some may know that for many years, I owned and/or operated seafood restaurants in Florida.
The recipe below is one I worked up back in the eighties. I would guess I served thousands of them over the years, and never had a need to vary the recipe.
In 2013, visiting family out west, I fixed these for a gathering. One of the guests was a 'famous chef', with a restaurant in Vegas. He said they were the best crab cakes he had ever eaten.
Sam's Crab Cakes
One beaten egg
1/4 cup Hellmann's Mayo
Several tablespoons of chopped scallion/ parsley mix
Dash of Salt, 1/4 tsp white pepper
16 ounces of Lump Crab meat
1/2 cup bread crumbs. (A Hot Dog roll in the food processor works great for the crumbs). Add in 5 or 6 Ritz crackers when you make the crumbs
In a bowl, mix the first 4 ingredients, then add in the crab meat. Mix in the crumbs, until you get a mixture that will hold together when you make a patty. Add a little more Mayo if needed to keep the cakes together. Do not add much more though.
Form patties in your hands. Have some of the crumbs on a plate. Briefly lay them in some of the crumbs, and sauté in a mix of butter and olive oil. Brown on one side, then turn and brown on the other side.
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