Deviled Crab Cakes

CookinNEatinGal's Note:

What can I say about these crab cakes, except "They are really, really good"!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup celery, diced small
• 1 small onion, peeled, and diced small
• 1 small green pepper, diced small
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup parsley, chopped fine
• 1 lb lump crabmeat
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, diced small
• 2 cups breadcrumbs

Directions:

1. Melt butter in a med-sized saucepan.
2. Sauté celery, onion, and green pepper, until tender.
3. Add mustard and Worcestershire sauce.
4. Move mixture to a lg. mixing bowl, and add parsley, crabmeat, and 2 well-beaten eggs. Mix well with hands.
5. Fold in diced hard-boiled eggs and 1 cup breadcrumbs.
6. Mold with medium ice cream scoop into crab cakes.
7. Sprinkle with remaining breadcrumbs.
8. Broil to cook 30 minutes.
9. •To prepare these deep-fried:
10. Beat 2 eggs with 1/2 cup milk.
11. Roll each crab cake in this mixture, then roll in dish of 1 cup of breadcrumbs.
12. Deep fry at 375°F, until golden brown.

Reviews

[ImAGourmetChef]

We loved these from the first to the last, which we were fighting over by the way :) I squirted lemon on them before serving and sprinkled with parsley. Great crab cakes!

[Merlot]

These are the best crab cakes EVER!!!! I loved the hard-boiled eggs in them.....really put these over the top!!! I'm throwing out my old recipe. Thanks so much for sharing, CookinNEatinGal!!!