Easy Air Fryer Crab Cakes

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These Air Fryer Crab Cakes are so easy to make thanks to the Air Fryer. Every bite is full of delicious juicy crab meat.

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There is nothing like a delicious golden on the outside and moist and flavorful on the inside crab cake. And thanks to the Air Fryer, I can make delicious crab cakes with less mess and less stress.

• The best crab cakes taste like crab, lol. Meaning you don’t want too many fillings or ingredients that overpower the taste of the crab.
• Less bread crumbs and more crab makes a supreme crab cake.
• Use lump crab or jumbo lump crab meat when making crab cakes. You should be able to find this in the seafood section of your local grocer. It ain’t cheap (Mine was $14 for 8 oz) but it’s so worth it.
• No eggs needed for this recipe. You want a moist crab cake but crab meat by itself is moist and since it’s made in the Air Fryer, you won’t need to flip it and you’ll still get that nice golden crust. 

How to make Air Fryer Crab Cakes

Start by finely chopping your red bell pepper and green onion.

Next, add your crab meat, red bell pepper, green onions, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, breadcrumbs, and old bay seasoning to a bowl. Stir until combined.

Gently form 4 patties with your crab meat mixture. Don’t smoosh them together too hard. Just a light and gentle squeeze to ensure they are together.

Place them in your Air fryer basket. I use these parchment paper liners to line my basket first. It makes for easier clean up and it ensures my basket is non-stick.

Please make sure you place the crab cakes on the liner before starting the Air Fryer. You need the weight of the crab cake to hold the liner down so it does not fly up into the fan and heating element.

Slightly spray the top of the crab cakes with your favorite cooking oil. I used canola but vegetable, avocado, olive oil will all work.

Close your Air Fryer basket and cook on 370 degrees fahrenheit for 10 minutes. Once done, open air fryer and remove crab cakes and paper liners if using.

That’s it! So easy. For the perfect dressing for this crab cake, I recommend this homemade remoulade sauce.

I love how these crab cakes are made from scratch so you control all the ingredients.

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Easy Air Fryer Crab Cakes

Easy and delicious crab cakes that are made in the Air Fryer with less mess and less stress. Nice crust on the outside with flakey and flavorful crab meat on the inside.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword air fryer crab cakes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 123kcal

Author Tanya

Ingredients

• 8 Oz lump crab
• 1/4 cup red bell pepper chopped
• 2 green onion chopped
• 2 Tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 Tbsp bread crumbs
• 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp old bay seasoning
• Oil for spraying
• Squeeze of lemon

Instructions

• Place red bell pepper, green onion, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, and old bay in a bowl and stir until combined.
• Gently form 4 patties with mixture.
• Place in Air Fryer basket and lightly spray tops with oil.
• Air fry on 370 degrees Fahrenheit 10 minutes. Open and Squeeze a bit of lemon over the tops before serving.

Suggested Tools

Air Fryer

Parchment Liners

Video

Notes

I suggest serving this crab cakes with remoulade sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 598mg | Potassium: 162mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 365IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 0.8mg

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