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Easy Low Carb Crab Cakes

These easy low carb crab cakes are simply delicious with just a little bit of spice from a jalapeño pepper and squeeze lime. You can make this tasty keto dinner in just 15 minutes and each crab cake has only 1.8g net carbs.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword crab meat, easy recipe, seafood
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 182 kcal
Author Denise

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 8 oz lump crab meat
  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro, minced
  • 2 green onions, finely chopped
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, ribs & seeds cleaned out and finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, beat an egg then add the mayo, cilantro, lime juice, green onion and jalapeno. Mix well.

  2. Carefully fold in the lump crab meat until well combined.

  3. In a large saute pan, melt the butter and olive oil over medium high heat.

  4. Carefully form the crab mixture into 4 patties and gently place them in the sizzling pan.

  5. Turn down the heat to medium and cook for 3-4 minutes until browned. Gently flip and cook on the other side for 3-4 minutes.

Recipe Notes

Recipe Notes & Tips

  • These are messy and fragile to handle so be gentle when placing them in the pan and flipping them over. 
  • When using the jalapeno you want to clean out the seeds and the ribs. It will still have a bit of heat but not much. If you don't have a jalapeno you can definitely substitute bell pepper. Just make sure to chop it finely because you are not cooking them very long. 
  • I used lime juice in this recipe but lemon would just as well.
  • That also goes with the cilantro. You can substitute with parsley if you are not a cilantro person. 
  • This recipe only makes 4 crab cakes. If you doubled this recipe and made smaller patties it would be a great low carb appetizer for a party.