This classic appetizer recipe featuring fresh crabmeat makes an elegant start to any meal.
Maryland Crab Cakes
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 14
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup green onions, finely chopped (8 medium)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup Progresso™ Italian style bread crumbs
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons seafood seasoning (from 6-oz container)
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Dash Worcestershire sauce
- 2 lb cooked fresh crabmeat
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- Sliced green onions, if desired
- Lemon wedges, if desired
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Make With
Progresso Breadcrumbs
Instructions
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Step1In large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook chopped green onions and bell pepper in oil 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. In large bowl, stir together onion mixture, bread crumbs, egg, mayonnaise, lemon juice, seafood seasoning, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Gently fold in crabmeat.
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Step2Line cookie sheet with foil. Using 1/3-cup measuring cup, shape crab mixture into 14 (2 1/2-inch) cakes. Place on cookie sheet. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 8 hours.
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Step3In large nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook crab cakes in batches in butter 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Garnish with sliced green onions. Serve with lemon wedges.
Nutrition
160
Calories
10g
Total Fat
14g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Crab Cake
- Calories
- 160
- Total Fat
- 10g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 400mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 14g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
2 Very Lean Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
0
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