Spicy Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli Sauce

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Show: Down Home with the NeelysEpisode: Ain't All About the Pig

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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 5 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 10 min
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 55 min

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1 shallot, chopped fine
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup finely chopped red pepper
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon crab boil seasoning
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 cup plain panko bread crumbs
1 large egg
Hot sauce, to taste
1 pound lump crabmeat, picked over to remove cartilage and shell fragments
1/2 cup peanut oil
Lemon Aioli, recipe follows

Directions

Heat a medium size pan over medium heat. Add the butter. Once melted add the shallot, 1 clove of garlic and red pepper. Lightly saute until tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon zest, crab boil seasoning, fresh parsley, 1/2 cup of the panko and egg. Mix in cooked vegetables, hot sauce, and salt and pepper, to taste. Add crabmeat and stir well.

Form crab cakes using about 2 tablespoons of crab mixture for each cake.. Flatten until they're about 3/4 inches high. Dip the cakes into the remaining panko.

Add oil to a large skillet over high heat. Add crab cakes and saute, flipping once, until golden brown and crisp, about 5 to 6 minutes per side. Serve with Lemon Aioli.

Lemon Aioli:

1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chopped chives
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

In a medium bowl, mix all the ingredients together.

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recipe Spicy Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli Sauce
PATRICIA Hicksville,Long Island, NY 11-19-2009
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chicken recipe
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

What happened to the recipe for the Lemon Dill Chicken?
recipe Spicy Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli Sauce
James Kenmore, WA 11-18-2009
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Picture shown Does Not Match Sauce
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The enlarged view of the photograph seems to show a dark sauce with mushrooms(?). While it looks appetizing, it does not... match the Aioli Sauce as described in the recipe. . I too would cut down on the amount of mustard.Read more
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Denise Annapolis, MD 11-18-2009
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If you are going to have a crab cake make it a Maryland Crab Cake
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

A lot of Crab Cakes are made with Crab meat from oversees. I grew up on Maryland Crab Cakes. They are made with Jumbo Lump... Maryland Blue Crab Meat with very little filler. It is Jumbo Lump Crab meat, very little salt and pepper. A little bit of mustard, worcestershire sauce, a bit more mayonaisse, little bit of breadcrumbs, and a egg. Just enough filler to hold it together. Softly fold all the ingredients together, do not break up the big lumps of crab. Also, you do not flatten the crab cake, it is like a half of a ball. Flat side down, then you can fiy it but its better broiled and stays together better. There is no need for the red peppers or garlic when you bite into a packed full lump crab cake all you taste is the sweet essence of the crab meat. It is simplicity at its best!!Read more
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Diana Tucson, AZ 11-11-2009
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NOT SO GREAT
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I found that the crab cakes had way too much mustard flavor. I used only 1/4 cup mayo and 1/4 cup dijon. The consistancy was... very good and they would have been really good without all that mustard. The panko bread crumbs on the outside added a nice touch. I would definately make them again, but make them more Maryland style with less mustard, more Old Bay and an addition of Worcestershire.Read more
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Tara glenside, PA 10-26-2009
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HUBBY LOVES THESE!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are so easy to make and my husband goes crazy for crab cakes. I've tried a few different recipes and this is... definitely the best!Read more
recipe Spicy Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli Sauce
Suzanne alexandria, VA 08-28-2009
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Wrong Picture???
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Great recipe but this looks like a PICCATA!