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Island-Style Crab Cake Sliders

Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Jun 15, 2021
Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012
Allison Beck
Olive Branch, Mississippi
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Turn Pillsbury™ French bread into buns that hold delicious spicy crab cakes with aioli sauce.

Island-Style Crab Cake Sliders

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 1 hr 20 min
  • Ingredients 17
  • Servings 12
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Ingredients

  • 2 cans (11 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original French Bread
  • 1/3 cup chopped red bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup chopped mango
  • 1 tablespoon chopped seeded jalapeño chile
  • 1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sliced green onion (1 medium)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, if desired
  • 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups Progresso™ panko bread crumbs
  • 12 oz fresh cooked lump crabmeat (1 1/3 cups) or 2 cans (6.5 oz each) special white lump crabmeat, drained
  • 1/4 cup unsalted or salted butter, melted

Aioli

  • 1 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Cut each loaf of dough crosswise into 6 pieces. Roll dough into balls; place on cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    2
    Bake 12 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on cooling rack.
  • Step 
    3
    Increase oven temperature to 400°F. In food processor bowl, combine red pepper, mango and jalapeño. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses or until mixture is finely chopped.
  • Step 
    4
    In large bowl, combine pepper mixture, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, egg, Worcestershire sauce, green onion, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup of the bread crumbs until well blended. Gently fold in crabmeat until well blended. (Mixture will be moist.)
  • Step 
    5
    In small bowl, stir together remaining 1 cup bread crumbs and melted butter until blended. Using 1/4 cup crab mixture per patty, shape into 12 (2-inch) patties; sprinkle both sides of each patty with bread crumbs. Reshape each patty, if necessary. Place on cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    6
    Bake 20 to 25 minutes, turning once halfway through baking, or until cakes are golden brown on both sides.
  • Step 
    7
    Meanwhile, in food processor bowl, combine aioli ingredients. Cover; process until smooth.
  • Step 
    8
    Cut buns in half horizontally. Spread aioli on cut sides of each bun. Place bottoms of buns on serving platter; top each with crab cake and top of bun.

Nutrition

350 Calories
15g Total Fat
12g Protein
39g Total Carbohydrate
5g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
350
Calories from Fat
140
Total Fat
15g
24%
Saturated Fat
4 1/2g
22%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
65mg
22%
Sodium
630mg
26%
Potassium
150mg
4%
Total Carbohydrate
39g
13%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
5g
Protein
12g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
8%
8%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
10%
10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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