Red Lobster Maryland Crab Cakes

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon onion, minced
• 1 tablespoon celery, diced
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 egg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 lb lump crabmeat
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil, for sauteing

Recipe

• 1 in a large stainless-steel bowl, combine all ingredients except crab meat and bread crumbs.
• 2 using gloved hands, gently mix in crab meat, then add bread crumbs.
• 3 spread a thin layer of plain bread crumbs on your work surface.
• 4 form crab mixture into equal balls, approximately two inches in diameter. place on crumbs.
• 5 gently flatten the ball of crab mixture and round the edges. form cakes about one-half inch thick and three inches round. refrigerate.
• 6 in a sauté pan, melt 2 tablespoons of oil until hot. gently slide in crab cakes 2 at a time.
• 7 brown on one side approximately two-to-three minutes. turn and brown on the other side. turn down heat to simmer and cook crab cakes another 5-8 minutes.
• 8 chef's tip:.
• 9 while you may be tempted to increase the amount of bread crumbs used, you’ll receive the best sauté results with the thin layer as described above.