Crab Cake Burgers
The most quintessential Maryland dish is crab cakes. Serve them on a platter at your fangate -- you can even make mini one-bite crab cakes and serve them as finger food! Crab cakes also make a nice substitution for the traditional ground chuck burger patty on a bun. Be sure to remember the Old Bay! In Maryland, it’s basically sacrilegious to eat crab without it. ;)
Ingredients
- 2 green onions finely sliced
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- dash Hot sauce
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons old bay seasoning
- 1 pound lump crabmeat picked over and shredded
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 Hamburger Buns
- 4 large romaine lettuce leaves
- 4 thin Red onion slices
- Tzatziki
Instructions
- Whisk together the green onions, egg, yogurt, mustard, hot sauce, lemon juice, and Old Bay Seasoning in a bowl. Add the crab, and mix to combine. Then add in the panko breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper, and stir together.
- Form the crab mixture with your hands into four 1-inch-thick round patties.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium. Fry the cakes on both sides until golden brown and crisp, 4 minutes per side.
- Serve the patties on the buns with lettuce, red onion, and tzatziki, as you would a burger. (You can also serve them on lettuce without the bun for an almost carb-free crab cake burger.)
Notes
Recipe and Image courtesy of The Hungry Fan's Game Day Cookbook by Daina Falk.
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