Try this vegan version of a crab cake. Incorporating the flavors of the sea, you will also benefit from the added vegetables! Serve with cocktail sauce or aioli.
Servings: 4 Print Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 can (15.5 ounces) garbanzo beans, rinsed & drained
- 1 lemon, zest and juice
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay™ seasoning
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic (about 2 cloves)
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 cup thin nori strips (using kitchen scissors, cut 2 nori sheets into quarters, stack, cut into threads)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup grated zucchini
- 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
- 1/2 cup crushed brown rice crackers (about 16 rounds)
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika (optional: add dash of cayenne for spice)
- Sea salt, to taste
Directions
- Using a food processor, puree beans, lemon zest and juice, Old Bay, garlic and mustard until 75% smooth.
- Pulse in nori, onion, zucchini and celery.
- Stir in crushed crackers and form 8 cakes/patties (~1/4 cup each).
- Heat oil and paprika in skillet, brown sea cakes for 4 minutes on each side and sprinkle with salt.
- Store in air-tight container for 3 days or freeze for up to 6 months.
- NOTE: Cakes make great party appetizers! Just form 16 mini-patties and brown on a griddle.
Nutritional Facts for Sea Cakes
2 cakes
4
Daily Value %*
10%
13%
5%
0%
10%
8%
20%
12%
%
6%
6%
%
* Daily Value % based on a 2000 calorie diet.
barb says
This sounds very good, usually shop @ jewel, where can i find the dried seaweed? Thankyou for wonderful and healthy food ideas
Dawn says
Hey Barb! I love the sea cakes. You can find the 1/2 cup dried arame seaweed in the Asian section of many standard grocery stores & healthfood stores. Amazon.com also sells it. Enjoy the recipe…let me know how you like it!
Phyllis says
This does sound amazing and I love arame. Now to see if I have any left.