Maryland-Style Crab Cakes
Joe Gough
Watch Andrew prepare Maryland-Style Crab Cakes in his Bizarre Foods in the Kitchen web series. Then print out the recipe and get cookin' in your kitchen. Makes 8 cakes.
Ingredients
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 large beaten egg
1 tbs. Dijon mustard
1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
1 dash of Crystal hot sauce
1 lb. jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over -- get the best stuff you can get your hands on!
20 saltines
1/4 cup canola oil
Directions
Whisk together mayo, egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce.
Put crabmeat in a large bowl.
Coarsely crush crackers over crabmeat.
Pour mayo mixture over crabmeat and gently fold ingredients together.
Chill crabmeat mixture for at least 1 hour. Form into 8 packed mounds.
Saute in the canola oil over medium high heat in a large saute pan.
Drain on paper towel.