Crab Cakes

Z&A gave us a "shopping tour" & cooking lesson (thx Z&A!!)..

my biggest interest is to learn making the crab cakes, as ZA made them last time which tasted very good!! she said she found this recipe from Kraft's website..

let's take a look at the Ingredients..


1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup KRAFT RANCHER'S CHOICE Dressing
2 cans (170 g each) crabmeat, drained, flaked
1 cup coarsley crushed RITZ Crackers (~20 pieces)
1/3 cup KRAFT 4 CHEESE ITALIANO Shredded Cheese
2 green onions, chopped
1/4 tsp. ground red pepper (cayenne) -- optional if u don't like spicy

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Chop the green pepper.. cut off & don't use the "top" part (see pic below) as its taste is too strong..

3. Put the RITZ Crackers into a ziplock bag & then coarsley crush them




4. Mix egg & dressing in large bowl. Add crabmeat; mix well. Gently stir in crackers.

Add in also cheese, onions & pepper; mix well.



This is the mixture of all ingredients. Let mixture stand 3 min.



5. Shape into 24 patties, about 1 Tbsp. each. Place patties on baking sheet lightly sprayed with cooking spray/oil.
*** we made it a bit bigger, so didn't have 24 pieces..

6. Bake 5 to 7 min. on each side or until heated through and golden brown.
*** our CHEF suggested frying instead of baking.. frying will make the crab cakes more crispy.. & i've tried to bake it once & it took us longer than the suggested time in fact..

with the above ingredients, the 6 of us each had ~2-3 pieces.. YUMMY!!