Key West Style Crab Cakes

Total Time: 51 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 lb crabmeat (i use canned,lump)
• 2 slices bacon (cooked crisp & crumbled)
• 2 tablespoons onions (minced)
• 1/2 red bell pepper (cleaned & chopped fine)
• 1/2 green bell pepper (cleaned & chopped fine)
• 1 celery rib (chopped fine)
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• 1/4 cup fresh herb (parsley, cilantro, basil)
• 3 -4 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons old bay seasoning
• salt and pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 1 -2 tablespoon heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons oil

Recipe

• 1 when preparing bacon, remove from pan and sautee onions, peppers, celery & garlic in bacon drippings.
• 2 transfer to a bowl, add crabmeat, herbs& breadcrumbs.
• 3 fold in egg & cream.
• 4 form into patties, size of your choice.
• 5 wrap & refrigerate atleast 30 minutes.
• 6 pan fry cakes in butter/oil til crispy on both sides, approximately 3 minutes per side.
• 7 serve with horseradish/mustard sauce.