Crab Cakes

Friends,

Here is a simple crab cake recipe I think you'll enjoy.

Here's what you'll need:

• About 1 pound of lump crab meat
• 1 diced medium onion
• About 1/3 cup of diced red pepper
• Black pepper to taste
• Celery seed to taste
• Cayenne pepper to taste
• Paprika to taste
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
• 1 cup of mayonnaise
• The juice of 1 lime
• 5-6 slices of white bread with the edges trimmed

Combine your crab meat, diced onion, diced red pepper, black pepper, celery seed, cayenne pepper, paprika, sugar, mustard, mayonnaise and lime juice in a bowl. Next take your white bread and tear it up into small pieces forming crumbs. This can also be done by putting the bread in a food processor or blender. Add your bread crumbs to the remainder of the ingredients in your bowl and mix well. Finally you can begin forming your crab cakes.

One way to go about shaping your crab cakes is to take a 1\3 sized measuring cup and pack the crab cake mixture inside of it then release the mixture so that it takes the shape of the cup. You can also spray the bottom of the cup with cooking spray to prevent the mixture from sticking.

You can fry your crab cakes in vegetable or canola oil. Allow your crab cakes to fry well on one side before flipping it over.

When you're done frying the crab cakes, place them on a paper towel and allow any excess grease to drain off.