My Crab Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a skillet over high heat. Saute green onions briefly until tender; cool slightly.
• Combine crabmeat, sauteed green onions, egg, mayonnaise, dry mustard, crushed crackers, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, Old Bay seasoning, salt and pepper. Form into 1/2 inch thick patties. Coat the patties with bread crumbs.
• Heat 1/2 cup oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Cook cakes until golden brown on each side. Drain briefly on paper towels and serve hot.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Whisk egg and dressing in large bowl until well blended. Add crabmeat; mix well. Gently stir in remaining ingredients. Let stand 3 min.
• Shape into 24 cakes, using about 1 Tbsp. crabmeat mixture for each. Place in single layer on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 5 to 7 min. on each side or until heated through and golden brown on both sides.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the crab cakes: Gently fold together the crabmeat, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, chives, Dijon mustard, seafood seasoning, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper and the juice and zest of one lemon in a large bowl. Refrigerate the crab mixture for 15 minutes to firm up; this allows the breadcrumbs to absorb some of the liquid, helping the crab cakes bind together.
• Meanwhile, make the tartar sauce: Combine the mayonnaise, dill pickles, capers, chives, zest and juice of 1 lemon in a medium bowl and mix until combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Scoop heaping half cups of the crab mixture and pat into 2 1/2-inch wide patties. Lightly press them together so they do not fall apart while cooking. You should have 8 patties.
• Heat 3 tablespoons unsalted butter and 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the crab cakes to the pan and cook until golden, about 2 minutes, then flip using a flat metal spatula. Continue to cook until lightly golden, about 1 1/2 minutes then transfer the pan to the oven. Cook until the crab cakes are completely heated through, about 10 minutes.
• Serve the crab cakes with the tartar sauce and lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Pick over the crabmeat, discarding any pieces of shell or cartilage. In a large bowl, stir together the crabmeat, corn, bell pepper, jalapeño, scallion, dry bread crumbs, curry powder and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together 3 of the eggs and add them to the crabmeat. Mix well.
• Form the crab mixture into 12 cakes, each about 1/2 cup, pressing the cakes together very firmly. Beat the remaining 2 eggs together in a shallow bowl. Place the panko in another shallow bowl. Dip cakes in egg, dredge in panko and transfer to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Refrigerate, uncovered, for 1 hour.
• Heat 1/2 inch oil in each of two sauté pans over high heat. When the oil is very hot but not smoking, add the cakes and cook until well browned, about 5 minutes per side. Drain briefly on paper towels and serve.

Steps:

• In a large bowl whisk together the egg, the mayonnaise, the mustard, the pimiento, the parsley, the Old Bay Seasoning, the Worcestershire sauce, the Tabasco, the pepper, and the salt, add the crab meat and 1/4 cup of the Saltines, and toss the mixture gently. Spread the remaining 1/2 cup Saltines on a plate, form the crab mixture with a 1/3-cup measure gently into eight 3/4-inch-thick patties, and coat the top and bottoms of each patty carefully with the Saltines, transferring the crab cakes as they are formed to a sheet of wax paper. In a large skillet heat the oil and the butter over moderately high heat until the foam subsides and in the fat sauté the crab cakes, in batches if necessary, for 1 to 2 minutes on each side, or until they are golden, transferring them as they are cooked to a heated platter. Serve the crab cakes with the lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Tear bread into small pieces into a bowl with crab. Add mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, 2 Tbsp egg (discard remainder), and a pinch of salt. Mix together gently but thoroughly, then form into 4 patties (about 3 inches in diameter).
• Heat butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat until foam subsides, then cook crab cakes, turning once, until golden brown, about 6 minutes total.
• Serve with:
• french fries and/or baby greens tossed with lemon vinaigrette.

Steps:

• Place crab meat, bread, cayenne and herbs into bowl and combine.
• In another bowl, whisk together the mayo, mustard, egg and additional yolk.
• Season with pepper to taste.
• Slowly pour dressing into the crab meat mixture, using a fork to gently lift and fluff the texture.
• Use only enough liquid to cause the mixture to just cling together; don't overwork.
• Form into cake about 3 inches in diameter and 3/4 inch high.
• Lay onto plate, cover, and refrigerate for at least one hour, until firmed up.
• To get superfine cracker crumbs and breadcrumbs, whir everything up in a food processor.
• Before cooking, dip cakes into cracker crumbs to coat.
• This prevents the crab meat edges from getting tough and chewy when sauteeing.
• Heat butter in frying pan until foamy.
• Add crab cakes, and let saute until browned on the bottom.
• Turn them just once, and brown the other side.
• Keep warm until all cakes have been sauteed.
• Arrange on platter with wedges of lemon.
• Please note that I served these on top of a bed of MEAN CHEF's Texas Caviar from the Cowgirl Hall of Fame Restaurant (#27742).
• the flavors melded together perfectly, although you may want to make sure to not go overboard on the jalapenos, so as not to overwhelm the crabcake.

Steps:

• Lightly oil baking pan or cookie sheet.
• Gently mix, by hand, crabmeat, scallions, herb, Old Bay, bread crumbs, and mayonnaise in medium bowl, being careful not to break up crab lumps.
• Divide crab mixture into four portions and carefully shape each into a fat, round cake, about 3 inches across and 1 1/2-inches high. Place on lightly oiled baking pan or cookie sheet so that none of the crab cakes touch. To "set" cakes, cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 30 minutes, and up to 24 hours in advance to this point.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Bake crab cakes for 12-15 minutes. They will brown only slightly due to the lack of egg or oil. On the bright side, all ingredients are precooked before baking. If you won't settle for less than a golden brown look, brush some lightly beaten egg whites on the exposed crab cake surfaces before baking.
• Serve hot with saltine crackers.
• NOTE: Don't use jumbo lump backfin for the all the crab meat, as the lumps are too big for the cake to hold together. If trying to impress, use Jumbo Lump Backfin Crab for half the crab meat, and use regular backfin for the other half. .