Crab Cake Poppers

Crab Cake Poppers

Wild Alaska Dungeness crab meat folded into whisked egg, mayonnaise, Parmesan, lemon juice, garlic powder and green onion, bound with panko. The mixture is scooped into sixteen balls, rolled in more panko and fried two minutes a side in olive oil until golden. Serve with a sauce of your choice.

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Make this recipe with Premier Catch wild-caught seafood, flash frozen at peak quality and delivered to your door.

Crab Cake Poppers

Declan Chapin, Premier Catch

Servings

8

These recipes were created from our passion for seafood, using Premier Catch’s tasty, wild-caught Dungeness Crab. We love to share them with our friends and family. From our kitchen to yours, here’s one of our favorites!

Crab Cake Poppers

Ingredients

  • ½ lb Wild Alaska Dungeness Crab Meat

  • ⅓ cup mayo

  • 1 egg

  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese

  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

  • ½ cup Panko breadcrumbs + more for rolling

  • 2 tbsp diced green onion + more for topping

  • 1 tsp garlic powder

  • ½ tsp salt

  • ¼ tsp pepper

  • 1-2 tbsp olive oil

  • sauces of choice

Directions

  1. Thaw Dungeness crab meat.

  2. Whisk an egg in a medium bowl and add mayonnaise, lemon juice, Parmesan cheese, spices, and green onions. Mix until well combined.

  3. Gently fold crab meat and bread crumbs in.

  4. Add more bread crumbs to a plate. Scoop the crab mixture into 16 round balls. Roll each one in the bread crumbs.

  5. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat.

  6. Fry the poppers for 2 minutes per side, until golden and crispy.

  7. Serve with sauces of your choice and enjoy!

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Meet Premier Catch

We’re Joci and Ashley, sisters-in-law and co-founders of Premier Catch. We started Premier Catch to make it easy to enjoy incredible wild seafood at home, caught in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, flash frozen at peak quality, and delivered straight to your door.

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