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Muffin-Tin Crab Cakes
"This recipe has taken the frying and fuss out of crab cakes by shaping and baking them in muffin tins. For the best taste, look for pasteurized crabmeat in the refrigerator case at your market's fish counter, a better choice than canned varieties. Make it a meal: try these crabcakes with some tangy tarter sauce and coleslaw. Note:To make bread crumbs tear crust from bread then tear into pieces & process in a food processer into coarse crumbs, one slice makes about 1/3 cup crumbs. The recipe is courtesy Eatingwell.com."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 lb crabmeat
- 2 cups fresh whole wheat breadcrumbs
- 1⁄2 red bell pepper, minced
- 3 scallions, sliced
- 1⁄4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 2 large eggs
- 1 large egg white
- 10 dashes hot sauce, such as Tabasco
- 1⁄2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 6 lemon wedges (to garnish)
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees; generously coat a 12-cup nonstick muffin pan with cooking spray.
- Mix crabmeat, breadcrumbs, bell pepper, scallions, mayonnaise, eggs, egg white, hot sauce, celery salt, and pepper in a bowl until well combined.
- Divide mixture evenly among the 12 muffin cups.
- Bake until crispy and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes, serve with lemon wedges.
Questions & Replies
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Should these be served warm straight from the oven or may they be at room temperature?
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Can these freeze?
Reviews
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Made as directed but switched celerty salt with old bay seasoning. Next time I will reduce to breadcrumbs so 1 to 1.5 cups as I felt there was a bit too much filler. -
Loved this recipe!!! I used 1 1/4 cup Panko breadcrumbs and 3 large eggs instead of 2 eggs and 1 egg white. Celery salt was substituted with Old Bay seasoning. According to other reviewers, it seems not easy to remove the cakes from muffin tins, so I made sure to coat my muffin tins with lots of vegetable oil before scooping up the mixture into them. It turned out that it's actually very easy to take out the crab cakes this way. Very very good! -
Made with regular mayonaise, and took out celery salt and replaced it with old bay seasoning. I hand formed these and baked them on a cookie sheet to make small appetizers for a party. What a hit! I served them with spicy cajun remoulade sauce, which was also quick & easy to make! so many compliments -
Great! Very tasty and light. I did not add extra seasoning as other reviewers suggested, and next time I think I might add a little Old Bay or Italian seasoning. Thanks!
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This receipe was a big hit at Thanksgiving this year! I loved that you can do it all in one bowl and that you don't have the mess of using a frying pan. Plus, it's great to have a healthier option! Thanks for sharing!
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Tweaks
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Used real mayo, reduced panko to 1.5 cups, 3 large eggs instead of 2, old bay low salt seasoning instead of celery salt, more pepper, got rid of the egg white, and as other reviewers suggested--added the crab last. PLUS i wanted them to be like "fried" so mixed the breadcrumbs that i put on top, with a blend of melted butter and olive oil. I think i even added a little chopped celery.
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Mine were a HIT!!! Thank you for all the great reviews that helped make it a hit! Like others said, I used 1 1/2 cups italian seasoned bread crumbs, 3 eggs, instead of 2 eggs plus 1 egg white, I subbed Old Bay Seasoning for the celery seed. Didnt have any red peppers on hand, so omitted, I diced up one fresh jalapeno seeds and all, we like it spicy. I bought the best crab, 1lb pasteurized in freezer section near the seafood at Giant Eagle. Lastly, I sprayed the muffin tin pan generously, and not one of my muffins stuck, as a matter of fact they all lifted out by hand! Next time I think I will add a few dashes of worcester sauce, and tsp of dry mustard, just because I think they both go with crab cakes! We loved loved the recipe! Thanks for sharing!!! -
Loved this recipe!!! I used 1 1/4 cup Panko breadcrumbs and 3 large eggs instead of 2 eggs and 1 egg white. Celery salt was substituted with Old Bay seasoning. According to other reviewers, it seems not easy to remove the cakes from muffin tins, so I made sure to coat my muffin tins with lots of vegetable oil before scooping up the mixture into them. It turned out that it's actually very easy to take out the crab cakes this way. Very very good!
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Made as directed but switched celerty salt with old bay seasoning. Next time I will reduce to breadcrumbs so 1 to 1.5 cups as I felt there was a bit too much filler.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Barb G.
Sonora, California
