Little Bay Crab Cakes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 lb crabmeat (back fin is the best quility)
• 1/4 cup finly diced onion
• 1/4 cup finley diced red pepper (bell)
• 3 cups fresh breadcrumbs (seasoned stuffing mix will work 1/2 cup of mayo 1/4 cup of softened cream cheese 1 tbs dijon mustard)
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1 dash salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 drain all water from crab meat mix crab, onion,bell pepper, and half of the bread crumbs in a bowl.
• 2 mix cream cheese, taragon, salt peper, mustard, egg, and mayo in a seprate bowl.
• 3 when mixed well combine crab meat with mayo mixture and refrigirate for 15-45 min.
• 4 in a 9x13 pan add remainig bread crumbs.
• 5 using a spoon (size depends on how big you want your patties) drop spoons full of the mixture into the crumbs.
• 6 form in to paties be sure to cover both sides in the crumbs.
• 7 heat oil in a skilett over medium heat place patties in the skillet cook untill golden try to turn only once.
• 8 if your oil becomes brown or fills with crumbs you need to wipe your skillett and add new oil.