Crab Cakes

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I snack on anchovies and olives, BUT this recipe was so salty..The seasoning overwhelm the sweet taste of the very expensive lump crab, and the end result was greasy even after 3 changes of paper towels. Not for me

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i couldn't find the crab boil seasoning at my local grocery store so i improvised with a cajun seasoning instead. i like my crab cakes with a bit of a "kick" so i also added some chili pepper flakes since it was sort of bland. overall a decent crab cake, but cook longer than 4-5min on each side.

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After readind lots of ur comments..felt the CC's were too wet, so i doubled the breadcrumbs and the crabmeat and cut the veggies. BIG MISTAKE, they were dry, shd have stuck to Ina's original, coz she is the best there is, i love her and her recepies and J and her together, so cute 40 yrs, way to go.Will never ever mess with her stuff again.All of u who have not tried her orange cran scones, r missing out, they r super delicious, just like all the other food she creates. Am going to try her lemon curd tart next, sure it will be a hit!

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Despite others finding this recipe too wet, I found it quite delicious. It made 9 crab cakes for us, and we have 4 leftover this morning. Just being my husband and me, I try to cook things in small batches, but we had half a pound of crab leftover to use. This was the perfect recipe with which to eat our crab.

I am not crazy about all the peppers, so I only put in 1/4 cup of each and one small onion. We also didn't have any fresh parsley, so we just left it out. After cooking the veggies, I spread them on a plate and put them in the freezer for a few minutes. The liquid sorta hardened so that I could get the cooled veggies around it. We were awfully hungry and didn't let them sit in the fridge as the recipe called for. They were sticky to shape, but were perfectly browned and held together perfectly. I did, however, stir the crab meat vigorously. With that amount of crab, I don't think you need the meat really lumpy.

Needless to say, we'll be eating these some other time. We might even try the remoulade sauce next.

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The crab cakes tasted fine, but they were way to wet and did not stay together at all! I think they would have tasted better if they had had a little crunch. I used extra crab and not all of the mayo. I really thought that chilling the mixture would help, and let them chill overnight. There was quite a lot of liquid on top when I took the mixture out of the fridge. This was supposed to be a special treat and I was really disappointed!
JoAnn

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I made the crab cakes for my grandfather's 83rd birthday and they were a huge hit! It's very hard for my grandfather to eat many things, because of a severe lung and breathing problem he has, so the food he eats needs to be moist and easy to eat, so this dish was something he was able to eat and really enjoy. My grandmother, who is a very picky eater, especially when it comes to seafood since she grew up in a fishing village, praised the dish as well. It was trully a great meal! I keep getting requests to make it again!

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I love this recipe, Ina. Though the mixture can be a bit wet, I'd either add more bread crumbs or didn't add the exact amount of wet ingredients. Some recipes are not perfect but if you know anything about cooking or baking, you make some concessions. Persons who do not like this recipe just don't know alot about cooking. Ina, love your show, too.

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Ok people, what I did after reading comments and following the recipe....I added about 3/4's of a cup of flour and didn't fry it in as much oil and they turned out perfect. The origianal way was yaaa to wet...so the flour helped to make little cakes from the batter.

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I just tried this recipe today. My first attempt at home-made crab cakes. I liked this recipe alot. I read numerous reviews before I did my own take and after tasting the results, I will still tweak it a little to my own preference. Isn't that what cooking is all about. As I read some of the negative reviews for these cakes, I couldn't help but think, "do some people think every recipe is simple?" No recipe in the world could possibly be loved by everyone.
The next time I "use" Ina's recipe as my guide, I will probably cut the veggies by at least a third and maybe chop the capers a little. I had already doubled the crab.
The only other aspect that wasn't as I would like is that the last batch that was darker than the first batch. All in all, these turned out incredibly delicious as they were.
Ina is by far my favorite on the food network and I loved this recipe....as a guide. I don't think Ina minds at all when we alter things. Again, isn't that what "cheffin" is all about

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Like with most of Ina's recipes, this one works perfectly! I've made it several times and never had a problem. I like the complexity of the flavors and appreciate that only using a half of a pound of crab meat saves me some money! Try it, you'll love them.