Baked Crab Cakes

Total Time: 18 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 16 ounces shelled cooked crabmeat
• 1/4 cup finely diced celery
• 1/4 cup minced fresh chives
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 1 1/4 cups panko breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 sort through crab and discard any bits of shell. press out moisture with paper towels.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine celery, minced chives, mayonnaise, egg, mustard, and old bay; mix well with a fork.
• 3 add crab and 1/4 cup panko; stir gently just to mix.
• 4 put in fridge for 1/2 an hour or more if time permits.
• 5 put remaining panko in a shallow bowl.
• 6 shape crab mixture into about 6 cakes about a 1/2 inch thick.
• 7 place each cake in panko to coat on each side - place on baking stone or dish and reform into shape. should be sort of flat across - about a 1/2 inch thick - and formed around the edges.
• 8 bake in a 475°f regular or convection oven until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
• 9 with a spatula, transfer crab cakes to a platter. add any sauce you want - but they turned out great without any sauce.