Crab Cakes - smash burger style

Eggucator

These were really good on a bed of baby arugula with a spicy tarter sauce and a squeeze of lemon.  I smashed them on my homemade steel for LBE.   

 

tymaier

Man this looks tasty right now....

Theophan

Wow, those are gorgeous!  Belongs in a magazine!

StillH2OEgger

Wowsers. That is some nice work there. Bravo!

henapple

Sweet work 

bluebird66

Great work!

johnnyp

Crushed it

JohnEggGio

No, no, no, no, no!  Thou shalt disturb the texture of the crab as little as possible - no more than that needed to bind the cake!  No smashing!  Goodness, gracious!

stv8r

No mention of an egg but clearly there is one lol.....Can't think of much that doesn't get better with a fried egg lol

NPHuskerFL

IHT

Carolina Q

JohnEggGio said:

No, no, no, no, no!  Thou shalt disturb the texture of the crab as little as possible - no more than that needed to bind the cake!  No smashing!  Goodness, gracious!

Whyzzat? It's not the smashing. I just can't figure out why anyone would plop an egg down on top of a crab cake.

Jupiter Jim

We get crab cakes at a restaurant in Melbourne FL that are called Crab Cakes Benedicts and they are the Bomb!!!!! So much better the regular Eggs Benedicts.

JohnnyTarheel

You mailed it brother!!

lkapigian

Very Well Played!!

Killit_and_Grillit

Looks awesome. 

 I know there are people in both camps and being from a landlocked state I shouldn’t have a vote...but I love a GOOD crispy crab cake as much as light fluffy ones. The Egg was a solid choice. 

@Jupiter Jim we had some when working on disaster relief in Jacksonville. It was a win. 

Jupiter Jim

Killit_and_Grillit said:

Looks awesome. 

 I know there are people in both camps and being from a landlocked state I shouldn’t have a vote...but I love a GOOD crispy crab cake as much as light fluffy ones. The Egg was a solid choice. 

@Jupiter Jim we had some when working on disaster relief in Jacksonville. It was a win. 

I like Crab Cakes any way they are cooked.........

Eggucator

JohnEggGio said:

No, no, no, no, no!  Thou shalt disturb the texture of the crab as little as possible - no more than that needed to bind the cake!  No smashing!  Goodness, gracious!

We have done them every which way.  I actually really liked the crispy edges and the small amount of time they were on the grill left so much flavor from the crab.    Loved your commandment style quote so much, I went back to your profile to see all your crabcake posts.  Left me wanting more...

Eggucator

Carolina Q said:

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JohnEggGio said:

No, no, no, no, no!  Thou shalt disturb the texture of the crab as little as possible - no more than that needed to bind the cake!  No smashing!  Goodness, gracious!

Whyzzat? It's not the smashing. I just can't figure out why anyone would plop an egg down on top of a crab cake.

I would put an egg on about everything I cook.  SO GOOD!

Eggucator

Jupiter Jim said:

We get crab cakes at a restaurant in Melbourne FL that are called Crab Cakes Benedicts and they are the Bomb!!!!! So much better the regular Eggs Benedicts.

We were in Cape Cod recently and had them in the style you described and they were smashed down a touch.  They were the best I had so we decided to replicate.  We went with a spicy tartar sauce though as opposed to the hollandaise. 

JohnEggGio

Eggucator said:

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JohnEggGio said:

No, no, no, no, no!  Thou shalt disturb the texture of the crab as little as possible - no more than that needed to bind the cake!  No smashing!  Goodness, gracious!

We have done them every which way.  I actually really liked the crispy edges and the small amount of time they were on the grill left so much flavor from the crab.    Loved your commandment style quote so much, I went back to your profile to see all your crabcake posts.  Left me wanting more...

I do love the egg on top, but ‘round here (top of the Chesapeake) the best crab cakes are those with the freshest lump crab, with just enough binder to hold it together, without a lot of added flavors - pinch of Old Bay, dried mustard, drips of Worcestershire.