Easy Crispy Crab Cakes

Submitted by Nicole Can Cook

"These are delicious crab cakes that my mom makes..I think she got the recipe from a co-worker. It goes well with a black bean soup."

 

• Ready In: 18mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 4 cakes
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup green onion, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup light mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 2 (6 ounce) cans crabmeat
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup seasoned dry bread crumb
• 3 tablespoons butter

directions

1. In a bowl, combine red pepper, green onion, mayo, lemon juice, salt, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.
2. Stir in crab, egg, and 1/3 c of the breadcrumbs (may be sticky).
3. Divide and form mixture into 4 balls.
4. Roll crab balls in remaining breadcrumbs.
5. Flatten into cakes about 1/2 inch thick.
6. In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat and fry crab cakes 3-4 min per side, or until golden.

Reviews

[daisygrl64]

I followed the recipe, but like the other reviewer, I had to use more bread crumb than asked for in recipe. But all in all it was good.

 

[TreeSquirrel]

This is my first attempt at crab cakes. I left off the green onions and used cooked, caramelized white onion. I also used a big dash of cayenne pepper for more flavor. My mixture was very moist, even after adding 1/3 cup of the breadcrumbs; therefore, I ended up adding a lot more breadcrumbs to the mixture. My resulting crab cakes had a heavy bread crumb flavor, but were still soft in texture. I don't know if this is how they're supposed to be, but I think I would prefer a patty without breadcrumbs holding it together. The breadcrumbs did give me a nice golden, crunchy outer coating, which I enjoyed. Also, the recipe doesn't specify to drain the crab, but I did. For a first attempt at crab cakes, these were quite yummy and I ate three of them by myself! Thank you for posting.

 

[Shirley 39]

Loved this recipe. It is almost like the one my mom used when I was growing up. If you have leftover cakes they make great cold crab cake sandwiches. I usually double the recipe so we can have left overs.