| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 50 min |
| Prep: | 1 hr 20 min |
| Cook: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 15 sliders |
Ingredients
- 18 mini potato buns
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for brushing
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- Kosher salt
- 1 pound lump crabmeat, picked through
- 10 strips bacon
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- Freshly ground pepper
- Diced red onion, sliced tomatoes and lettuce leaves, for topping
- Pickles, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the crab cakes: Tear 3 buns into small pieces to make about 3/4 cup; put in a medium bowl. Whisk 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, the melted butter, egg, Old Bay, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and 1/4 teaspoon salt in another bowl. Add the mayonnaise mixture to the bun pieces and stir to combine; let sit 10 minutes, then gently fold in the crabmeat. Brush a baking sheet with butter. Tightly pack the crab mixture into 15 small patties and arrange on the prepared baking sheet; refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange the bacon on a rimmed baking sheet in a single layer and bake until golden and slightly crisp, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate, reserving 1 tablespoon of the drippings. Break each piece of bacon into thirds; set aside. Combine the remaining 1/2 cup mayonnaise, the lemon zest and the reserved bacon drippings in a bowl; season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the broiler. Arrange the remaining 15 buns cut-side up on a baking sheet; brush with butter and broil until golden. Transfer the crab cakes to the broiler and cook, rotating the pan as needed, until golden and warmed through, about 6 minutes.
- Spread the cut sides of the buns with some of the lemon mayonnaise. Sprinkle with diced red onion. Serve the crab cakes on the buns with tomatoes, lettuce and the bacon. Serve with pickles.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 15 servings |
| Calories | 376 |
| Total Fat | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 33 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Sugar | 7 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Cholesterol | 62 mg |
| Sodium | 641 mg |
Reviews
Fantastic flavor and worth the investment in an expensive main ingredient. Made per the recipe except attempted to grill out doors and made the mistake of thinking there was enough binder to keep the sliders together on the grill. Should have either used a double sided grill basket or at the very least foil (which we added once they started to break apart). Broken or not, we still assembled the sliders with all the fixings in the recipe and they were divine!!!
delicious
These were absolutely delicious. I assembled them as explained in the recipe, minus the tomato, and they were a huge hit at our cookout. I will definitely make these again.
As one reviewer said, prep everything ahead of time so that way you can get to the best part quicker–eating it! The only thing I didn’t do was add the red onion on top of the slider. Besides that, everything was delicious. I’m so happy that this recipe has a large crab-to-cake ratio. I used a mixture of claw meat and lump crab meat to add a contrast in texture and flavor. Instead of making 15 sliders, you can make bigger crab cakes to make a huge sandwich.
Made these for fathers day brunch today and they were very good. Lots of steps but if you prep ahead and set up assembly line everything goes quickly when it’s time to serve. Will try again.
Amazing summer sandwich!
A huge hit! Easy, I used bottled tarter sauce versus the mayo lemon in the recipe.
Next time I will also add green onions.
Next time I will also add green onions.