Perfect dinner for a cold winter night or a neighborhood Christmas party.
Course Dinner
Keyword crab cake
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Ingredients
Crab Cakes:
1can8 oz. premium white lump crab meat, drained (or fresh if you can get it)
2tbsmayo
1small egg
1/4cupfinely chopped green onion
1/4cupfinely chopped green pepper
1/2cupfresh white bread crumbs or crushed crackers such as Keebler Club crackers or Snack Sticksif using bread crumbs, add salt to the recipe, if using crackers, no added salt needed
1tbsOld Bay seasoning
1tbsfresh chopped parsley
1garlic clovemashed into a paste
Fresh lemon juice from 1/2 of a lemon
Flour
2-4tbsOlive oil
1tbsbutter
Lemon Garlic Aioli:
1/4cupmayo
2smallor 1 large garlic clove, mashed to a paste with salt
Juice from 1/2 lemon
Dash of black pepper
1tspOld Bay seasoningor more if you like
Instructions
Crab Cakes:
Directions:
Mix first 10 ingredients together, being careful to not overmix or break up the crab chunks. Dust a sheet pan or piece of tinfoil with flour. Carefully form little patties with the mixture and drop them onto the sheet pan or foil to dust with flour. Don't overhandle as the mixture will be very soft and wet. If the mixture is too wet, add more crumbs, or some flour.
Meanwhile, melt butter into 2 tbs of the olive oil and heat a saute pan to medium-high. Carefully drop cakes into pan with a spatula. Cook on one side until brown and crisp.
(Per Kirsten's suggestion, I seared the crab cakes in the olive oil and butter and then finished them off in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Perfection!)
Turn carefully, cook on the other side until brown and crisp and the inside of the cakes are cooked, about 2-3 minutes per side.
Serve hot, topped with aioli and a few sliced green onions for garnish.
Lemon Garlic Aioli:
Directions:
Mash garlic into a fine paste with the side of a knife on a cutting board, using salt as an abrasive. Mix all ingredients together. Serve with the crab cakes.
Notes
Makes 4 medium sized cakes, 8 mini cakes, can be doubled