Recipe courtesy of Andrew Zimmern

Baltimore-Style Crab Cakes

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 1 hr 15 min
  • Active: 15 min
  • Yield: 3 to 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Finely crush the saltine crackers in your hands and place in a large bowl. Add the crabmeat, reserving any crab juice in a separate small bowl.
  2. To the bowl with the crab juice, add the mayonnaise egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce; whisk until smooth. Season with black pepper.
  3. Gently fold the mayonnaise mixture into the crab and saltines. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  4. Scoop the crab mixture into six patties, about 1 1/2-inches thick. Be careful not to handle the mixture too much.
  5. In a large skillet, heat the oil over moderately high heat until shimmering. Add the crab cakes and cook until deeply golden and heated through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the crab cakes to plates and serve with lemon wedges.