Red Lobster Crab Cakes

Ingredients

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon onion, minced
• 1 tablespoon celery, diced
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 egg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 lb lump crabmeat
• 2 tablespoons oil, for sauteing

Directions

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.