I’ll be the first to admit it, everything worth knowing about crab cakes, I learned from my husband Michael. Now, here’s my chance to teach him a thing or two. This baked crab cake is my new, healthier way to enjoy the Savannah treat I love so much. When I tried them out on Michael he was more than a little skeptical. But one bite showed him that these crab cakes are bursting with fresh crab flavor
Ingredients
- 1 pound crabmeat, picked over to remove bits of shell
- ¼ cup chopped red onion
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- ¼ cup regular or light sour cream
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Juice of ½ lemon, plus extra lemon slices, for serving
- 2 dashes hot sauce (optional)
- 1 cup whole-wheat or regular panko bread crumbs
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 °F. Grease a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the crabmeat, red onion, parsley, sour cream, egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, cayenne, lemon juice, hot sauce (if using) and ½ cup of the bread crumbs. Form the mixture into 6 even-size flat disks, each about 2 ½ inches in diameter.
- Place the remaining ½ cup of bread crumbs in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Gently dip the crab cakes in the bread crumbs until well coated and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake until golden brown on the bottom, about 10 minutes. Gently flip the crab cakes and bake for 5 to 10 minutes more. Serve warm or at room temperature with lemon slices.
Makes 6 Crab Cakes/Serves 6
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