Marino's Best Crab Cakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons dried onion flakes, can use fresh, chopped
• 1 tablespoon celery, chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons tartar sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons old bay seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon german mustard, deli style
• 1 lb lump crabmeat, picked over
• 1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
• 3 tablespoons butter
• vegetable oil
• 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, beat eggs and whisk in onion flakes, celery, parsley, tartar sauce, worcestershire sauce, old bay, pepper and mustard.
• 2 add crab meat gently with a spoon so that the lumps remain without seperating too much. gently mix in the bread crumbs.
• 3 make the mixture into 4-5 crab cakes with your hands. try not to make them too fat.
• 4 put them on a plate and cover with plastic wrap. refrigerate from 15 minutes up to 3 hours.
• 5 melt butter and oil in a skillet over medium heat and saute the crab cakes till golden brown, no longer than 3 minutes per side.
• 6 place on paper towels to drain and serve with lemon wedges.