This is my humble take on Maryland-Style Crab Cakes. It's a very simple recipe, as some of the best are, and can be made in a short amount of time. It uses minimal ingredients essential to holding the crab cakes together and that complement the crab, while omitting those that would overpower the crabs delicate sweet flavor. Bread is used as the filler, rather than bread or cracker crumbs, allowing for a lighter crab cake--so light they barely hold together. (To my mind, the best crab cakes have barely any filler other than lump crab meat and are sauteed or grilled rather than fried.) The Remoulade is a mayonnaise loaded up with flavor... a spicy Cajun/Creole sauce that's perfect with crab cakes, shrimp, fried appetizers and many other foods.
jck1225 ,Nice recipe! I did not make the sauce, and I pan fried them. My husband loved them. 😜4y
chipco ,I echo the comments so far. Very tasty, I could've eaten 9 of them not 1. The remoulade was killer, you could taste the capers, hot sauce etc, but the sauce was greater than the sum of its parts9y
zenaubugn ,First time in life making crab cakes and these were excellent!! I didn't even need/make the sauce as they were superb on their own! These will DEF be added to rotation!10y
casey80997 ,Very easy and delicious. First time I've tried to make crab cakes, and these turned out very good!10y
aphilbeck8 ,OH! OH! OH! SO GOOD! Really enjoyed making these for my family. They enjoyed it too.10y
buchanmi ,Loved these! I have made several crab cakes and have yet to find my go to - until now! Loved the remoulade sauce as well. However, I didn't use it on my crab - loved the flavor without. My partner loved the crab cakes and the sauce! I am very excited to have found this recipe. At first I was a little worried about it staying together during the sauté... but it came through like a champ... you do have to be careful! But, I agree... using the minimum amount to make sure it sticks together is a great thing. Perfect recipe and I will make this over, and over and over again!10y
corwin26 ,These crab cakes are excellent! I found it a little tricky and time consuming to pick over and make the little patties but it was worth it! To save time like a few others I didn't use the attached Remoulade recipe and instead used the 'Simple Remoulade Sauce' recipe also from Big Oven. Great recipe, TY!10y
ezmerilda ,These will go into the 'Please do serve again' category. I followed the recipe, other than using imitation crab. Not living near the coast this worked well. Would love to try this with real crab! We also used the 'Simple Remoulade Sauce' from Big Oven, a hit certainly.10y
mogriff1 ,Very good! I usually use the recipe on the side of the Old Bay can, but I think I like this way better! I'm from Baltimore,Md and I know a good crabcake! I did not use the attached remoulade sauce recipe though; instead I used the 'Simple Remoulade Sauce' recipe also on Big Oven...I REALLY like that one. I did not refrigerate the crabcakes prior to cooking and they were just fine for frying.11y
walpa2 ,These crab cakes are out of this world! Genuine crab cakes that don't contain filler and are absolutely fantastic. If you are having company and want to impress, serve these and you won't be sorry. The remoulade is also wonderful and a great compliment to the crab cakes. Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this!11y
sunnyflerin ,I'm from Baltimore and this is my go to crab cake recipe. Except for the remoulade, because we don't use that in Baltimore. I've never bothered to try it. But the crab cakes are fantastic.11y
walpa2 ,Sgrishka: Thank you for responding! I went on my laptop and the ingredients were listed there plain to see...i wouldnt have thought to do that as i always use my iphone without a problem. Will be making these for Mother's Day brunch. Your recipes bring me back to my childhood and are always fantastic, so thank you!11y
sgrishka ,Walpa2 — The ingredients are listed on the Recipe tab in the middle of the recipe page (next to the Reviews and Photos tabs). If you don't see the ingredients (and depending on the apps your using to view BigOven) you will need to open a support ticket or file a bug report to BigOven support...look under the Help tab at the top of the page. Hope this helps.11y
walpa2 ,Am i missing the list of ingredients? I want to make this as it sounds fantastic!11y
chefhoward76 ,Fantastic! An excellent recipe for both Crab Cakes and Remoulade. The finished dish was impressive and totally delicious. It will definitely be a favorite.12y
sabrown69 ,Excellent! Everything came out perfect. I followed the recipe and it was easy. We have been searching for a great crab cakes and these were better than the restaurants.13y
ccheryl ,now thats a crab cake, thats what im talking about, Maryland is the best place to find the bestest crab cakes but i bet your kitchen is the next best spot, have a great day and keep them recipes coming, CCheryl13y
gluttonwithbrains ,Good stuff - may use more than one egg to hold cakes together better - remoulade was deliciously fresh. My wife's from Baltimore and a crabcake snob and this passed her test. That's a high compliment!13y
vikkiray ,These were great, the lightest, most delicate crab cake I've ever had!! And the flavor was wonderful. I did have a problem with the first one falling apart. But after refrigerating the crab cakes properly and making sure the oil was at the right temperature, they held together and turned out perfectly. For me these were excellent as is, but for my mom's taste, next time I may add some lemon juice and zest to the filling and maybe back off a little on the Worcestershire sauce in the remoulade.14y