Maryland Crab Balls Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Place crab meat in a mixing bowl and pick out any stray shell fragments.
• 2. Add crushed crackers, Old Bay seasoning, and parsley to the crab.
• 3. In a separate bowl, combine egg, mustard, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Whip with a whisk until smooth.
• 4. Pour egg mixture over the crab meat and crackers. Gently mix, careful not to break up large lumps of crab meat.
• 5. Mold into golfball-sized balls and place on a cookie sheet.
• 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 7. Drizzle with melted butter and allow to cool. Serve with saltine crackers. Enjoy delicious baked crab balls!

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil on medium-high until droplets of water sizzle and pop.
• 2. Mix together the vegetables and crab meat.
• 3. Sprinkle spices and flour over crab mixture, stir until coated.
• 4. Add beaten egg and mix until just combined.
• 5. Form 8 balls out of crab mixture using a large cookie scoop.
• 6. Gently roll each ball in panko crumbs and set on a plate.
• 7. Gently put them in the hot oil
• 8. Cook about 5-7 minutes, when they begin to float turn them over with a slotted spoon.
• 9. Cook 4-5 minutes more until golden brown.
• 10. Remove from oil and place on a paper towel to drain.
• 11. Cool just a few minutes and serve plain or with your choice of sauce.

Steps:

• Pick the crab meat to remove any remaining pieces of shell.
• Pick bread into small pieces and place in medium-size bowl with crabmeat. Add egg, mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and Old Bay seasoning ™. Mix ingredients by hand to avoid overworking the crabmeat, you want to keep the lumps of meat as much as possible. Form into patties; this should make 6 good-size cakes.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet, then fry cakes for about 4 minutes each side or until brown crust forms on both sides of the crab cake.

Steps:

• 1. combine ingredients 1-9. add 1/3 of the bread crumbs.
• 2. fold ingredients together
• 3. on a large plate combine remaining bread crumbs and parsley. form the crab mixture into 1 1/2 inch balls. roll balls in the bread crumbs and parsley mixture.
• 4. deep fry at 320 degrees for 3 minutes or until golden brown
• 5. remove and drain oil
• 6. serve with spicy crab sauce