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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> US >> US

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 20 minutes, Preparation Time - 40 minutes

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| 1. Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. | 2. Stir in the celery, bell pepper, green onion, carrot, and garlic. Continue to cook and stir until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes more. | 3. Season with 1 tablespoon parsley flakes, 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning, basil, pepper, dill weed, oregano, and thyme. Cook and stir until fragrant, 5 minutes more. | 4. Transfer cooked vegetables to a large bowl; allow to cool for about 10 minutes. Set skillet aside for later use. | 5. Stir the beaten eggs into the vegetables. Mix in the crabmeat and cracker crumbs with your hands, making sure not to break up the chunks of crab too much. | 6. Shape the crab mixture into 12 small cakes. | 7. Heat vegetable oil in the skillet over medium high heat. | 8. Pan-fry the crab cakes in batches until golden brown on each side, about 3 minutes. | 9. To make dipping sauce: Whisk together the mayonnaise, chile-garlic sauce, 2 teaspoon Creole seasoning, 2 teaspoon parsley flakes, and paprika. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
crab cake	For			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
butter	2	tablespoons	salted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
onion	1/2		chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
celery	2	stalks	chopped	20.48	3.8016	0.8832	0.2176
red bell pepper	1/2		chopped	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
green onion portion	1	bunch	chopped	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
carrot	1/2		chopped	14.76	3.4488	0.3348	0.0864
garlic	3	cloves	minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
parsley flake	1	tablespoon		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
basil	2	teaspoons		0.4063	0.0468	0.0556	0.0113
black pepper	2	teaspoons	ground	11.546	2.9417	0.4779	0.15
dill weed	1	teaspoon		0.0797	0.013000000000000001	0.0064	0.0021
oregano	1/2	teaspoon		1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
thyme	1/2	teaspoon		0.40399999999999997	0.0978	0.0222	0.0067
egg	2		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
lump crabmeat	1	pound	picked	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
vegetable oil	3	tablespoons		351.69599999999997	0.0	0.0	40.8
spicy	For			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
mayonnaise	1	cup		837.52	0.0	0.8584	92.8
parsley flake	2	teaspoons		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
paprika	1	teaspoon		6.486000000000001	1.2418	0.3252	0.2965

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.