Paula Deen's Crab Cakes With Lemon-Dill Sauce

Submitted by Juenessa

"These crab cakes are melt-in-your-mouth delicious!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 20
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Lemon Dill Sauce

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄4 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill leaves
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, minced

• Crab Cakes

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 green onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped red bell peppers
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
• cayenne pepper
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 lb crabmeat (white or claw crabmeat, picked free of any bits of shell)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

directions

1. To make the sauce, combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Refrigerate until chilled.
2. The sauce will thicken as it chills.
3. To prepare the crab cakes, melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
4. Saute the onion, bell pepper, and garlic until the pepper is limp, approximately 3 minutes.
5. Add the cream, mustard, 1 egg, parsley, cayenne pepper and 1/2 cup bread crumbs, to taste, and mix well.
6. Gently fold in the crabmeat.
7. Form the mixture into 8 patties, about 1/2-inch thick.
8. In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup of bread crumbs with the Parmesan.
9. Pat this topping onto both sides of the patties.
10. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
11. Using a skillet, combine the oil and remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
12. Saute the crab cakes in the hot oil-butter mixture for approximately 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
13. These crab cakes can also be baked for 7 to 10 minutes in a 400 degree F oven.
14. To serve, spoon a dollop of the lemon dill sauce along side each crab cake.
15. **Cook time doesn't include refrigeration of the crab cakes for approximately 2 hours to let them firm up.

Reviews

[Michelle M.]

This is my go to recipe for impressing dinner guests, it is ALWAYS a huge hit and they turn out perfect every time. THey get Devoured - never any leftovers!!! It has spoiled us for ordering crab cakes out because we prefer these to any I've ordered out.

 

[gwynn]

These are the most wonderful tasting Crab Cakes. I made them for my family tonight. They all just when crazy over them. They all loved the Lemon-Dill Sauce. Will be making them many more times I'm sure. Thanks for the lovely recipe.