Red Lobster Crab Cakes

• garlic↗1⁄2 teaspoon

  minced

• onion↗1 tablespoon

  minced

• celery↗1 tablespoon

  diced

• mayonnaise↗2 tablespoons
• egg↗1
• salt↗1⁄8 teaspoon
• pepper↗1⁄8 teaspoon
• Dijon mustard↗1 teaspoon
• Old Bay Seasoning1 teaspoon
• breadcrumbs↗1⁄4 cup
• lump crabmeat↗1 lb
• oil2 tablespoons

  for sauteing

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   In a large bowl combine all ingredients, except crab meat and bread crumbs.

2. 2

   Using gloved hands, gently mix in crab meat, then add bread crumbs.

3. 3

   Spread a thin layer of plain bread crumbs on your work surface.

4. 4

   Form crab mixture into equal balls, approximately two inches in diameter.

5. 5

   Place on crumbs, gently flatten the balls of crab mixture & round the edges. Form the cakes about one-half inch thick & three inches round.

6. 6

   Refrigerate.

7. 7

   In a sauté pan heat 2 tablespoons of oil.

8. 8

   Gently slide in two crab cakes at a time.

9. 9

   Brown on one side approximately two-to-three minutes. Turn and brown the other side.

10. 10

    Turn down heat and simmer crab cakes another 5-8 minutes.