Down East Crab Cakes

photo by eatrealfood




- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4-8
ingredients
- 1 lb fresh-picked maine crabmeat (or any other fresh crabmeat)
- 3 cups unseasoned dry breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 4 -5 dashes Tabasco sauce or 4 -5 dashes other hot pepper sauce
- 1 medium red bell pepper, finely minced
- 4 scallions, minced
- 1 stalk celery, finely minced
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup mayonnaise (approximately)
- 1⁄4 cup additional breadcrumbs, for coating
- oil (for frying)
directions
- Combine crabmeat, breadcrumbs, mustard, hot sauce, bell pepper, scallions, celery and egg in a large bowl.
- Add just enough mayonnaise to hold the ingredients together, being careful not to make it so moist that the mixture will fall apart.
- Divide into 8 patties.
- Coat with additional bread crumbs, then fry, four at a time, in hot oil until crispy and brown on all sides.
- ***Patties can be made ahead of time and frozen- they freeze very well.
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Reviews
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This recipe made 8 big patties! Served on a bed of greens with matchstick carrots, celery and red onions. Topped it with Miller`s Outer Slobodnikanian Salad Dressing #39461. I basically followed the recipe except I didn`t coat the patties with breadcrumbs and I used 2 tablespoons honey mustard in place of the dijon.Good Stuff!