Maryland Crab Cakes

We recently were inspired to make crab cakes for two reasons. (1) we found out costco sells chunk crab meat by the pound and (2) crab cakes are delicious. It's really pretty easy. All you need is a pound of chunk crab meat, bread crumbs (we used panko), an egg, salt, pepper, dry mustard, Worcestershire, and mayonnaise. Pan fry in vegetable oil for 3-5 minutes on each side. We like them with tartar sauce, although they're good enough to eat plain. Bon apetite.

Recipe as follows:

Ingredients

1 pound of crab meat

1 cup of breadcrumbs

1 large egg, beaten

1/4 cup Mayonnaise

1 teaspoon Worcestershire

1 teaspoon Dry Mustard

1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt

1/4 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper

Butter, for frying (we used vegetable oil instead)

Directions

In a medium mixing bowl, blend breadcrumbs, egg, mayonnaise, Worcestershire, dry mustard, salt, and pepper.

Fold crabmeat in gently.

Shape into equal size crab cakes.

In a small frying pan, add butter (or vegetable oil) until sizzling.

Pan fry cakes about 5 minutes per side.