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Demetra Overton

How to make the ULTIMATE CRAB CAKES the best crab cake recipe

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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 5 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1/2 a yellow onion
  • 2 pounds of jumbo lump crab meat
  • 1/2 cup of panko bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup of mayonnaise
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of seasoned salt
  • 4 tablespoons of butter
  • the juice of half a lemon
  • Sweet chili sauce
  • 2 oranges
  • 2 avocados

Method
 

  1. Chop the onion and bell pepper
  2. Saute the onion and bell pepper in vegetable oil for 5 to 8 minutes
  3. Place the peppers and onions into a large bowl and let it cool completely
  4. Mix the peppers and onions with the crab meat, panko bread crumbs, mayonnaise, and seasoned salt
  5. Form the mixture into 5 balls then chill them in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
  6. Heat the oven to 350 degrees
  7. Melt the butter and let it cool. Mix the lemon juice into the butter and brush it over the crab cakes
  8. Bake the crab cakes for 15 minutes
  9. Serve the crab cakes with sweet chili sauce, avocado, and orange slices