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Maryland Style Crab Cakes

Easy Maryland-Style Crab Cakes

June 17, 2019 by Becky Spoon

Crab Cakes
Crab Cakes

I love Crab Cakes! The other day when I made Seafood gumbo I had some crab left and I decided I’d make a couple of crab cakes. You know, it was one of those days, it’s just you, you want something to eat, and you look and you have just enough for about two cakes! Yay for me! Wonderful lunch.

There are some recipes for crab cakes that have peppers, onions, celery and other ingredients that are delicious, but this recipe is pretty much about the crab without a lot of other added ingredients. An egg, a little dijon mustard, mayonnaise, just a couple of the few ingredients.

I know crab is pretty expensive. I haven’t checked, but It would most likely be less expensive to buy crab legs and harvest the meat. I purchased a container of crab meat that was a quality brand. The lumps weren’t as jumbo as I wanted, so try to buy a large lump. I’ve ordered from Pike’s Fish Market in Seattle which was amazing and succulent, but it was costly. http://www.pikeplacefish.com/collections/shellfish/SHELLFISH-D-CRABMEAT.html.

Crab Cakes
Crab Cakes

Easy Maryland-Style Crab Cakes

Crab Cakes make an excellent appetizer!! I was in Vegas and went to Emeril’s restaurant, New Orleans Fish and ordered the Crab Cakes as an appetizer. They were totally amazing! There were a few other ingredients that I have not included but the majority of the cake was CRAB! Who doesn’t love crab? I didn’t take the time to make a sauce, I just had mine with a squeeze of lemon! Delicious.

These would be the perfect appetizer for my https://the2spoons.com/delicious-louisiana-seafood-gumbo/

Crab Cakes

Here’s my simple recipe! Enjoy!

Maryland-Style Crab Cakes

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Course Appetizer, dinner, Lunch
Cuisine creole
Servings 4 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp dijon
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tsp hot sauce
  • 1 lb jumbo lump crab meat, picked over
  • 20 saltine crackers, finely crushed
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • lemon wedges

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce until smooth.

  • In a medium bowl, lightly toss the crabmeat with the cracker crumbs. Gently fold in the mayonnaise mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  • Scoop the crab mixture into eight 1/3-cup mounds; lightly pack into 8 patties, about 1 1/2 inches thick. In a large skillet, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the crab cakes and cook over moderately high heat until deeply golden and heated through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the crab cakes to plates and serve with lemon wedges.


  • The crab cakes can be prepared through Step 2 and refrigerated overnight.
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