Perhaps one of my absolute favorite dishes to make are these simple crab cakes. They not only wow anyone you serve them for with their restaurant quality taste, but they are also surprisingly easy to make. If you can pour, stir, smoosh, and bake this is just the showstopper recipe for you.
Simple Crab Cakes-
Ingredients:
· 1 egg
· 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
· 1/4 tsp dry mustard
· 1 tsp lemon juice
· 2 tbsp mayonnaise
· 1 tbsp mustard
· 1 tbsp melted butter
· 1 tsp parsley
· 1 tsp old bay
· 1/2 cup of bread crumbs
- 1 pound of crab meat ( I get it in the seafood department, not the canned food aisle)
Instructions:
- Preheat over to 375.
- Set the crab meat aside
- Pour all remaining ingredients into a large bowl and stir well
- Then gently fold in crab meat until it is mixed evenly
- Using your hands smoosh into 8 palm sized crab cakes
- Place in greased/sprayed baking pan
- Bake at 375 for 20 minutes and then broil on low for 10-15minutes
Now for the stats on these simple crab cakes; since, one of my healthy eating goals for 2013 is to continue counting calories and trying to make smarter food decisions. This recipe is meant to serve four people with each person getting two crab cakes. For a full serving, or two whole crab cakes, it is only 211 calories total. Just above 100 calories per crab cake. Amazing!
On top of that these easy crab cakes are not only healthy and simple they are delicious – tons of crab with next to no breading/filling. In truth I no longer order crab cakes when I am out at a restaurant because I know I can make them so simply at home and usually much better. What sucks more than ordering crab cakes at a restaurant and getting mostly breading with just a bit of crab? No chance of that happening now!
What is one of your favorite fancy restaurant style meals that you make at home?
Check out my other easy, quick, and healthy recipes:
Easy Baked Cinnamon Apples
Skinny Chocolate Covered Banana Muffins
Skinny Pumpkin Spice Muffins
Crustless Quiches
Spicy Goat Cheese Marinara
Skinny Spinach Dip
Skinny Pimento Cheese
Speedy Buffalo Chicken Soup
Mexican Chicken Crock Pot
Skinny Southwestern Chilli (Crock Pot)
Low Calorie Pulled BBQ Chicken (Crock Pot)
Vegetable Stuffed Italian Shells
Yum Abby! I love Publix and want you to move you in to cook for meeeeeee
I too love Publix and once we get that helicopter I’ll cook for you all the time.
yummy!!! I always get crab cakes anywhere I go if they are on the menu. definitely going to make these! Thanks!!
I used to get them all the time too. Love them.
Was shocked by how simple and delicious this recipe is.
These look amazing!!!! Definitely gotta try these!
You will have to let me know what you think Krysten.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE crab cakes, but i never thought about making them myself! thats so silly of me! im totally going to do this later on this week! yum yum yum! thanks, abbs!!!
I hope you love them Jenna. I ate them 3 days in a row.
You always have such great recipes. These would be great for a dinner party.
Thanks Carli. I have made them for a few dinner parties or special girls’ night dinners.
Thank you for the recipe! I was drooling over it on Instagram & now it’s def. going on my must make list:)
I hope you really enjoy it. I have been addicted since the first time I made them.
I hope you love them Nanci. I ate them for many meals in a row.
these look AMAZING and i plan to make them sometime this week!
I hope you enjoy them. They are one of my favorite things to cook.