I’m participating in Share a Meal Monday except I forgot to do it yesterday, so now I’m late for the party, sorry. 🙁
Anyway, we are originally from Maryland, and while we have loved having the opportunity to live in and travel to other states the truth is that nobody does seafood like our home state. Not even the Seafood on our honeymoon to Nassau in the Bahamas was as good, sorry Sandals. (I still love your white chocolate cookies, though.)
So here is my ode to Maryland for SAMM: Maryland Crab Cakes (For Real)
Disclaimer: if you ever find a recipe for MD crab cakes that has cereal in it, it’s an impostor, put it down and walk away.
Crab Cakes:
1 lb of lump crab meat. (When we lived in FL they sold this in pouches in the grocery store like they do with tuna. Here in PA, it’s in the refrigerated section next to the fish counter)
1 egg, beaten
1 slice of white bread
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tsp yellow mustard
1 dash Worcestershire
1/2 tsp Old Bay (it’s a spice that’s usually next to the seafood with the cocktail sauce) Old Bay is the secret to good seafood and is also good on popcorn and on french fries with vinegar.
chopped parsley-as much as you want
Crumble the bread into fine crumbs, then mix all of the ingredients together. Fold them lightly so that you don’t break up the meat too much.
Form into cakes and fry over medium heat in butter or broil until golden brown. Everything but the egg is already cooked, so they don’t take long at all.
1 lb usually makes about 4 cakes. (You can also make little mini cakes or balls and fry them up for parties)
Crabmeat is expensive, around $10/pound, but you could still buy crab meat and small steaks and have a nice surf & turf dinner with a side of spinach for around $25 for the whole family, which is way cheaper than getting them from a restaurant and (unless you already live in MD) these crab cakes will be better than the ones you are getting at the restaurant anyway. I promise.
If you’re looking for other crabmeat recipes, you have to check out my Maryland Crab Soup that you can easily throw together in an Instant Pot!
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