Quick and Easy Crab Cakes
"This only takes a few minutes to make and using imitation crab saves money and tastes great too! They are great for leftovers for lunch the next day as well."
photo by Sheena S.
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
8 2 inch patties
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon spicy mustard
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
- 1⁄4 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 1⁄3 cup chopped spinach
- 12 ounces crabmeat or 12 ounces imitation crabmeat
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1⁄2 cup olive oil
directions
- Mix the eggs and all of the seasonings together.
- Add the chopped red bell pepper and spinach.
- Stir in all of the crab meat.
- Get the frying pan warm (just past a medium heat) and add olive oil. The olive oil needs to cover the bottem of the pan.
- With your hands mix in the bread crumbs. Don't use to much. Just enough to get all of the ingredients to stick together.
- Roll the mixture into small patties about 2 inches wide and less then an inch thick.
- Once the oil is hot add patties. Make sure not to have them touch while frying. This will make them easier to flip over.
- Cook each Pattie about 2 to 4 minutes on each side. If they cook faster then that turn your heat down. The desired color of the patties should be between medium and dark brown.
- Remove from heat and let sit for 1 minute on a papertowel over a plate Before serving.
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