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Charleston Blue Crab Cakes

From the Jes Burns collection

Yield

6 to 8 cakes

Introduction

Maryland blue crab recipes often include mayonnaise and Old Bay seasoning. But my mother, who invented this recipe, does not approve of such additions.

Ingredients

	1	large egg
	~	Crumbs from 2 slices of toasted white bread
	1½	Tbsp. olive oil
	1	Tbsp. melted butter
	¼	cup chopped onion, lightly sautéed
	¼	tsp. salt
	¼	tsp. pepper
	1	tsp. Worcestershire sauce
	~	Hot sauce to taste (optional)
	2	cups blue crab meat, picked over and shells discarded

Steps

In a large bowl, beat the egg lightly with a fork, then add all the remaining ingredients except the crab meat and mix to combine. Add the crab meat to the mixture and gently toss. (Mixture should just stick together; add milk if more moisture is needed.)
Lightly oil a frying pan. Make crab cakes by pressing handfuls of the mix into thick patties (about ¼ to ⅓ cup of mixture per cake). Lightly brown each cake (about two minutes per side) in the pan.
Serve with the hot sauces of your choice.

Notes

Culinate editor’s note: You can replace the cooked crab meat with other fatty fish, such as canned salmon.

Crazy for crabs? Read Jes Burns’ account of preparing South Carolina crabs.

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