What To Serve With Crab Cakes? 19 Incredible Side Dishes

Crab cake is a very famous dish in many regions. The soft fragrant crab cakes, mixed with side dishes, will bring great flavors. If you are not familiar with this dish, learn about it. It was originally just a snack for side meals. However, when served with some other dishes, it becomes the main meal. Here is the shared information about what to serve with crab cakes that you should know.

What Side Dishes To Serve With Crab Cakes?

There are many sides for crab cakes. You can find out which dish suits you best.

Avocado Pasta

You can choose avocado pasta, which combines ingredients including avocado, basil, garlic, lemon, and olive oil. For those wishing to have a light meal, this is a suitable dish.

Grilled or Baked Potato

This starchy dish is one of the best comfort food that pairs perfecly with crab cakes. And it's easy to make at your home. You can make grilled potator or baked potato separately or you can do both in just 1 dish: Baked potato on the grill.

Wrap the potatoes individually that rubbed with olive oil and seasoned with salt in aluminum foil and pierce them with a fork, which allows all the smoky flavors to penetrate the spuds. Place them on the heated up grill. After 45 minutes to 1 hour, pierce the flesh with a paring knife. If the knife slides in easily, the potatoes are done. Your baked potatoes will be tender with crispy skins and fluffy insides.

Herbed Potatoes

Herbal potatoes are made from ingredients available in nature. It was a frugal meal with a combination of potatoes and other herbs.

Colorful Slaw

In the summer, eating vegetables will be very good for your health. This side dish is a combination of tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, onion, coriander and parsley. These ingredients are added to lemon juice or vinegar to create a colorful slaw dish.

Gazpacho Soup

This is the perfect sides for crab cake for that hot summer day when you’re starving, craving soup but need something to cool down.

Gazpacho Soup is combination of some chopped up vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and zucchini and tomato juice. It will provide a moist flavor when you dip crab cake into the soup.

Corn Chowder

Corn Chowder brings you an extremely luxurious meal. It's like a creamy texture that makes crab cakes more delicious. You need to prepare the main ingredient is corn along with some necessary spices such as salt and pepper. Put corn in a small blender, bring to cook for spices. Cooking time is also very quick with this dish.

Mango Salsa

The sourness of the mango and the frugality of the salsa make for a perfect side dish. This dish can be used for the main meal when combined with crab cakes.

Asparagus and Tomatoes

You may find this combination strange. But just add cooked tomatoes and asparagus, add such seasoning, and you have a perfect accompaniment.

Bread Rolls

If you learn about what to serve with crab cakes, you can't miss this dish. It gives a traditional taste and also becomes the main meal for the family.

Vegetable Side Dishes With Crab Cakes

Grilled Veggies

Vegetables are always a healthy, healthy food. It is also always chosen by many people, so you can choose to make a side dish for crab cakes.

Roasted Veggies

This is a dish with many flavors that you should not miss. It has a combination of a lot of vegetables, tubers, and fruits.

Salad Served With Crab Cakes

Macaroni Salad

Macaroni Salad does not need too many ingredients and is simple to cook, just the right amount of moisture and seasoning. For the perfect balance, use a more savory brand of mayonnaise, add sweetness from diced carrots or other vegetables. Make sure the macaroni salad is cold when you serve it with crab cakes.

Corn Salad

This frugal dish will not take you too long to prepare. Just prepare the corn and salad, crush the corn with a blender and mix it well with the salad. Add a little salt and pepper and mix well. 

Green Salad

Green Salad is the simplest accompaniment of all. Just choose the greens that you like to eat.

Let try green salad recipe from Twist With A Taste!

Chickpea Salad

With this dish you can choose beans with tomatoes, cucumbers and potatoes. Wash, chop the ingredients, mix well and add salt to enjoy.

What Kind of Sauce To Serve With Crab Cakes?

Remoulade Sauce

This is another perfect side dish that you will want to serve with crab cakes. If you like to have a spicy kick, then Remoulade is a choice not to be missed.

The ingredients you will need are: mustard, mayo, hot sauce and some spices such as pepper, salt to taste. Put everything in a small pot and bring to a boil and you have served with crab cakes sauce. 

Tartar Sauce

Ingredients to choose from are pickles, mayonnaise, and dijon mustard. Add a little sugar, salt and pepper to have a sauce that comes with many flavors.

Drinks With Crab Cakes

Cocktails 

To make crab cakes more delicious, Cocktails are indispensable. This drink has many flavors that you can choose from such as watermelon, strawberry, grape, orange, strawberry, etc. 

Wine

Wine is a traditional drink used by many people when served with crab cakes. You can choose from a variety of wine flavors to suit your taste.

Remoulade Sauce Recipe - The Best Sides For Crab Cakes

Cooking Note

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 2 minutes
• Total Time: 7 minutes
• Servings: 24 servings
• Calories: 26kcal 

Ingredients

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp Tabasco
• 1 clove of garlic crushed
• 2 tbsps horseradish grated
• 2 tbsps pickle relish dill
• 3 tbsp mustard

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix well.
2. Place bowl in an air-tight container for 1-2 hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
3. Serve with crab cakes and enjoy!

Above is the information to share for you to know more about what to serve with crab cakes. Hopefully through that you will be able to choose for yourself an additional side dish to go with crab cakes.

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