Paula's Fool Proof Crab Cakes

Paula's Fool Proof Crab Cakes

Author: 
Paula Rippel, Baltimore, MD
Prep Time: 
15 minutes
Yield: 
5-6 servings
Ingredients: 

4 tablespoon vegetable shortening
2 tablespoons Plugrá® European-Style Butter, unsalted
2 eggs
1 slice bread or 1/2 kaiser or hamburger roll
1-2 tablespoons parsley
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 pound blackfin crab meat
1 tablespoon mayonnaise

Directions: 

1. Preheat vegetable shortening in large skillet (pan you would use to fry chicken).
2. Whisk together mayonnaise, Plugrá Butter and eggs.
3. Grate bread into the mixture. Sprinkle in dry parsley & Old Bay Seasoning and whisk again.
4. Fold in blackfin crab meat with your hands or wooden spoon and mold into cakes.
5. When shortening is hot enough (drop of water splatters) add the crab cakes.
6. Cook on medium/high heat until golden brown on both sides, flipping once. Cook about the same amount of time on each side. Remove, drain oil and cool.