
Learn how to make this delicious and easy crab cake recipe using fresh or canned crab! Perfect to make all year long!
Now that you have caught and cleaned your Blue Claw Crabs, it’s time to enjoy this delicious delicacy! You can find my how-to guide on Crabbing here and my recipe for Boiled Hard-Shell Blue Crabs here.
After we boil them, we sit at the table and crack ’em open! There is just something therapeutic about cracking crabs. Of course, we taste as we go, but as we crack we put the meat into a bowl. Our favorite way to enjoy the meat? This easy crab cake recipe!
While, you can get as complicated as you would like crab cakes (adding things like onion, celery, carrots, etc), this recipe is simple as can be. And you know what? It’s delicious!
I like to serve them with some sweet potato fries or cheddar biscuits.
How to Make Our Easy Crab Cake recipe
Be sure to scroll down to get the full printable recipe with instructions and ingredients!
Ingredients you will need:
Mayo
egg
bread crumbs
Mustard
salt & pepper
oil
crab meat
In a medium bowl, mix the egg and mayo together.
Add the remaining ingredients, except for the oil and 1/4 c. of bread crumbs.
Place the 1/4 c. bread crumbs into a separate bowl.
Heat oil over low to medium heat.
Shape into 6 patties and coat each with the dry bread crumbs.
Cook crab cakes on low to medium heat for approximately 10 minutes, until heated through and browned. Be sure to flip at least once.
Remove the crab cakes from the pan when cook through and place on a paper town lined plate.
Squirt 1/2 of a lemon over the top and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
How to Serve Your Crab Cakes
As a sandwich or sliders
on a salad
as an appetizer
Sadly, because crab cakes are made out of mostly perishable ingredients, be sure to enjoy right away and refrigerate your leftovers, enjoying them within 24 hours.
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Easy Crab Cakes Recipe
Ingredients
- * 1/4 c. mayonnaise,
- * 1 large egg,
- * 1 1/4 c. bread crumbs,
- * 1 tsp mustard,
- * salt & pepper,
- * 1 1/2 c. crab meat,
- * 2 tbsp. vegetable or canola oil
- * and 1/4 c. bread crumbs
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix the egg and mayo together.
- Add the remaining ingredients, except for the oil and 1/4 c. of bread crumbs.
- Place the 1/4 c. bread crumbs into a separate bowl.
- Heat oil over low to medium heat.
- Shape into 6 patties and coat each with the dry bread crumbs.
- Cook crab cakes on low to medium heat for approximately 10 minutes, until heated through and browned. Be sure to flip at least once.
- Remove the crab cakes from the pan when cook through and place on a paper town lined plate.
- Squirt 1/2 of a lemon over the top of your crab cakes and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
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[…] find in the summer and flounder in the winter. The stuffing is just a variation of our favorite crab cake recipe, so if you find yourself with leftover filling like I did, give the cakes a […]
Marei
Saturday 2nd of July 2016
I am not really a crab fan. I dont eat such. But with this easy and delicious recipe that you have created, I might try something I hate. Thank you.
Heather M
Friday 8th of August 2014
Yum! I love love love crab cakes. Fresh would be best.
Cynthia
Friday 25th of July 2014
I'm a big fan of any seafood but especially crab. These crab cakes look delicious. Thank you for Linking at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you again next week.
Clare
Friday 11th of July 2014
I have to say I've never eaten a crab cake let alone cooked one myself - but you make it look really easy!