Information
Course: hot appetizer, main course
Total time: under 15 minutes
Skill level: Easy
Cost: Moderate
Yield: Makes 8 crab cakes
Ingredients
- 1 pound (about 2½ cups ) flaked crab meat, picked over
- 1 small onion, finely chopped (about ¾ cup)
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ cup homemade Mayonnaise or Hellman's
- 1 egg, beaten with 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- ¼ cup fresh bread or cracker crumbs
- Vegetable oil
- 1 cup dried bread crumbs
Directions
In a bowl, combine all of the crab cake ingredients and shape into 8 cakes.
In a heavy skillet, heat 1 inch of oil over moderately high heat. Lightly coat the cakes in the dried bread crumbs and fry in the hot oil until golden brown.
Serve with Tartar Sauce
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving
253 kcal
8 % daily value
4 % daily value
2 % daily value
226 mg
25 mg
13 g
1 g
1 g
9 g
75 mg
252 mg
4 g
18 g
6 % daily value