Easy Crab Cakes
Delicious and Easy Crab Cakes that are simple to make, ready in no time, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. These succulent pan-fried crab cakes are fast, easy, loaded with flavor and won't crumble when you fry them.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crab cake recipe, crab cakes, seafood recipe
Servings: 12
Calories: 93kcal
- 12 ounce crab meat
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce
- 2 tablespoon parsley fresh, chopped
- 3 green onions chopped
- ½ cup breadcrumbs I used Panko
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon pepper or to taste
- 2 tablespoon olive oil or more, for frying
Combine ingredients. Add all the ingredients (except the olive oil) to a bowl and gently mix it all together.
Shape into patties. Form the crab mixture into patties, depending on how big you want the patties, I got 12 patties out of my mixture.
Fry the cakes. In a skillet heat the olive oil over medium-high heat heat. Place the patties in the skillet, a few at a time, I did 6 at a time, and cook until golden brown, about 5 min per side. Gently flip them over and cook for another 5 minutes until golden brown. Repeat with remaining patties.
Serve. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce such as tartar sauce, lemon garlic aioli or side dish.
- Make ahead tip. You can make your patties ahead of time and simply refrigerate them for up to a day before frying.
- You can refrigerate the crab mixture for 30 minutes in the fridge before forming into patties. This will not only give the crab meat a chance to meld together with all the other flavors, but it will also hold together better when shaping into cakes.
- Use a non-stick pan, this will help a lot with the cakes not sticking to the pan and make it so much easier for you to flip them over.
- Nutritional information is per 1 patty based on 10 crab cakes for this recipe.
Serving: 1crab cake | Calories: 93kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 405mg | Potassium: 87mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 118IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg