The first thing you want to do is pick through your crab for any pieces of shell or cartilage that might have snuck by

To the crab add your chopped scallion, minced garlic, chopped red and yellow bell pepper, smashed up crackers, hot sauce, Old Bay seasoning, salt, pepper, Dijon, egg, and mayo. Mix well with hands

When everything is mixed together preheat a shallow pan over medium high heat and add enough olive oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan and the tablespoon of butter

Once the oil is hot form your patties with your hand. You want to squish them together to ensure that they won’t fall apart when you’re frying. You can make your crab cakes as big or as small as you want! Person preference

Once you have all your crab cakes formed add a few at a time to your hot oil. Let cook on one side for about 3-4 minutes until golden brown and carefully flip to the other side

Let cook for another 3-4 minutes

Once they’re cooked I like to put them on a paper towel to get off any extra oil

Now you’re ready to serve! You can just serve them with lemon wedges like I like to do, or you could do a sweet chili sauce, or a remoulade. Whichever you prefer! Ta-da! See… how easy was that? Now you don’t have to go to Cape Cod to enjoy crab cakes anytime!