Medium

Paleo Maryland Crab Cakes

Total Time
1h 12m
23m prep · 49m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🥛 Dairy-Free ☪️ Halal

These Maryland crab cakes are made with jumbo lump crabmeat, traditional seasonings, and an almond flour breading. Add celery, jalapeños, or other ingredients — feel free to get creative! You can also use chopped shrimp in this recipe to make shrimp cakes.

Ingredients

  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1.5 teaspoons seafood seasoning , such as Old Bay™
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 0.5 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 0.25 teaspoons hot pepper sauce , such as Tabasco®
  • 0.25 teaspoons lemon juice
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 pound jumbo lump crabmeat
  • 0.25 cups almond flour
  • 1 tablespoon minced red bell pepper
  • 2 teaspoons sliced green onion
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 0.33 cups almond flour

Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk egg, mayonnaise, seafood seasoning, Dijon, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, lemon juice, and pepper together in a bowl.

  2. 2

    Place crabmeat into a separate bowl; add mayonnaise mixture and gently mix with your hands to combine. Mix in 1/4 cup almond flour, bell pepper, green onion, and parsley. Form mixture into six round cakes.

  3. 3

    Dredge each cake in remaining 1/3 cup almond flour and place onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

  4. 4

    Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  5. 5

    Bake crab cakes, uncovered, in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

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