Maryland Style Crab Cakes

*You can also substitute any good, flaky white fish, like walleye or northerns for the crab meat.

MARYLAND CRAB CAKES

INGREDIENTS:
1 large egg
2½ T mayonnaise
1½ t Dijon mustard
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1 t Old Bay seasoning
¼ t Kosher salt
¼ c finely diced celery
2 T finely chopped fresh parsley
1 pound lump crab meat*
½ cup panko bread crumbs
oil

DIRECTIONS:
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Combine the egg, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire, Old Bay, salt, celery, and parsley in a large bowl and mix well. Add the crab meat (be sure to check the meat for any hard and sharp cartilage) and panko crumbs; gently fold mixture together until just combined, being careful not to shred the crab meat. Shape into 6 crab cakes (about ½ cup each) and place on prepared baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Preheat a large nonstick pan to medium heat and coat with canola oil. When oil is hot, place crab cakes in pan and cook until golden brown, about 3-5 minutes per side. Be careful as oil may splatter. Serve immediately with tartar sauce or a squeeze of lemon.

Quick Tartar Sauce

Ingredients:
1 c mayonnaise
1½ T sweet pickle relish
1 t Dijon mustard
1 T minced red onion
1-2 T lemon juice, to taste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions:
Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

 

I like taking the meat mixture rolling it golf ball size then egg wash and roll it in the planko, (crab balls) not cakes. Then I drop them in a turkey Frier. 5 $ of fake crab meat will serve up a good size group

 

Not only will it serve a good size group, but, everyone will love it, too.

 

Sounds interesting, will have to try it.

Oddly enough, I have never heard of 'old bay' seasoning, but it sounds good:


Buy it at Safeway?

 

Every major grocery store down here carries it, and it can be ordered on-line here: http://www.amazon.ca/Old-Bay-Seasoning-680-Gram/dp/B00HEFA3A6