Saute cakes in butter and peanut oil until both sides are brown. Transfer to baking pan; bake 10 minutes.

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