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Crab Cakes Recipe
These moist, meaty, tangy, savory, perfectly cooked crab cakes will soon become your favorite, quick seafood dish to serve as an appetizer, a main course, or just to impress your friends and family!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 206 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 16 ounces lump crab meat
- ⅓ cup mayo I used reduced fat olive oil mayo
- 1 large egg whisked
- 1 egg white whisked
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh baby dill
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon coarsely cracked black pepper or to taste (use only 1/8 teaspoon if using ground black pepper)
- olive oil
- tartar sauce/crab cake sauce for serving
Instructions
- In a medium bowl combine all ingredients except tartar sauce. Stir thoroughly.
- Drizzle a bit of olive oil into a skillet over medium heat.
- Scoop crab mixture using a ice cream scoop. Form into a patty (less than 1/2 inch thick), then place in oiled skillet.
- Cook in pan 4-5 minutes on each side until browned and crisp on the outsides. (If outside is getting too browned before the center cooks through, just turn the heat down a bit) Repeat with remaining crab mixture.
- Serve warm with tartar sauce for dipping.
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Notes
- If the outside of your patties is getting too browned before the center cooks through, just turn the heat down a bit on your burner and continue to cook, watching so they don't burn.
- Cooked crab cakes will keep in the fridge for up to three days.
- If you don't have panko, you can substitute regular, plain breadcrumbs or Italian style breadcrumbs instead.
Nutrition Information
Calories
206kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
17g
(34%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
6g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
64mg
(21%)
Sodium
1075mg
(45%)
Potassium
223mg
(6%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
152IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
7mg
(8%)
Calcium
65mg
(7%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 206
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 206kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 17g | 34% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 64mg | 21% |
| Sodium | 1075mg | 45% |
| Potassium | 223mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 152IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 7mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 65mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.