Crab Cakes

In search of a Summery dinner I decided to make crab cakes. Having never made them though I found this recipe online, I found them to be pretty delicious. The only thing I would changed next time I make this recipe is to add some kind of creamy sauce to top the cakes. I meant to make sweet potato fries along with the dinner but I forgot so we just had coleslaw and broccoli with the crab cakes.






Servings 5-6 cakes

Ingredients
1 pound crab meat
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs (see Note)
1/4 cup light mayonnaise
2 tablespoons minced chives
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
4 dashes hot sauce, such as Tabasco, or to taste
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons unsalted butter

Directions:
1. Mix crab, egg, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, chives, mustard, lemon juice, celery seed, onion powder, pepper and hotsauce in a large bowl. Form into 6 patties.
2. Heat oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until the butter stops foaming. Cook the patties until golden brown, about 4 minutes per side.

Note: Panko breadcrumbs, also known as Japanese breadcrumbs or bread flakes, are coarser in texture than other dried breadcrumbs. They produce a crispy crust and are less likely to become soggy than finely ground breadcrumbs.Look for panko in the Asian food section of large supermarkets and in specialty Asian markets.


*** Last night my mom and I re-made this recipe. What we did differently was we added about a tablespoon of Old Bay to the mix and we also made the cakes without breadcrumbs. However, after the cakes were formed we covered them in breadcrumbs. To cook them we put them in a sizzling hot frying pan with a little bit of olive oil and butter until each side was browned (about 2 mins each side) and then we put them in the oven in a pan for 10-15minutes on 300F. We also put the crab cakes on rolls with coleslaw once they were out of the oven I liked this recipe a lot more But both tasted very good.