Maryland Crab Cakes Recipe

  Seafood

Ingredients:
1 lb fresh lump or backfin crab meat well picked over
2 eggs slightly beaten
2 TBS mayonnaise
1 TBS horseradish
1 TBS spicy brown mustard
1 TBS miced parseley
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp liquid hot pepper seasoning
pinch pepper
2/3 cup cracker meal
1/3 cup cooking oil

Directions:
Mix crab well with all but last two ingredients and shape into cakes about 3" across and 1/2" thick; dip in cracker meal to coat well. Heat oil in a large, hevy skillet over moderately high heat until cube of bread will sizzle, add cakes, and brown 3-4 minutes on a side. Drain well on paper toweling and serve with tartar sauce. (Makes 4 servings)
About 255 calories per serving without tartar sauce.

Maryland Crab Cakes
 

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