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Healthy Recipe

Maryland-Style Crab Cakes

Crab-forward cakes with Old Bay-style seasoning, lemon, and just enough binder.

Maryland-Style Crab Cakes
Prep 25 minCook 15 minServes 4Easy

Ingredients

  • 1 lb lump crabmeat
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup cracker crumbs
  • 1 tsp seafood seasoning
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp parsley

Instructions

  1. Pick through crabmeat for shells.
  2. Whisk egg, mayonnaise, seasoning, lemon, and parsley.
  3. Fold in crab and crumbs gently.
  4. Shape into cakes and chill 20 minutes.
  5. Bake or pan-sear until golden and hot throughout.

Nutrition snapshot

360calories28gprotein1gfiber15gcarbs21gfat

Nutrition values are estimates and may vary by ingredients, brands and portions.