Momma’s Almost Famous Crab Cakes
How do you make an excellent crab cake at home? Believe it or not, it can be done with the right ingredients and a good recipe. This crab cake recipe was passed down from my great-grandmother, to my grandmother, then to my mother and now me. I can still remember my great-grandmother picking through the crab meat, removing shells and mixing this recipe together by feel. Her secret was using fresh jumbo lump crab meat, Miracle Whip and pan frying in fresh Crisco shortening.
Total Steps
3
Ingredients
9
Tools Needed
1
Ingredients
- 1 pound lump crab meat, shell fragments removed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 1 egg egg
- 2 tablespoons Miracle Whip or heavy mayo
- 5 crackers saltine crackers, crushed
- dash pepper
- to taste fresh parsley
- vegetable shortening
Instructions
Step 1
Combine all ingredients by gently <a href="/8M4FMXQ6">folding </a>and <a href="/7S3QCKWK">mixing </a>together without breaking apart the crab meat lumps. Divide the mixture into 3 oz portions and <a href="/2FC43FFB">mold </a>into patties. Place the patties on a <a href="/ZJ3WDM5Q">plate </a>and <a href="/ZSSVQ6FG">refrigerate.</a>
Step 2
<a href="/H3S4YV46">Preheat </a>pan and add 2 cups vegetable shortening and <a href="/64W3NS5R">melt </a>to a depth of about 1/4 inch. Bring up to 375˚ and gently place crab cakes into hot oil. When they <a href="/B52FHCF2">turn </a>crispy <a href="/D434P8MH">brown </a><a href="/TCL6N2Z7">flip </a>gently and cook for an additional 3 minutes or until <a href="/D434P8MH">browned.</a>
Step 3
You <a href="/TPWNYF5L">can </a>also <a href="/RNT367Z2">bake </a>or flat <a href="/2V2PRWTZ">grill </a>these crab cakes. Just be sure to spray the pan or <a href="/2V2PRWTZ">grill </a>with cooking spray before cooking.