King Crab Cakes

We had King crab legs dipped in melted butter, shrimp scampi, cheddar garlic biscuits, roasted veggies in honey balsamic glaze, and my mother-in-law’s famous cheesy potatoes.

Oh, and dark chocolate raspberry birthday cake with chocolate ganache frosting. 😛

Yeah, like I said, it was a feast fit for a king to celebrate a man who is very deserving of it. 🍰 🦀 🍤 ❤️ 🎁

Tip: King Crab Legs are definitely a special occassion treat, because they are not cheap, but if you have a Costco membership, that’s the best place to buy them that I’ve found. Costco sells them for $22.99 a pound. The only potential downside is that you have to buy them in a 10-pound box, so if you’re not feeding several people, that may be more than you need. Once in awhile, my Costco has King Crab legs available individually on ice, but you can’t count on it.

For comparison sake, my local Whole Foods is currently selling King Crab legs for $43.99 a pound, and my HyVee for $27.99 a pound.

If you need a smaller amount of crab, Amazon will even ship it to you overnight for about $25.00 a pound in a 4-pound box, which actually is a pretty good price. Amazon has everything. 🤪

For our group of 6, I bought the 10 pounds of King Crab 🦀 🦀 🦀. I thought for sure the boys would be able to put down at least that much, but as it turned out, we still had a couple of cooked legs that nobody had room for, plus 4-5 frozen ones that will make a nice dinner for just the two of us on another night.

There was no way we were going to let those two cooked legs go to waste, though, so you know what that meant? Crab cakes! There’s nothing quite like a well-prepared crab cake is there?

Maryland Style King Crab Cakes

Maryland style crab cakes are my favorite. They have nice, big pieces of crab, and are made with just enough filler to hold them together, allowing the sweet crab flavor to be the star of the show. And they are so easy to make!

Chop Crab into Large Chunks

On the left is the crab that we removed from the legs after dinner. On the right is the crab after I chopped it for the King Crab cakes. You want to keep the crab in nice big pieces, so you can fully appreciate it when you bite into your crab cakes.

Prepare the filler

In a small bowl, whisk together mayo, egg, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire, and hot sauce, then season with salt and pepper.

In a separate bowl, stir together crabmeat, panko, and parsley. Fold in mayo mixture, being very careful to not break up the chunks of crab meat.

Then form into patties. If you are serving these as a appetizer, it will make 8 smaller patties. If you’re serving it as a main course, like we did, form it into 4 large patties. Two patties per person makes a nice entree.

Brown in Oil

Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add crab cakes and cook, in batches, until golden and crispy, 3 to 5 minutes per side.

Serve

Serve with a wedge of lemon on the side. 🍋

We made these with our leftover King Crab, but any kind of jumbo lump crab would work for these.

You guys, these are so good. They would be perfect for Valentines Day coming up, or as a non-meat dinner for lent. Pin them now, so you can find them later!

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