Easy Crab Cake Recipe

Learn how to make crab cakes easily with this American recipe. Whether or not you hail from Maryland, you can master this delicacy quickly and easily.
Recipe Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
  • ½ teaspoon of paprika
  • Some cayenne pepper
  • Some onion powder
  • Some olive oil or butter
  • 1 lb. of crab meat
  • An beaten egg
  • ½ a cup of crushed saltines
  • 1/3 cups of fresh and minced parsley
Recipe Preparation
  • To begin, remove the shell from the crab. Then put it in a medium bowl and add the crushed Saltine cracker crumbs, mayonnaise, egg and parsley until it becomes moistened. Do remember not to over mix.
  • Once that is done add the pepper and salt and then form about 5 to 6 cakes that measure ½ to ¾ inches in thickness. Now place these crab cakes on a cookie sheer and put it into the refrigerator an hour. After that sprinkle some cayenne pepper and onion powder over the cakes.
  • Next take a heavy skillet and put some butter or olive oil in it. Once it is hot, fry the crab cakes in it. Turn the cakes once so that both the sides turn brown in color.