Crab Cakes

11 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspoons seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
  • 2 green onions (scallions), white and green parts, finely chopped
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 2 pounds jumbo lump crabmeat
  • 6 cups fresh breadcrumbs
  • Vegetable oil, for frying

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix together the mayonnaise, mustard, seafood seasoning, cayenne, Worcestershire sauce, bell peppers, green onions and egg yolks.
  2. 2
    Gently stir in the crabmeat.
  3. 3
    Put the breadcrumbs on a cookie sheet.
  4. 4
    Mold the crab cake with one hand and pat the cake with bread crumbs using the other hand.
  5. 5
    Form into 10 crab cakes, 3 inches wide and 1/2-inch thick.
  6. 6
    Each cake will need 3/4 cup bread crumbs.
  7. 7
    Heat 4 cups of oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat.
  8. 8
    Add a single layer of crab cakes and fry in the oil, turning 3 of 4 times until crispy on outside, about 5 minutes on each side.
  9. 9
    Drain on paper towels.
  10. 10
    Repeat with the remaining crab cakes.
  11. 11
    Serve hot.

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