super simple yet super impressive dish--brought to you, as usual, by mark bittman, the minimalist. check out the article and video recipe here. i suggest watching the vid--bittman's always hilarious. this time he makes a white bread sad face, which is particularly funny to me because i'm researching bread for work (oh, the joys of working in advertising).

kinda eyeballed the ingredients and tweaked a bit--i suggest you do the same...makes for a much more exciting time in the kitchen. oh, but remember to rinse the shrimp and crab, lest your dish turn out as briny as the ocean they came from, as mine did. whoops.

what to do:
- puree a couple shrimpies with a few tsps of fish sauce.
- chop up some cilantro, green onions, ginger, and jalepeno. i grated the ginger and jalepeno, which made my life a lot simpler.
- toss all this in a bowl with a small handful of panko crumbs (yeah yeah, panko crumbs are japanese, not thai, but whatevs--i like the crunch).
- add the shrimp, about 8oz of crab meat, and an egg to the rest of the mixture.
- mix with your hands. shape into cakes. gently coat with flour.
- pan fry with hot peanut oil til they're brown--about 4min each side.
- nom nom nom.