Quick and Easy Crab Cakes

This only takes a few minutes to make and using imitation crab saves money and tastes great too! They are great for leftovers for lunch the next day as well.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 8 2 inch patties

Ingredients

• 1  egg
• 1  egg white
• 1  tablespoon spicy mustard
• 1  teaspoon parsley
• 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped red bell pepper
• 1⁄3 cup  chopped spinach
• 12  ounces  crabmeat or 12  ounces  imitation crabmeat
• 1  cup  breadcrumbs
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil

Directions

1. Mix the eggs and all of the seasonings together.
2. Add the chopped red bell pepper and spinach.
3. Stir in all of the crab meat.
4. Get the frying pan warm (just past a medium heat) and add olive oil. The olive oil needs to cover the bottem of the pan.
5. With your hands mix in the bread crumbs. Don't use to much. Just enough to get all of the ingredients to stick together.
6. Roll the mixture into small patties about 2 inches wide and less then an inch thick.
7. Once the oil is hot add patties. Make sure not to have them touch while frying. This will make them easier to flip over.
8. Cook each Pattie about 2 to 4 minutes on each side. If they cook faster then that turn your heat down. The desired color of the patties should be between medium and dark brown.
9. Remove from heat and let sit for 1 minute on a papertowel over a plate Before serving.