Easy ''New England-Style Crab Cakes'' Like The Stonebridge Restaurant in Milford, Connecticut

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Connecticut is known for some iconic seafood dishes and I can now include crab cakes on that list! This is a copycat recipe for ''New England-Style Crab Cakes'' just like the ones from The Stonebridge Restaurant in Milford. This is the closest recipe I can find to the delicious and succulent lump crab cakes at ''The Bridge''. The restaurant is located at 50 Daniel Street in Milford, Connecticut and is a must-go-to stop in the heart of Milford historic district and right on the Wepawaug River.

This is a simple recipe, and very easy to follow with no fancy shmancy ingresdients. Also, use tongs to give them ONLY one flip before placing them on a baking rack to cool so they stay crispy on both sides and won't get mushy. If you follow the recipe exactly you will have the most delicious jumbo lump crab cakes.

Recipe for New England Style Crab Cakes is from The Fisherman website.

Ingredients: ½ cup mayonnaise, 1 large egg beaten, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, ½ teaspoon hot sauce, 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat, picked clean, 20 saltine crackers, finely crushed, and a ¼ cup frying oil.

Instructions: In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, egg, Worcestershire, hot sauce and mustard.Toss the cracker crumbs with the lump crab meat.

Gently fold in the whisked egg/mayo mix with the crab meat. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Heat the oil until it shimmers. Take a 1/3 measuring cup and very gently pack in the crab meat, taking care not to pack too tightly. You want your cakes to be about 1-1/2 inches in depth.

Add them to the oil and flip once with tongs. You want them to be a beautiful golden brown on each side. You can serve them with lemon wedges, if you desire.

''The STONEBRIDGE RESTAURANT established its roots as a small unassuming local seafood wholesaler known as Milford Seafood, which opened its doors in 1949 and provided thousands of pounds of fresh catch to local restaurants for years. Now, The STONEBRIDGE RESTAURANT, celebrating its 35th Anniversary in 2024, is proud to be a cornerstone of the thriving Downtown Milford Entertainment District,'' as stated on the Stonebridge Restaurant official website.