Crab Cakes With Lime Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 medium lime
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope italian salad dressing mix
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 12 ounces crabmeat
• 25 finely crushed ritz crackers
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
• 1/4 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 grate the peel from the lime and squeeze the juice.
• 2 mix 1/2 of the lime juice you squeezed, 1/2 cup of the mayo, the salad dressing mix and the mustard in a medium bowl until well blended; add the crabmeat, 1/2 cup of the cracker crumbs and the onion; mix lightly but thoroughly.
• 3 shape into 16 patties; coat with remaining cracker crumbs.
• 4 cook patties, in batches of three or four, in a large nonstick skillet (spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray also), about two minutes on each side or until lightly browned and heated through.
• 5 mix remaining 1/2 cup mayo, remaining lime juice and peel, the sour cream and salt to taste until well blended; serve with the crab cakes.