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Florida Style Crab Cakes

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Florida Style Crab Cakes — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Total 01:00
Yield 5 crab cakes

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon Florida Bay seasoning (see note)
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 tablespoon thinly-sliced chives
  • 1 tablespoon finely-chopped cilantro
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
  • Juice of ½ lime
  • White pepper, to taste
  • Salt, to taste
  • ⅓ cup Italian bread crumbs
  • 2 pounds lump crab meat, picked over to remove shell bits and cartilage
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Instructions

  1. 1
    Combine Florida Bay seasoning, mayonnaise, egg, mustard, cayenne, chives, cilantro, coriander, and lime juice in a large mixing bowl.
  2. 2
    Season to taste with white pepper and kosher salt.
  3. 3
    Fold in the bread crumbs and crab meat as gently as possible, trying to avoid breaking up the lumps.
  4. 4
    Rest mixture in the refrigerator ½ to 2 hours.
  5. 5
    Divide and shape into 5 patties.
  6. 6
    Heat butter in a large heavy-bottomed skillet or sauté pan over medium-high heat.
  7. 7
    Cook the crab cakes in the butter about 2 minutes per side, until golden brown on both sides.
  8. 8
    Lower heat to medium and cook until the cakes are hot but still moist on the inside, about an additional 3 to 5 minutes per side.
Category
Entree/Main
Method
Frying
Cuisine
Southern

Dietary Information

Halal

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Florida_Style_Crab_Cakes