The Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show
Vegan Crab Cakes
Calories: 215kcal
These cakes are seasoned with a blend of seaweed, Old Bay seasoning, and fresh green onions to capture that authentic seafood flavor. Instead of using oil, the mixture is grilled on a carbon steel griddle, creating a perfect golden-brown crust with a tender, savory inside.
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Ingredients
Crab Cakes
- 1 cup Butler soy curls or hearts of palm
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 deglet dates
- 14 ounces chickpeas cooked, drained and rinsed
- ½ red bell pepper diced
- ½ sheet nori torn into small pieces
- ⅓ cup green onions diced
- ⅓ cup arrowroot flour or corn starch
- 2 tsp old bay seasoning or seafood seasoning
- 1 tbsp mustard grainy
- 1 ½ tbsp tamari low sodium
Sauce
- ½ cup cashews or firm silk tofu
- 1 deglet date
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp mustard grainy
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ½ cup water
- 2 tsp capers or diced dill pickle
Instructions
Crab Cakes Prep
- Blend the dates with the warm water until the dates are pulverized.
- Add the Butler Soy Curls to the water mixture and let soak for an hour.
Sauce
- Add all ingredients except for the capers to a blender container and let soak while you make the crab cakes.
- Once crab cakes are finished cooking, blend sauce until smooth.
- Stir in the capers.
Crab Cakes
- Pour the chickpeas into a mixing bowl and smash thoroughly with a potato masher or fork.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir until well mixed.
- Preheat griddle or non-stick pan on medium high.
- Scoop up some of the mixture and form it into a balls with you hands and then gently press into a patty like you are making a burger patty. Mixture makes 6 patties.
- Place patties onto the griddle or non-stick pan and let cook on the first side for about 4 minutes, being sure not to move them until they are ready to be flipped.
- Flip and cook on other side for 4 minutes.
- Serve with the sauce on the side or drizzled over the top.
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Nutrition
Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 564mg | Potassium: 398mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 411IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 4mg
