Baked crab Cakes

Summary

Yield	4 Servings
Source	World Food Wine
Prep time	30 minutes
Recipes	Entrée United States North America Maryland Fish & seafood Easy Bake America

Description

There are many ways to cook a crab in Maryland. Soups, salads, breakfast dishes and tasty main courses are made with crab, but crab cakes are probably the best known dish of all Maryland. The problem is that there are more than one recipe and it is difficult to choose.

Ingredients

1⁄2	Teaspoon	salt
1⁄2	Teaspoon	pepper
2	Teaspoon	olive oil
2⁄3	Cup	bread crumbs
1	Pinch	paprika
3	Tablespoon	mayonnaise
4		scallions (washed and sliced)
2	Tablespoon	red pepper (roasted and sliced)
1	Tablespoon	parsley (finely chopped fresh parsley)
1	Pound	crab (crab meat, cooked and flaked)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F (230°C). Rub butter in a 9-inch square baking pan. Set aside.

Heat olive oil in a skillet over a medium heat. Sauté scallions and chopped green peppers for 2-3 minutes. Add roasted peppers and cook until green peppers are soft and scallions translucent.

Place paprika, parsley and bread crumbs in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and mix well. Place 1 Tbs into a large bowl and set the rest aside.

Add sautéed scallions and peppers together with the crab meat to the 1 Tbs seasoned bread crumbs. Pour in the mayonnaise and stir to mix. Form into 4 cakes.

Coat the cakes on all sides with the reserved seasoned bread crumbs. Place cakes on the coated baking pan and bake on the center rack for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes

Get a live crab and cook it in plenty of boiling salted water or order a crab already cooked from the fish counter at the grocery store. Pick the meat, including the claws, and discard the shell.
If you use canned crab meat, don't forget to check for shell pieces as they get sometimes mixed with the lumps of meat.

Ingredients, metric
4		scallions, washed and sliced
1/2		green pepper, chopped
30 ml		olive oil
50 g		sliced roasted red peppers
75 g		bread crumbs
1 pinch		paprika
		salt
		pepper
1 Tbs		finely chopped parsley
500 g		flaked crab meat
45-60 ml		mayonnaise

Yiled:about 4 large cakes or 6 small ones.

Nutrition facts

Serving size: 1 serving

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

Amount Per Serving
Calories		279.40
Calories From Fat (27%)		74.93
		% Daily Value
Total Fat 8.60g		13%
Saturated Fat 1.48g		7%
Cholesterol 103.79mg		35%
Sodium 960.87mg		40%
Potassium 895.09mg		26%
Carbohydrates 27.53g		9%
Dietary Fiber 8.67g		35%
Sugar 2.17g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 18.86g
Protein 27.69g		55%