Fried green tomato crab cakes with pickled-okra remoulade
Shape cakes a day ahead. Fry tomatoes first and hold; cook the crab cakes close to the platter. Fry, crab and pickle want fizz and acid. A cold lager or Riesling; pickled-okra lemonade if skipping alcohol.
This is the base recipe: one batch, 8 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because there is no committed plan for this dish. Build and commit a plan that includes it and this card multiplies itself to the batch count the plan computes.
Fry, crab and pickle want fizz and acid.
A cold lager or Riesling; pickled-okra lemonade if skipping alcohol.
Crab cakes three days, remoulade three days. Reheat cakes and tomatoes separately at 375°F. Do not freeze assembled stacks.
- Lump crabmeat1 lb
- Green tomatoes2 ea
- Panko0.75 cups
- Mayonnaise0.75 cups
- Pickled okra0.25 cups
- Lemon2 ea
- Dijon mustard1 tbsp
- Capers0.5 tbsp
- Old Bay seasoning0.5 tbsp
Multiplying the ingredients is the easy half. These are the parts of the recipe that the batch count does not move.
- Cooking time
- Pan time scales, because a second panful is a second turn: about 30 minutes at the stove in total. Crowding one pan to save a round drops the heat and stews it.
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- Amounts below are one batch: 8 portions. Build a plan and this card scales itself to it.
- Can be completed up to 1 day ahead. One batch takes about 2 fridge shelf-thirds while it waits.
- Stovetop occupancy is about 30 minutes at this scale. One pan, do not crowd.
- Holds about 20 minutes once finished. After that, quality drops — do not invent extra time.
- Drink pairing: A cold lager or Riesling; pickled-okra lemonade if skipping alcohol.
- Leftover route: Crab cakes three days, remoulade three days. Reheat cakes and tomatoes separately at 375°F. Do not freeze assembled stacks.
- Confirm every ingredient and every allergen yourself. Dietary tags are planning filters, not safety guarantees.
Can be completed up to 1 day ahead. One batch takes about 2 fridge shelf-thirds while it waits.
Base recipe: one batch, 8 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because no plan was open. Cooking time does not move with the batch: about 30 minutes at the stove either way.
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Stovetop · Cold storage · Landing space
contains fish · contains shellfish · contains dairy · contains gluten · contains egg