Easy Peasy Crabby Cakes!

Mmmmmm....nothing quite like a GREAT low fat homemade crab cake!
I made this for a dinner party one night (for 5) and it was delicious!
Super easy to make, low fat, and everyone loved them!

Grocery List (this is for 5-6 servings, cut in 1/2 for 2 ppl):
-2 jars lump crab meat (not legs!)
-1 red bell pepper
-chives
-1/2 grated lemon zest
-1 egg
-panko bread crumbs
-6 oz greek non fat plain yogurt (substitue this for mayo- heeeey low calories!)
-pepper to taste (salt, IF YOU MUST)

 

 

Make sure you get lump crab meat and not crab leg meat!
STEP 1: Very thorougly rinse & drain crab meat. You will have to squish it together in a strainer or with your hands to get as much liquid as possible out. Otherwise your crabby cakes will be soggy and harder to flip in the pan!

 

STEP 2: In a large mixing bowl, mix 1 egg, 2 chopped chives (finely diced), 1/2 of 1 red bell pepper, lemon zest, and greek yogurt.

 

It should look like this before adding the crabmeat!

Step 3: Add in 1/2 box of panko bread crumbs, pepper, and strained crabmeat. Stir until it resembles clumps. If it is too soggy, add more panko. If it is too dry, add an additional EGG WHITE ONLY (not yolk).

STEP 4: Form crabby "dough" into small 1 inch thick patties. **Hint** if you have a circular cookie cutter, usually used for sugar cookies, you can stuff the crabmeat into the cutter and pull off, and whoila! All the same sized crabby cakes** I did not have one of these, so I did it by hand. No more than an inch thick!

STEP 5: Heat a LARGE sautee pan with OILVE OIL until oil reaches 350 degrees. If you do not have a thermometer, it will be when a drop of water onto the oil stays on top of the surface. The first cake you put in may be a tester cake so you can make sure and get the right temp. Once you do, the cakes will cook 2-3 minutes on each side and then FLIP! Don't overcrowd the pan! This is very important as you want them to cook evenly through. When you overcrowd pan, heat resists up and cooks outward instead.

 

STEP 6: Drain on a papertowel & ENJOY! I paired this with my own homemade Chipotle Tartar Sauce