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Alaskan Crab Cakes
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Brief Description
Seasoned crab cakes fried golden brown.
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Main Ingredient
crab
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Category: Fish or seafood
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Cuisine: Seafood
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Prep Time: 80 min(s)
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Cook Time: 10 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Source:
McCall's Great American Recipe Card Collection - Pacific Coast
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Posted By: MarySue
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Posted On: May 28, 2020
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons - butter or margarine
- 3 tablespoons - flour
- 1 cups - milk
- 2 - egg yolks slightly beaten
- 2 cans - king crabmeat (6.5 oz. ea.)
- 2 tablespoons - chopped parsley
- 1/2 teaspoons - salt
- 1/8 teaspoons - nutmeg
- - dash of cayenne pepper
- 1/2 cups - soft white bread cubes
- 3/4 cups - packaged dry bread crumbs
- - salad oil or shortening
Directions:
Melt butter in medium saucepan; remove from heat. Stir in flour to make smooth mixture. Gradually stir in milk.
Bring to boiling over medium heat, stirring; reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
Beat some of hot mixture into egg yolks; return to rest of mixture in saucepan. Cook, stirring, several minutes, until thickened; remove from heat.
Drain crab meat; remove any cartilage.
To mixture in saucepan, add crab meat, parsley, salt, nutmeg, cayenne, bread cubes and 1/4 cup bread crumbs; mix well.
Refrigerate, covered, for 1 hour.
Heat oil (1/4 inch deep) in large skillet.
Shape crab mixture into 8 cakes about 2-1/2 inches in diameter. Roll in rest of bread crumbs, coating completely.
Saute crab cakes, turning, until golden brown on both sides; drain on paper towels. Serve hot with Tartar Sauce or lemon wedges, if desired.
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