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crab cake remoulade sauce

Maryland Crab Cake with Spicy Remoulade Sauce

Flavorful and succulent crab cakes
4.17 from 6 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Refrigerate 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6 large cakes
Calories 388 kcal

Ingredients
  

Crab Cakes

  • 1 lbs Jumbo Lump Crab
  • ¾ cup soda crackers , such as saltines
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup mayonaise
  • 2 tbsp flat leaf italian parsley fresh,, minched
  • 1 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 2 tsp worcestershire sauce
  • tsp Old Bay seasoning
  • 1 tsp lemon juice fresh squeezed
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil for frying
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter for frying

Spicy Remoulade Sauce

  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp Sambal Oelek
  • 1 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice fresh squeezed
  • tsp Old Bay seasoning
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp granulated garlic
  • 1 tsp sea salt or to taste
  • ½ tsp lemon zest
  • ½ tsp white pepper

Instructions
 

Crab Cakes

  • Inspect jumbo lump crab, pick through to remove any shell or cartilage. Place in a large mixing bowl with the crumbled saltine crackers
  • In a separate bowl wisk together the egg, mayonnaise, parsley, mustard, worchestershire, old bay, and lemon juice until completely combined. Add this wet mixture to the crab and cracker-crumb. Using your hands (wearing food service gloves) fold the wet ingredients in with the crab, Use care in order to not break up the crab lumps. Then refrigerate crab mixture from 1 hour to overnight.
  • Make remoulade sauce by mixing all ingredients together cover and refrigerate while crab mixture sets up.
  • When ready to cook, heat the 2 tablespoons of oil and 2 tablespoons of butter together in a large, wide fry pan when the oil starts to shimmer it is ready. Portion out the crab using a 1/2 cup scoop or measuring cup., loosely pack into a thick (1-1/2 inch patty). Carefully place into fry pan cooking 3 at a time, working in batchsd, as not to overcrowd the pan. Fry cakes for 4 to 5 minutes each side, Cakes are cooked when cakes feel slightly firm.
  • Serve immediately while warm with a side of the sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 388kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 16gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 1433mgPotassium: 215mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 491IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 55mgIron: 2mg
Keyword crab, seafood
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