Jimmy Johnsons Crab Cakes Recipes

CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Trim and finely chop the spring onions, and pick and finely chop the parsley. Beat the egg.
• Combine the crabmeat, potatoes, spring onion, parsley, white pepper, cayenne and egg in a bowl with a little sea salt.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes, then shape into 6cm cakes.
• Dust with flour and shallow-fry in oil over a medium heat for about 5 minutes each side or until golden-brown.
• Serve with pinches of watercress and a dollop of tartare sauce.

CHEF JOHN'S CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Mix saltine crackers, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, seafood seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, egg, salt, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl.
• Stir in crabmeat until mixture is combined but still chunky. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Sprinkle breadcrumbs on a plate.
• Shape chilled crab mixture into 4 small thick patties; coat completely with bread crumbs.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-heat; cook crab cakes until golden brown, about 4 minutes per side.

JIMMY JOHNSON'S CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place all ingredients except crabmeat in a mixing bowl; mix and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Gently fold in the crabmeat.
• Form 12 cakes.
• Place on a foil-covered cookie sheet.
• Bake for 6 minutes or until golden.

CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Combine the eggs, mayonnaise, dry mustard, mustard, seafood seasoning and Worcestershire in a large bowl and whisk together. Add the breadcrumbs and mix to make a creamy consistency. Place the crabmeat in a separate large bowl. Very gently fold the wet mixture into the crabmeat, being careful not to break up any of the big lumps, until the mixture just holds together.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Form the crab mixture into 8-ounce cakes. Lay on the prepared baking sheets, sprinkle with a little melted butter and cook until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the broiler to 500 degrees (or its highest setting). On your oven's highest rack, broil all the bread slices on a baking sheet for 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden and crisp but not burned. Flip all the slices over and broil for another 2 to 3 minutes. Turn the broiler off and allow the bread to crisp in the oven until totally dry, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the bread from the oven and let cool. Using a box grater or rolling pin, coarsely grate and crush the bread slices into bread crumbs (or, pulse them in a food processor). The crumbs should look and feel like sand; you should get about 4 cups. Set the bread crumbs aside.
• In a large cast-iron skillet, melt the butter over high heat. Once the butter is melted, add the onion and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the butter and onion into a large bowl. Whisk the flour into the melted butter and onion, then slowly whisk in the milk to make a creamy sauce. Once the sauce is smooth, whisk in the eggs, lemon juice, vinegar and mace.
• Add the crab meat to the cream sauce and mix lightly with a fork; don't break up the pieces of crab meat. Gently fold in just enough of the bread crumbs so that the mixture holds together (about 2 1/2 cups). Divide the crab mixture into 12 equal portions, setting them on a baking sheet as you go. They should be thick rounds - about the size of the palm of your hand, and roughly 1 1/2 inches thick.
• Using your hand, take a scoop of the toasted bread crumbs and coat each crab cake.
• Wipe out the skillet and heat the oil over high. Once the oil is hot, place a few of the crab cakes in the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side, or until browned and cooked through. Place the cooked crab cakes on a paper towel to drain. Working in batches, cook the remaining crab cakes, adding more oil as needed.
• Serve crab cakes immediately, or set aside in a warm oven (see Tip) while you cook the remaining crab cakes.

THE BOSS'S CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients EXCEPT crab meat, flour, and oil.
• Lightly toss crab meat into mixture.
• Chill 1-2 hours (this helps it to stick together when forming the cakes.).
• Form into cakes approx 2 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick.
• Put flour in a shallow dish, flip each cake to coat.
• Heat oil in frying pan or skillet.
• Cook cakes in hot oil, 2-3 min per side till golden brown.

JASON'S BEST CRAB CAKES EVER

Steps:

• Melt 1 1/2 sticks butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat and sauté scallions and jalapeño about 2 minutes, until bright green. Add the heavy cream and heat to boiling. Stir over medium heat 3 to 4 minutes, until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in the mustard and pepper. Cool 5 minutes.
• Place the crabmeat in a large bowl. Gently stir in the scallion mixture. Form uniform cakes by placing spoonfuls of the crab mixture on a cookie sheet. Immediately place in refrigerator to harden, about 2 hours.
• When ready to serve, beat the eggs in a shallow bowl and place the bread crumbs in another shallow bowl. Melt 1 tablespoon butter and 1 to 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Working with half of the crab cakes at a time (keep remaining cakes in the refrigerator), dip each cake into the beaten eggs and coat with crumbs. Sauté until browned, 2 to 3 minutes on each side (turning cakes only once or they will break up). Drain on paper towels and serve immediately.

MOCK CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• press zucchini in a length of cheesecloth to remove as much moisture as possible --
• combine with next 7 ingredients.
• Lightly fold in bread crumbs.
• gently form into patties that are 3" in diameter and 1" thick --
• melt butter in skillet; fry patties over medium heat until golden on both sides.
• serve with lemon wedges and tartar sauce.

DEL FRISCO'S CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Place crab meat onto sheet pan and spread evenly.
• Place sheet under broiler for approximately 2 minutes; remove.
• Change oven setting to bake and set to 350°F.
• Remove all shells from crab meat.
• Saute celery, onions and red pepper in a large saucepan for approximately 2 minutes.
• Place sauteed vegetables on sheet pan and refrigerate about ten minutes.
• Slice basil into julienne strips.
• Place crab meat, bread cubes, basil and sauteed vegetables in a large bowl and mix gently.
• Fold in mayonnaise.
• Spray a baking sheet lightly with cooking spray.
• Measure four ounce portions onto pan.
• Place in oven for 15 minutes.
• Serve with sauce of your choice (Cajun style sauce would be delicious, but whatever you like best is appropriate).

GRAMMY'S CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Lightly grease a broiler pan or baking sheet.
• Shred crabmeat and place in a medium bowl with bread crumbs and parsley. Mix together and season with salt and pepper.
• Whisk egg, mayonnaise, green onion, dry mustard, and hot pepper sauce together in a small bowl. Add to crabmeat mixture and mix well. Form into 6 patties and place on the prepared pan. Brush tops with melted butter.
• Cook under the preheated broiler until lightly browned and cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes.