Incredible Striper Cakes

[yardbird]

These are incredible! Taste better than crab cakes! I modified this recipe from a local resturant's award winning crab cake recipe. My family has been enjoying it for over twenty years. Its great with any local catch. Measurements are approximate. I just estimate and ajust oil, crackers and seasoning to taste. Double or triple recipe as desired.

1# fresh or frozen fish (I use striper mainly but sea bass, tile, flounder and tog in any combination will taste great too)
1 egg
tablespoon of Old Bay or eqivalent
1 sleeve of Ritz crackers
4 tablespoons olive oil

Poach (Boil) the fish, drain and break up into lumps. Let cool.
In a separate bowl mix egg, oil and Old Bay.
Crush crackers by pushing two ends of sleeve towards each other, carful not to make a mess! Sleeve will open slightly to vent the air and the crackers turn to crumbs instantaneously if you do it right.
Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
Make cakes or small balls and then either broil or fry. If you pan or deep fry, dip in egg wash and then flour or panko crumb. If you broil, drizzle a little more olive oil or melted butter.

Enjoy!

[MIKE BURGESS]

Wow that sounds incredable Im going to try that tonight !!!! Thanks Mike

[MIKE BURGESS]

I just had my first one and you are the man they are incredible!!!!!!!!! I mean the best I have ever had !!! Hats off boss !! Great Recipe Thanks



Mike B

[tomytek]

I just just made these the other night and man they were incredible. Mike, how did you cook yours? I deep fried mine and they were awesome. I might try to be a little healthier next and broil them :pp. Thanks for the recipe yardbird.

[MIKE BURGESS]

I broiled them !!! Excellent of course I did the melted butter on top before putting them in broiler!!! :D

[tomytek]

Thanks Mike. I will definitely give that a try next time. I will make some garlic butter dipping sauce to go with it :D. I pulled out some leftovers from the frig the other night. The were still awesome cold with a nice cold one http://www.geocities.com/tommy0308/beer.gif

[gus]

i just boiled tog for the first time, i almost hurt to drop that beautiful fish in boiling water but i did it. from the other responses im sure itll turn out fine- gonna try the broiled in cast iron skillet route (wife moans about frying). will post results. thanks for recipe either way.

[gus]

that was great, i doubled the recipe or more and did some eyeballing. i put a bit too much cracker but it was still darned good. next time will be even better, thanks again.

[maestro]

I will give a big thumbs up to those panko crumbs. I haven't tried the fish cakes yet but I used the panko on some shrimp last week and I'll never go back to regular bread crumbs. I can't wait until 4/21 to get some fresh fish!

[MattD]

Great recipe! Tried it a few weeks ago with seabass and was very impressed. Try it with some diced sweet red pepper mixed in! Also good with a sour cream / dijon mustard sauce (made to personal taste)

[ChesBayBrats]

I'm not gonna want to eat burgers tonight after visualizing these striper cakes!:eek2:

Are you boiling fillets or the entire dressed fish?

[atlantaking]

I made these fishcakes with the tilefish "fillet scraps" from the Jil Carrie trip last week. Fantastic! :thumbup: :clapping2:

Just a FYI, when I fillet fish, I end up with a rack and a head that still have a lot of meat stuck to it. Instead of throwing it away, I take the head and rack and lightly boil it to soften the meat. After that's done, some poking and prodding with a fork, and a bunch of flaky meat falls off. Combine it with the poached fillet scraps (fillet ends, sides, rib meat that's trimmed to make the fillets a nice shape) and it's off to the races with the fishcakes. :yes:

[Thebigonegotaway]

How long do you boil the fillets?"

This sounds really good!!!!!!!!!!

[maestro]

bigone, I make these all the time. Working on a batch right now. Boil the fish just until it's done, don't overcook. Depending on the thickness of the filets the times can vary. I really dont think it matters how you pre-cook the fish. Boiled or steamed works but I just simmer them covered in a frying pan with a little olive oil or margarine. When it's white in the middle it's ready.

[Thebigonegotaway]

Well I have made this recipe twice now and it is good.

All i gotta say is..........gooooood cracker, goooood cracker (Andy Griffith)

[AMiller456]

I had them last night for the first time and it won't be the last, thanks for the great idea!

[yardbird]

Glad everyone enjoed them. Quite a pleasant surprise to read your positive responses!

[ccarey]

I make these cakes...Two thumbs up

[trophypro]

Great recipe I used sea bass and actually added dry mustard. The whole family liked it. Thanks. By the way I baked em:thumbup: I double the ingredients but next time i will not use 2 packs of crackers maybe 1 1/2

[sharkster]

I have made this recipe around 6 times now. As a matter of fact I have not made my striper any other way since I found this recipe. I just got done having them for supper with some mash patatoes, gravy and some succotash. mm!!mm!!

Thanks for giving us a great recipe!!!:thumbup:
Charlie

[OffTheHook II]

Sounds good:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[AMiller456]

I made it with thei tartar sauce and it was the perfect compliment:
mayo
dill relish (I hate sweet relish)
horseradish
old bay
lemon juice

I don't know the measurements, I adjusted to taste and it was great

[MS. ELLEN]

i do this but i steam the filets instead of boil, sprinkle old bay, slice vidalia onion on filet and steam, then make the cakes

[shellfishshucker69]

heres an idea that would work well with this recipe as well, meaning its trophy season after you fillet your catch take the carcass and cut the head off, take out the innards, and wash the carcass with cold water, pat dry and broil the carcass, remove bones and bam u have some cake meat and u can keep the fillets for future use and not waste any of the meat from filleting the fish

[night nurse]

GREAT! my daughter LOVES them and so did everybody else. We do a beach trip every year and each person has to cook one dinner... Guess what I am doing??
THANKS

TED

[POLECAT]

I just saw this for the first time........ only a year and a half from it's original post.:rolleyes:

Thanks Yardbird for posting! It's similar to a Bluefish/crab cake recipe we've enjoyed a in the past.

Plan to try your recipe as soon as I get ahold of a fresh fish.:D

[McFishin]

mmmmmmmmmm.......gonna make some tonight. Wish I wouldn't have thrown out the carcasses the other evenin'...next time that's where all my cake meat will come from!
Thanks!

[FishPrintGuy]

Yes - I revived this post!!! I'm off to catch my first rocks of the fall season in about 30 min. Oct 4 2:15am. This recipe is unreal. My dad makes killer crab cakes and we had some old striper and wanted to eat it up before I can catch some new so we tried this recipe. Man - it's great. We cut down on the crackers and don't add panko crumbs - we just fry them in a pan with a very small amount of oil or butter. They are fairly healthy that way - we have to keep control of fat in our family. My dad likes a little celery and a touch of onion doesn't hurt either but we both think they are almost as good as crab - if you added a little crab, most people would think it's a crab cake. Thanks a million for the recipe.

[27 sailfish]

Yeah - they are good :clapping2:.

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[Road Runner]

I bet they would be killer if you smoked the fish and than made the cakes.

[FishPrintGuy]

try it and tell us about it

[catman]

I tried these cakes tonight, broiled. also did the sour creme and mustard sauce. I'm try'n to start eat'n some fish lately and this here stuff is great. Thanks for posting the recipe :thumbup:............................

[yardbird]

Great idea about considering using smoked fish. I have about five pounds of fresh smoked chomper blue left from last week (ten pounds already went to friends and family) and now I know what to do with the rest! Thanks for the awesome idea Road Runner!!! My kids think smoked blue is better than any fish (except sushi YFT), so I can't wait to see how they turn out!!!

[yardbird]

We used day old grouper and red snapper as the base meat. I think we have a new favorite in the house....

[HJS]

As many times as this post has resurfaced I'm guessing its must be a pretty good recipe, so I gave it a try, March 5, 2009. EXCELLENT recipe for fish cakes, best I've made, and I'm not exactly a fan of fish cakes either. I followed the original recipe exactly as written.

The kewlest thing I learn from this recipe was how to turn a sleave of Ritz crackers into first rate cracker crumbs in 2 seconds, 3 seconds tops. Give it a try. Use to take me 5 minutes to turn crackers to crumbs using a rolling pin and a big plastic bag. Then 5 minutes to clean up the mess because the side split.

[BottomKnocker]

We've been making fish cakes for the past couple years. You can microwave a plate full of filets with lil old bay, then take a fork and break them up to resemble crabmeat. Follow any crabcake recipe (one on the can of old bay if you don't have a favorite). We make a bunch at a time, place in the freezer on wax paper on cookie sheet til frozen then seal em up and eat whenever you desire.Last season we had atleast 50 in there, not anymore!!

[BottomKnocker]

4-5 minutes in the microwave. Sorry forgot ot mention.

[Sea King]

SOunds like a great recipe! Thanks for posting, I will report after I catch some fresh schoolies this weekend (hopefully!).

[Cameron_Krazie]

A buddy of mine had tried this and recemonded, so I gave it a try and WOW! They were amazing and the whole family loved them. Gave some to a neighbor and they loved them too. Thanks for passing this on.:clapping2::clapping2:

[ReelObsession]

I tried some of these with some rockfish i caught a few days ago and the recipe was amazing! I added the red pepper to mine and it was excellent!!!!

Nick Muoio
Reel Obsession

[Tom Shearer]

Awesome recipe! I had been using one I got from “In Fisherman” years ago. This tops it. Something to try as a variation, stuff some large mushrooms with the mix and put in the oven. Brush with a little butter.

Thanks.

[brettgaba]

wanted to say thank you to the original poster of this recipe. made these and LOVED them with some haddock fillets my mom brought down from maine. added some diced peppers and onions as well as some dijon mustard.

i'm usually a catch and release guy, but my wife is actually asking me to bring fish back now so we can make these.

[michael1]

Just tried them tonight and they were incredible. Great recipe man.

[3 dogs]

I made the striper cakes just like the recipe said and they were awesome!!!!! Thanks for posting it.

[yardbird]

wow, great to see so much positive feedback! mike

[Loop Wing]

awesome. Tried them regular the first time. Just thinking about all the different things to add.

[codydog]

If you think the rock cakes are good try adding Fresh Salsa to the mix. I get the Salsa from Giant

[Loop Wing]

Since my last post I have tried, (all caught by me, nothing store bought) Salmon, mahi, spadefish, triggerfish. This recipe rocks!!!!!