Japanese
Kani Tama (Crab and Egg Patties)
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Kani Tama (Crab and Egg Patties) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the dashi, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and cornstarch together and warm in a small pot until it thickens into a glossy sauce.
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Shred the crab sticks and beat with the eggs, scallions, and peas.
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Heat half the oil in a skillet and pour in a quarter of the egg mixture, folding it into a loose patty as it sets; repeat to make four patties.
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Plate the patties and spoon the warm sauce over.
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Serve it with
A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kani Tama (Crab and Egg Patties), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kani Tama (Crab and Egg Patties) carries gluten, eggs, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Soy | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Fish | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 13 g
- Carbs
- 6 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kani Tama (Crab and Egg Patties) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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