I always like to update old recipes with healthy ingredients, especially for those that cannot consume gluten or dairy. See my updated recommendations below (in bold) to make some healthy crab cakes this Summer!
I couldn’t resist trying Paula Deen’s Crab Cakes. I have been wanting to try making crab cakes for so long, and I finally got around to doing it. These are incredibly good! I highly recommend doubling or tripling the recipe, as one batch doesn’t make very many.
Crab Cakes:
(adapted from Paula Deen’s recipe on Food Network)
Ingredients:
1 lb. crabmeat
3 finely chopped green onions
1/3 cup crushed crackers (Ritz) – replace with 1/3 cup almond flour
1/4 cup mayo – replace with 1/4 cup Primal Kitchen Avocado Mayo
1 egg
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. Worch. sauce
1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 lemon juice
1 tsp. salt
Dash Cayenne pepper
Chopped Red/Yellow/Orange peppers (optional)
Peanut Oil – Replace with Avocado Oil, Olive oil, or Coconut Oil for a less inflammatory oil when frying.
1 cup flour – just skip this part, not needed! Makes it gluten free!
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients, except oil. Mixture will be wet, and you might need to add just a little more cracker crumbs or almond flour, but make sure that the mixture stays moist.
Form a small patty in your hand, then carefully add to the hot oil and fry on each side until golden brown. You could also use avocado cooking spray instead of oil if you do not have any on hand.
Serve with tarter sauce, a citrus sauce, or any other desired sauce of your choosing!
Serve with some tasty roasted vegetables like green beans and sweet potatoes. Enjoy!
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15 Responses
Yum, those look delicious!
Those look so good. I love crab cakes, but can’t eat these because of gluten issues. I would have to sub some gluten free bread crumbs.
That’s a good idea – I guess that would work?
Yummy! They look great!
I want to make those! They look delicious. We were watching the food network the other day and saw crab cakes. It’s hard to find good ones so I need to try this recipe. 🙂
I love your new look too. It looks fantastic!!
Well thank you! It was the work of Greg (love him!). We watch Food Network all the time too, and I want to try so many things. We used fresh dungeoness crab for these (and I know you have them where you live 🙂 Good crab makes all the difference in the world!
I never would have thought to attempt crab cakes on my own, but these don’t look too hard! Yours look delicious!
Thank you! I won’t lie – they are a bit of work, but not too bad once you get the hang of it.
That sounds great! Thanks for sharing.
Those looks incredible. I love crab cakes.
These sound great!
I love Paula, but that is not an authentic Maryland crab cake recipe. If you want the real thing, use the recipe on the Old Bay can. It’s as good as it gets!
I’ll have to try that one! I don’t know – these are pretty tasty!
Thank you for posting this recipe! They look and sound fabulous! My boys want me to make “Crabby Patties” from that Sponge Bob cartoon. I don’t think my crab cake recipe would work well on a bun, I might try to slip yours in to see how they like them.
These look really good. My wife would love these, thank you for sharing.