Emergency Crab Cakes
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 16 ounces crabmeat
- 3⁄4 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning
- 1 1 dash garlic powder or 1 dash paprika
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1⁄4 cup breadcrumbs (batter)
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 1 dash oil
- 1 dash sea salt
- 1 dash ground pepper
directions
- Combine and gently mix crabmeat, mayo, Old Bay, and 1°C bread crumbs. Texture should be lumpy and sticky. Add mayo if batter won't hold.
- *If you have onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne powder, or paprika -- add a
- little to taste*.
- Add large dash of (sea)salt and pepper.
- Using hands, shape a palm-sized portion into a ball and flatten to a cake.
- Put "batter" breadcrumbs on a plate and dredge extra breadcrumbs onto cake.
- Heat a frying pan to medium and lightly surface with oil.
- Right before adding cake, add a teaspoons of butter for flavor and browning.
- Add cake to pan and cook without lid until golden brown and hot throughout.
- *Garnish with lemon, paprika, or parsley.
- Serve promptly.
- NOTE: Make smaller cakes for finger food.
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