Crab Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. crab meat
• 4 tbsp. melted butter
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• Pinch of cayenne pepper
• 2 eggs well beaten
• Fine bread crumbs
• Cooking fat or oil

Method

1. 1

   Mix crabmeat, butter, seasoning, and enough egg to mold into small cakes.

2. 2

   Beat 1 tbsp. water into the remaining egg and dip the cakes into this mixture.

3. 3

   Roll in crumbs.

4. 4

   Saute until rich brown in a heavy frying pan or fry in deep fat at 380° F.

5. 5

   Serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Seafood cookery in North Carolina (1960) by North Carolina. Dept. of Conservation and Development, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Crab Cakes 1 ib. crob meat 4 tbsp. melted butter '/2 tsp. salt Va tsp. black pepper Pinch of cayenne pepper 2 eggs well beaten Fine bread crumbs Cooking fat or oil Mix crabmeat, butter, seasoning, and enough egg to mold into small cakes. Beat 1 tbsp. water into the remaining egg and dip the cakes into this mixture. Roll in crumbs. Saute until rich brown in a heavy frying pan or fry in deep fat at 380° F. Serve hot. Barbecued Crab Sandwiches Vi Ib. crab meat 2 Va cup chopped onion 2 Vi cup chopped celery 2 3 tbsp. butter or other fat, melted 1 Va tsp. salt '/i Dash pepper 2 2 whole bay leaves 6 whole cloves tsp. soy sauce tsp. Worcestershire sauce chicken bouillon cube cup tomato juice tbsp. chopped porsley lorge buttered rolls Remove any shell or cartilage from crab meat. Cook onion and celery in butter until tender. Add seasonings, bouillon cube, and tomato juice. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove bay leaves and cloves. Add parsley and crab meat ; heat. Serve on rolls. Serves 6. 19 Crab Meat Salad 1 lb. crab meat

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