Southern Style Crab Cakes Recipes

EASY SOUTHERN BLUE CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Pour the meat out on a clean sheet pan or plate and pick through it with your fingers to remove any remaining small pieces of shell. Handle it carefully and try not to break up the lumps. It's hard to see the bits of the shell but you can feel them with your fingers.
• Add the "picked over" crabmeat and crushed saltines to a medium-size bowl and mix gently. Set aside.
• Add the mayonnaise, egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce to a small bowl and whisk until smooth.
• Combine the two mixtures and gently toss the ingredients together.
• Cover the bowl and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• To form the cakes, roughly divide the mixture and then, using your hands, lightly shape it into one-half inch cakes about three inches wide, just until it holds together. I like to use a one-third cup measuring cup to make sure all of the cakes are the same size. Do not pack the mixture tightly.
• Place the cakes on a plate lined with a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Add the olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add four of the cakes. Cook for about three minutes or until they are golden brown and gently turn them over using a slotted fish turner or pancake turner. I usually hold the top of the cake lightly with my fingers when turning them over to make sure they don't fall apart.
• Cook them for another three minutes or until they are golden brown on the other side. Remove from the skillet. Drain on a wire cooling rack. Repeat with the remaining cakes.
• Serve warm with plenty of remoulade, tartar, or cocktail sauce.

SOUTHERN-STYLE CRAB CAKES WITH COOL LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix half the lime juice, 1/2 cup mayo, dressing mix and mustard in medium bowl until blended. Add crabmeat, 1/2 cup cracker crumbs and onions; mix lightly.
• Shape into 18 (1/2-inch-thick) patties; coat with remaining cracker crumbs.
• Cook, in batches, in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 2 min. on each side or until heated through and golden brown on both sides. Meanwhile, mix sour cream, lime zest, and remaining mayo and lime juice until blended.
• Serve crab cakes with the lime sauce.

VALLEY GREEN'S SOUTHERN-STYLE CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, combine shallot, eggs, mayonnaise and dijon mustard and mix well.
• 2. Carefully add basil, thyme, bread crumbs and crab meat. Stir until just mixed, taking care not to break up crab lumps. Add worcestershire and lemon juice, and sprinkle in Old Bay and Creole seasonings. Mix to ensure all crab meat is well coated. Form into round and slightly flattened crab cakes.
• 3. Mix 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1/4 cup Gulden's mustard to make sauce. Set aside.
• 4. Heat butter in skillet over medium heat. Saute the crab cakes on each side until crusted with a nice golden brown color.
• 5. Serve crab cakes topped with a tablespoon of sauce. These crab cakes also are delicious served warm on a bed of fresh spinach leaves, drizzled with a raspberry vinaigrette.

BALTIMORE-STYLE CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Finely crush the saltine crackers in your hands and place in a large bowl. Add the crabmeat, reserving any crab juice in a separate small bowl.
• To the bowl with the crab juice, add the mayonnaise egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce; whisk until smooth. Season with black pepper.
• Gently fold the mayonnaise mixture into the crab and saltines. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Scoop the crab mixture into six patties, about 1 1/2-inches thick. Be careful not to handle the mixture too much.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over moderately high heat until shimmering. Add the crab cakes and cook until deeply golden and heated through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the crab cakes to plates and serve with lemon wedges.

SOUTHERN STYLE CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Heat butter in a small sauté pan and cook onion until transparent. Set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine onion, egg yolks and mustard. Stir in bread, cayenne pepper, Old Bay seasoning, mayonnaise, parsley, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• 3. Gently fold in the crab meat being careful not to break up the lumps. Form into 3 ounce cakes.
• 4. Preheat deep fryer to 350 degrees.
• 5. In a small bowl, combine beaten eggs and milk.
• 6. Dip crab cakes in flour and then using a slotted spoon dip in the egg wash. Sprinkle with fresh bread crumbs, coating well.
• 7. Deep-fry 5 minutes or until golden brown.