Thai Crabcakes with Chili Dipping Sauce from Fingerfood

Ingredients

• 3 red chilies, cored
• 3 scallions, finely sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 4 cilantro stalks, finely chopped
• 1 inch fresh ginger or galangal, chopped
• 6 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced, or grated zest of 2 limes
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 8 ounces boneless fish fillets, such as cod
• 1 ½ cups crabmeat (fresh, frozen, or canned)
• 2 Chinese long beans or 12 beans, finely sliced
• 1 ounce. beanthread (cellophane) noodles (1 small bundle)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil, for frying
• ½ cup white rice vinegar or lime juice
• 1 red chili, finely sliced
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce, such as nam pla
• 1 scallion, finely sliced
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar