Crab cakes

(from Parker - D’s recipe box)

Source: Cajan class

Categories: Cajan Food

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. Dungeness crab or jumbo lump carb
  • 0r baby shrimp
  • 1/4 c Mayo
  • 1/4 c Green onions minced
  • 2 eggs slightly beaten
  • 1/2 tsp Worchestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
  • 1 c Panko bread crumbs
  • 4 TBSP. olive oil
  • 2 TBSP unsalted butter
  • 1/4 c veg. oil
  • lemon wedges

Directions

  1. In a lg. bowl, combine mayo, onion, eggs, worchestershire, dry mustard, salt, and cayenne. Fold in crab and 1/4 c of bread crumbs. Shape into 16 – 1" thickness. Coat cakes with the rest of the crumbs and place on a wax-paper cookie sheet.
  2. In lg. skillet, melt 1 TBSP. of butter and 2 TBSP. of oil. After foam subsides, add half cakes and cook over low-med heat – not too hot. Cook slow and when brown on one side flip over and brown other side. approx. 2-3 mins per side. Drain on paper towel and keep warm while cooking the rest of the cakes in 1 TBSP of butter & 2 TBSP. of oil cook and seve with lemon slices.

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