Almost Paleo Crab Cakes

As promised...here they are!

Who doesn't love a good crab cake? I heart crab cakes...that's a go to for me!  For years I think I felt personally responsible to test the crab cakes at each restaurant we dined! heehee... As I began cooking a Paleo Diet, several years ago, (not strictly now) I realized that you could replace the breading in most recipes with egg or egg + something else.  If you are gentle and take you time with these, they are simple, divine and pair amazingly well with a nice slaw and some sweet potato fries! Yum!!!

*Another option for cooking these - liberally coat a muffin pan or jumbo muffin pan with olive oil or coconut oil cooking spray.  Press each crab cake into a muffin slot, bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes or until golden and crusted on top!  GENTLY, remove with a large spoon, serve! 

What you need...

8 oz. lump crabmeat

1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1 egg

juice of half a lemon

1/4 cup parsley, chopped

2 tbsps. or 2-3 cloves garlic, minced

dash of mace

1 tbsp. chipotle mayo (olive oil mayo w/ dash of cayenne) 

3-4 turns of salt & fresh pepper

coconut oil

*I like to serve a tiny bit more of the Chipotle Mayo alongside for dipping! ;)*

You can also make your own Chipotle Dip Sauce with Greek Yogurt and a little Chipotle in Adobo*

Gently combine ingredients, reserving the crab meat.  Once combined, fold in the crabmeat, allowing it to break up a little, but trying to keep most of the lump together.  Using your hands, scoop and press each cake into a medallion, pressing out some of the liquid to form a disc.  Place each cake onto a parchment lined pan, continue with remaining crabmeat.  Place cakes into the refrigerator to chill for about 30 minutes.

Add 2-3 tbsp. coconut oil to a large skillet and cook the cakes on medium heat for about 3 minutes per side!

* I said 4 in the video, but mine cooked up a little fast than that!!!*

If you'd prefer, liberally coat a muffin pan, I used jumbo size, with your preferred cooking spray.  Press the cakes into each muffin slot.  Bake at 375 for about 15 minutes or until golden and flaky! VERY easy!

Baking them is a GREAT option if you aren't comfortable with frying or if you'd just prefer to bake them!  I baked these right alongside the fries! Simple!