Corn And Crab Fritters

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
• 2 cups frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 2 large eggs, separated
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 lb fresh lump crabmeat
• vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a large skillet; add vegetables, and sauté 5 minutes.
• 2 combine flour and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
• 3 lightly beat egg yolks; add buttermilk to egg yolks. stir sauteed vegetables and buttermilk mixture into flour mixture. fold in crabmeat.
• 4 beat egg whites at high speed until soft peaks form. gently fold half of beaten egg into crabmeat batter. fold in remaining beaten egg .
• 5 heat 2" oil to 375º.
• 6 shape 2 tablespoons batter into a fritter shape and drop into hot oil 4 or 5 at a time. cook 3 minutes or until golden on all sides, turning once. drain on paper towels.
• 7 serve with spicy dipping sauce.