Sides for crab cakes?

[CurlyQ284]

I'm making my Nana's crab cakes for Christmas Eve. It's a new tradition I wanted to start. I don't know what to make for sides. We always ate them in the summer and had corn on the cover and tomato salad but those aren't in season now so I'm not sure what to make.

Maybe wild rice?

[rosiedozie]

How about this? I've never tried it, but it sounds similar to one that I've had in a restaurant here

www.marthastewart.com/999406/crab-boil-and-bacon-potato-salad

[elleblue]

I'd do a heartier dish, maybe something like creamed corn? Maybe some roasted winter veggies, like zucchini and squash for another side. Cioppino is a seafood stew popular on Christmas Eve, that could also work, though I'd do small portions, like a first course option then move to the crab cakes and sides.

[lucky513]

warm spinach salad
cream of corm
risotto

[CurlyQ284]

Also VeryViolet you're from Maryland. Does your nana have a recipe we can compare? Lol

[CurlyQ284]

Thanks guys. I'm going to run this all by DH tomorrow because "it's too late to think" ::eyeroll::

[DotAndBuzz]

My favorite restaurant at the beach serves them with red beans and rice, and sugar snap peas. So those are my votes.

[pagas]

risotto and green beans

[cuccaro]

Another vote for green beans

[VeryViolet]

Dec 19, 2014 22:04:45 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

Also VeryViolet you're from Maryland. Does your nana have a recipe we can compare? Lol

I just saw this. I don't have a recipe because I always just kind of make them. Lol

My suggestion is as little filler as possible, crushed saltines no bread crumbs, and broil them don't fry.

For sides I would keep it simple. Hush puppies are a classic but fries would be good and since it is winter maybe just a salad as a vegetable.

ETA this is pretty close to what I make but I don't use hot sauce. www.foodandwine.com/recipes/baltimore-style-crab-cakes

Thanks nana andrew zimmern LOL

[CurlyQ284]

Dec 19, 2014 23:16:23 GMT -5 VeryViolet said:

Dec 19, 2014 22:04:45 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

Also VeryViolet you're from Maryland. Does your nana have a recipe we can compare? Lol

My suggestion is as little filler as possible, crushed saltines no bread crumbs, and broil them don't fry.

Ok I know I'm from Virginia but my family goes back at least 2 generations on the eastern shore. psh. I know this man!

I'm kind of thinking about trying panko because I love panko so much but I don't know how nana would feel about that. I don't know if there's a heaven, but I'm nervous about changing it just in case there is one and I have to face her later lol.

ETA that's close to Nana's but she used powdered mustard and old bay

ETA again, after thinking about it I think panko might make them too dense. Sorry Nana, I'll never think of it again!

[isabel]

Dec 19, 2014 22:05:40 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

Thanks guys. I'm going to run this all by DH tomorrow because "it's too late to think" ::eyeroll::

Mine says this too. lol what.ever.

[jennistarr1]

Yeah I was going to say corn and tomato but you're right about season...

I would roasted potatoes with old bay (I toss in ziplock with evoo and a little water ) and a green veggie

or Mac n cheese and green salad 

[pantsparty]

thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/07/fresh_corn_cass/

[firedancer10288]

Another Marylander chiming in. We always use these Old Bay packets
www.oldbay.com/Products/Old-Bay-Crab-Cake-Classic-Mix.aspx
But I'm sure there's a recipe on the side of the can if you can't find the packet. We also sprinkle more Old Bay on the top of the crab cakes before broiling.

My go-to meal (like when my mom asks me what I want for my bday dinner) is crab cakes and Mac n cheese. If I'm out at a restaurant then it's usually fries or mashed potatoes and a veggie.

[hisno1girl]

All you really need is butter.

[auntie]

Mmmmmm.

Crab cakes.

I like mine with roasted asparagus, a mixed green salad with a shallot dressing and maybe a seasoned rice or boiled red skin potatoes.

[workaholic]

Have you thought about doing mini-crab cakes for an appetizer, then a heartier meal instead? I think Summer when I hear crab cakes, but I love them regardless. What about bacon-wrapped asparagus? Rub them w EVOO, S&P. and use thick cut bacon to wrap a few pieces at a time. Bake them at 400 on a raised pan so the drippings fall instead of soaking into the asparagus.

[shell403b]

At my fave resto, I get them with mashed potatotes and broccoli. I like the green beans and risotto suggestion.

[pagas]

I also like to slice potatoes into rounds, then roast them with EVOO+S+P. Then you can place the crabcake on the round, serve asparagus on the side.