Dinner

New Orleans Style Crawfish Cakes is for Dinner.

New Orleans Style Crawfish Cakes takes 20 minutes to prepare.

New Orleans Style Crawfish Cakes takes 6 minutes to cook.

New Orleans Style Crawfish Cakes makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for New Orleans Style Crawfish Cakes are:

For Crawfish cake batter:
12 ounces crawfish tails, peeled (can be purchased frozen if unavailable fresh)
1 1/2 tsp salt-free creole seasoning (like Tony Chacheres)
Juice of 1 lemon
1 TBSP chopped fresh parsley
1 TBSP chopped green onion tops
1/2 cup crushed, unsalted crackers
1 egg, lightly beaten

For Frying
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup crushed, unsalted crackers

Here is how you make New Orleans Style Crawfish Cakes:

In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse crawfish tails until coarsely chopped. (A blender can also be used if you don't have a food processor - just don't liquefy the tails!)Transfer crawfish tails to a mixing bowl and add seasoning, lemon juice, parsley, green onion tops, egg and crackers. Mix with a fork to combine. Form into 8 cakes (shaped like small hamburgers)In a large skillet, heat olive oil on a medium setting. When oil is hot, dredge crawfish cakes in flour, then egg, then crushed crackers. Fry until nicely browned, about four minutes. Turn and cook on the other side until browned - about 2 minutes.Drain on paper towels.Note - you can cook one cake at a time, and refrigerate left-overs for up to two days. Once fried, however, they do not keep well in the fridge!Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JMCKIMMIE.

The nutritional information for New Orleans Style Crawfish Cakes is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 280.3

• Total Fat: 14.1 g
• Cholesterol: 200.8 mg
• Sodium: 323.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 24.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
• Protein: 9.5 g