Air Fryer Cajun Crab Cakes

  4.0 – 5 reviews  • Crab Cake Recipes

This recipe makes three crab cakes in a small quantity in an air fryer, but it may easily be doubled. You can start with the seasoning and make adjustments as necessary.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 3
Yield: 3 crab cakes

Ingredients

  1. ¾ cup panko bread crumbs
  2. ¼ cup mayonnaise
  3. 1 egg
  4. 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  5. 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  6. ¾ teaspoon Cajun seasoning
  7. ½ teaspoon salt
  8. ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  9. ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper (Optional)
  10. 4 ounces fresh lump crabmeat
  11. 3 tablespoons remoulade sauce, or to taste
  12. 3 brioche slider buns (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat an air fryer to 370 degrees F (188 degrees C) according to manufacturer’s instructions.
  2. Mix bread crumbs, mayonnaise, egg, Worcestershire, mustard, Cajun seasoning, salt, cayenne, and pepper together in a small mixing bowl. Fold in crabmeat gently.
  3. Form into 3 equal-size crab cakes using a biscuit cutter. Place cakes on a parchment round and transfer to the air fryer basket.
  4. Cook in the preheated air fryer for 6 minutes. Flip and continue to cook until browned, about 6 minutes more. Serve with remoulade sauce on slider buns.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 557 kcal
Carbohydrate 56 g
Cholesterol 147 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 14 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 1315 mg
Sugars 7 g
Fat 34 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Megan Fischer
This was so good! You only need to air fry it for 3/4 minutes each side. It tasted like restaurant quality! Family was very impressed!
Robert Alexander
Too much breadcrumbs but I needed a starter for air fried crab cakes. i know what to do next time
David Adams
This had WAY too much breading. I doubled the recipe exactly. Even with 1/3 the amount of breading the recipe calls for it is likely too much. The flavor of the bread was fine but there was little to no crab flavor at all. At least I only wasted 8 oz of crab. If you try this recipe use 1/4 to 1/3 the amount of bread crumbs.
Thomas Price
Can/do you put the parchment paper in the air fryer?
Deborah Taylor
So fast and easy in the air fryer! Instead of Remoulade sauce I used Yum-Yum sauce.

 

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