Key West Style Crab Cakes
photo by Bev I Am
- Ready In:
- 51mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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2-3
ingredients
- 1 lb crabmeat (I use canned,lump)
- 2 slices bacon (cooked crisp & crumbled)
- 2 tablespoons onions (minced)
- 1⁄2 red bell pepper (cleaned & chopped fine)
- 1⁄2 green bell pepper (cleaned & chopped fine)
- 1 celery rib (chopped fine)
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 1⁄4 cup fresh herb (parsley, cilantro, basil)
- 3 -4 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning
- salt and pepper
- 1 pinch cayenne
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1 -2 tablespoon heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons oil
directions
- When preparing bacon, remove from pan and sautee onions, peppers, celery & garlic in bacon drippings.
- Transfer to a bowl, add crabmeat, herbs& breadcrumbs.
- Fold in egg & cream.
- Form into patties, size of your choice.
- Wrap & refrigerate atleast 30 minutes.
- Pan fry cakes in butter/oil til crispy on both sides, approximately 3 minutes per side.
- Serve with horseradish/mustard sauce.
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Reviews
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I'm so glad I finally got around to trying these wonderful crabcakes! I used king crab and also used probably a bit more breadcrumbs than called for because I was having a bit of difficulty getting the patties to hold together. I served them with recipe #71038 which was the perfect sauce for these crabcakes. We enjoyed them so much! Thank you!
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Wow ~ these were excellent! First off, I left out the bacon since DH will not eat any recipe with bacon in it. Other than that, I made as posted and I don't think we missed the bacon flavor at all. I made the cakes small ~ I got 14 out of the recipe ~ and I served with my own cocktail sauce. Thesse will be made quite often in our house ~ thanks for posting a keeper!
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This recipe deserves alot more stars than I can give! My DH devoured these! I was able to make six cakes from this recipe, I guess I made them smaller than I was supposed to. Definitly making these again this week. I made a cocktail sauce with horseradish and ketchup to serve with the cakes. Thanks Parrot Head Mama for a delicious recipe!
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