Paula Deen’s Crab Cakes
Last week it was Tyler Florence, last month Emeril Lagasse, previously I looked at Rachel Ray….and now onto the original Southern Queen of Cooking Paula Deen. Her take on crab cakes is truly divine. -Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 pound crabmeat
1/3 cup crushed crackers
3 green onions chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped bell pepper
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 egg
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 lemon, juiced
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
Dash cayenne pepper
Flour, for dusting
1/2 cup peanut oil
Directions
- In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients, except for the flour and peanut oil.
- Shape into patties and dust with flour.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- When oil is hot, carefully place crab cakes, in batches, in pan and fry until browned, about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Carefully flip crab cakes and fry on other side until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Additional Resources:
Paula Deen’s Website
I Love Crab Cakes! 50 Recipes for an American Classic by Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance
The Crab Cake Guy’s Recipes
The Crab Lover’s Book: Recipes & More by Mary Ethelyn Orso
Crab Cake Recipes from Wikipeida
Crab Cake Guy’s recommended reading
3 responses so far ↓
1 jj // May 4, 2008 at 6:18 am
These sound wonderful, and thanks for the extra references!
2 Kevin McRae // Jun 22, 2008 at 10:01 am
The Paula Deen Crab cake was awsome,
Very Good
3 Jason Mitchell // Sep 19, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Dear Mrs. Deen,
Your Crab Cake Recipe is somthing else I tried it just this past weekend and my wife and kids loved it, I love to cook being from St. Louis so thats my thing I now live California and I want to now some mexican food dishes. P.S. Keep the good food comin’ and I never miss a your show.
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