Red Lobster Crab Cakes

By Booper-2

My favorite from Red Lobster.

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

Preparation

Step 1

1 In a large bowl combine all ingredients, except crab meat and bread crumbs. 2 Using gloved hands, gently mix in crab meat, then add bread crumbs. 3 Spread a thin layer of plain bread crumbs on your work surface. 4 Form crab mixture into equal balls, approximately two inches in diameter. 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 Refrigerate. 7 In a sauté pan heat 2 tablespoons of oil. 8 Gently slide in two crab cakes at a time. 9 Brown on one side approximately two-to-three minutes. Turn and brown the other side. 10 Turn down heat and simmer crab cakes another 5-8 minutes.