Italian Style Crab Cakes

Every day crab cake recipe that combines canned crab meat with garden vegetables, italian style bread crumbs, and lightly seasoned before being pan fried to a delicate golden brown. Crab cakes are perfect as an appetizer or an entree.

Ingredients -

3 (4 1/2 ounces ) cans Crabmeat, drained, flaked
2 cup Italian Style Bread Crumbs, divided
3 Large Eggs
1/4 cup Butter, softened
1 Celery stalk, finely chopped
1 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
3 tablespoons Real Mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
1/2 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1/4 cup Vegetable, Canola, or Peanut Oil

Preparation:

1. In a small bowl beat 1 egg with fork. Place ½ cup bread crumbs in another bowl.

2. In large bowl, combine crabmeat, 1 ½ cups bread crumbs, 2 eggs, butter, celery, Worcestershire sauce, mayonnaise, salt and pepper.

3. Shape crab cake mixture into 8-12 crab cakes of equal size.

4. Heat oil over medium heat in large saute pan until hot.

5. Place crab cake is egg to coat. Roll crab cake in bread crumbs to cover completely. Shake off excess.

6. Cook crab cakes 4 at a time until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Flip and cook other side.

7. Remove cakes from pan. Place on paper towels to drain off excess oil.

8. Serve warm with crab cake sauce of choice.

Variations and Recipe Ideas:

Cooking Tip

Crabmeat

This recipe calls for canned crabmeat, which makes it an excellent recipe for every day use. You can substitute fresh/frozen crabmeat for the canned.

Cooking Tip

Crab Cake Sandwich

Perfect crab cake recipe for making crab cakes sandwiches. Serve crab cakes on your favorite roll or bread with lettuce, tomato, and tartar sauce.

Cooking Tip

Tomato Onion Sauce

Over medium heat, in a large saucepan, melt 1-tablespoon butter. Add the 1/2 chopped yellow onion, 2 cloves of minced garlic, and 1 drained 14-ounce can of whole tomatoes. Cook until onions are soft, 4-5 minutes. Add the 2/3-cup water, 1-tablespoon malt vinegar, 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes, and 1-tablespoon ground coriander and. Bring sauce to boil. Reduce heat to low for 10 minutes. Puree sauce. Pour into serving bowl. Sauce is wonderful, hot or cold.