Crab Cakes with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: 30 Minutes 'Til Show Time

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (31)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
12 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 18 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 12 min
Total:: 30 min

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Ingredients

Crab Cakes:

1 cup cracker meal
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup milk
12 ounces lump crab meat, picked over to remove any shell fragments
1 rounded teaspoon crab boil seasoning
1 tablespoon baking powder
A handful flat leaf parsley, chopped
1 lemon, zested, plus 1 lemon, cut into wedges, for garnish
1 rib celery from the heart of the stalk, finely chopped
Several drops Worcestershire sauce
Several drops hot pepper sauce
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or ranch dressing
Vegetable or canola oil, for frying

Red Pepper Sauce:

1 (8-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained, or 1 large freshly prepared roasted red pepper
1 cup mayonnaise or reduced fat mayonnaise
1/2 cup prepared chili sauce

Directions

Place cracker meal in a bowl and make a well in the center of the meal. Beat egg with milk and pour into well. Moisten cracker meal and combine liquid with meal using the tines of a fork. Add crab meat, crab boil seasoning, baking powder, parsley, lemon zest, celery, Worcestershire, hot pepper sauce, and mayonnaise to the bowl. Mix all ingredients well and form into 8 (3-inch) patties. Add 1/2-inch vegetable or canola oil to a skillet and heat to medium high temperature. Fry cakes 3 minutes on each side and drain on paper towel lined plate. Cook 4 cakes at a time, so that oil temp does not drop too low.

For red pepper sauce, combine drained red peppers in a food processor bowl with mayonnaise and chili sauce. Pulse/grind the ingredients into a smooth sauce. Transfer sauce to a small serving dish.

Serve crab cakes with sauce and lemon wedges.

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Craig Scottsadle, AZ 09-11-2009
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Best Crab Cakes Ever
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I hosted a Labor Day backyard party last week for friends and neighbors. My fish monger was fresh out of crab meat, so in a... pinch I substituted an equal amount of ground chuck and ground sirlion. These were the best crab cakes ever. Thanks Rach!Read more
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Jaxen Fall City, WA 02-04-2009
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VERY GOOD and Easy to make!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

OMG this was SO good and actually really easy to make. I used Ritz crackers instead of cracker meal and it was delicious! The... kick to the sauce was amazing and the whole family enjoyed it!Read more
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Elise Redding, CT 11-16-2008
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Yummy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I doubled the recipe for a party - but added more than double the specified amount of crab. I prefer that ratio - more... crabmeat. Also - I substitued panko for the cracker meal in the mixture and I also coated the cakes in panko before frying. That makes for a nice crust.Read more
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Patricia Middlebury, CT 03-01-2008
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Really Good
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Really good. Pat Middlebury
recipe Crab Cakes with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Anonymous 06-25-2007
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Crab Spectacular
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Good Crab taste with nice mix of spices
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Jennifer Anderson, SC 06-20-2007
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AWESOME!!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

WITH OVER 83 RECIPES FOR CRAB CAKES I PICKED THIS ONE BY CHANCE...IT WASN'T EVEN RATED 5 STARS!!!! THESE CAKES ARE SO... DELICIOUS!!! I HAD OVER 30 MINUTES SO I MADE THEM AHEAD OF TIME AND PUT IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR ONE HOUR....THEY COOKED UP PERFECT AND THE SAUCE IS A MUST!!!!!!Read more