I WISH I was a crab cake

**Mrs. Reel Happy** · 02-18-2007 04:55 PM

2 wahoo steaks
Beer (whatever you're drinkin' while you're cooking is fine, for me it's usually Corona)
Old Bay
Butter

1/3 c. Bread crumbs, plain
1 tsp. mustard powder
4 tbs. mayo
1 can water chesnuts, drained and finely chopped
1/4 c. chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
1tsp. fresh lemon juice
peanut oil
Salt and pepper

Pour enough beer to cover the bottom (about 1/4") of a medium microwave-safe dish. Place the wahoo steaks in the beer, add a few slices of butter (2-3 per steak) and season with Old Bay. Cover with plastic-wrap and microwave for 3 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before removing wrap.

Once done, flake the wahoo with a fork, then move it to a medium bowl with a slotted spoon---leave the beer behind. Add to the fish the bread crumbs, mustard powder, mayo, water chesnuts, parsley, and lemon juice. Mix well and portion/pat out several cakes. Season the cakes with a little salt, pepper and Old Bay.

Heat the peanut oil (enough to cover the bottom of the pan, but not so much that your cakes will be drenched) in a skillet until it's HOT--not smoking, but you want the cakes to get a nice crispy brown on each side---which for me is about 1-2 minutes per side.

I like to dip my cakes in a little melted butter, lemon juice and Old Bay mixture. Let me know what you think...it may be an option for those with shellfish allergies...?

**Proheat** · 02-18-2007 05:19 PM

MMMMMmmmmmm!!!!! That sounds great!!!........I just told my wife about the recipe and she's gonna try it!!

I'll let you know how it turns out!

**dman25** · 02-18-2007 10:46 PM

IMHO wahoo is too good for this recipe. Any fish prepared this way will turn out really good. I keep the wahoo for steaks and use rockfish or whatever else is'nt all that great by itself. Even bluefish is pretty good in this recipe.