Delicious Maryland Style Crab Cakes with Lemon Old Bay Mayo
Delicious Maryland Style Crab Cakes with Lemon Old Bay Mayo
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Lumb crab cakes seasoned and fried in butter for a beautiful brown finish!
These Maryland Style Crab Cakes are unbelievably delicious! I love crab and this is one of my favourite ways to eat the delicious shellfish. The recipe is super easy and takes very little time to prepare and cook. Served with an easy peasy Lemon Old Bay Mayonnaise!
These crab cakes are the perfect dish to cook at your next dinner party or party. The perfect party food or starter. You will have your guests complimenting and asking for more!
Do you Love Crab? Check out my Prawn and crab Linguine recipe – the perfect quick and delicious pasta dish!
How to make Crab Cakes?
Making these Crab Cakes couldn’t be easier. Grab a chopping board, bowl, knife, whisk, silicone spatula and citrus juicer and lets get to it!
- In your bowl add egg, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, worcester sauce, old bay seasoning and lemon juice together and whisk until well combined.
- Add fresh and panko breadcrumbs and whisk again until combined.
- Add the crab and fold together until combined but do not overmix!
- Put the mix in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Remove mix from fridge and make 6 patties using your hands.
- Place the patties onto a plate and put back in the fridge for 20 minutes minimum.
- In a pan add butter allow to melt and add your crab cakes.
- Fry the cakes for 3-4 minutes each side.
All done serve with Lemon Old Bay Mayo and some salad or basmati rice!
How to make the Lemon Old Bay Mayo
- In a bowl add 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1/2 cup mayo and 1 tsp of old bay seasoning;
- With a whisk combine together until well combined. Done – Easy peasy!
Tips & Tricks
- Make the mix in a nice sized bowl so you can see what you are doing.
- Avoid over mixing the filling. Fold mixture together with a spatula until ingredients are combined and stop.
- Use flat leaf parsley not curly if you can find it.
- To fry the crab cakes use unsalted butter for beautifully browned bottoms!
- Bring out the crab cakes at least 10 minutes before cooking so they can come to room temperature.
What do i need?
- The star of the show Crab! I like to use Chicken of the Sea tinned cooked lump crab. The lump meat is chunky and meaty just what we want for the crab cakes. You can also use good claw meat too, just don’t over mix the filling. This brand is great for crab recipes like these. In the UK you can find them in Costco – seriously sign up!
- To help bind the cakes we will use Eggs and Mayonnaise.
- I like to use a combination of these fresh breadcrumbs from Waitrose (my go to brand) and panko breadcrumbs which provide great texture to the cakes.
- For the seasoning we are going to use Old Bay seasoning a classic American blend of spices perfect for seafood and these crabs cakes! I found a giant bottle in Costco i’m super pleased with!
- You will also need lemon juice, worstester sauce, dijon mustard and fresh chopped parsley
Maryland Crab Cakes Serving Suggestions –
These Crab Cakes are the perfect side, snack, starter or party dish! Seriously try them for your next party and just wait for the compliments to roll in!
I like to serve my crab cakes with a Lemon Old Bay Mayo – it’s super easy to make and seriously good! All you need is lemon juice, old bay seasoning and mayo. Simply start with a little and adjust to your taste!
Feel like having them as a meal? Simply add some basmati rice and a butter sauce or place them over some dressed leaves for a healthier option!
Maryland Style Crab Cakes with Lemon Old Bay Mayo
Equipment
- Bowl
- Knife
- Citrus juicer
- whisk
- Spatula
- Frying pan
- Chopping board
Ingredients
Crab Cakes
- 1 cup lump crab
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp old bay seasoning
- 1 tsp worcester suace
- 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Lemon Old Bay Mayonnaise
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp old bay seasoning
Instructions
Crab Cakes
- In a bowl add, eggs, mayonnaise, lemon juice and all of the condiments and seasoning and whisk until combined. Add the breadcrumbs and whisk again to combine.
- Add the crab and use the spatula to combine the crab and binder together. Do not over mix just enough to combine the mixture together.
- Put the mix in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before removing and shaping into 6 patties. Put the mix back in the fridge and leave for another 30 minutes minimum.
- Remove from fridge at least 10 minutes before frying the patties. In a pan add a generous knob of butter and allow to melt. Fry the patties for 3-4 minutes on each side.
Lemon Old Bay Mayonnaise
- Serve with a delicious mayo dip. In a bowl combine the mayonnaise, lemon juice and old bay seasoning and whisk until combined.
Notes
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