By Mike Thayer

Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. Over the next couple weeks, I’m preparing, eating and, ‘surviving’ on appetizers alone.

Everything is better with bacon and tonight for dinner it’s crab cakes – wrapped in bacon!

Let me tell you, this is the best appetizer I’ve done in this challenge (so far)!

Bacon Wrapped Crab Cakes

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup tomato juice
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 cup crab meat
  • 1/2 cup seasoned Panko bread crumbs
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon Louisiana Hot Sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 6 slices of bacon (set aside for wrapping)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  In a large bowl, mix all ingredients until well incorporated.   Lay out the bacon slices on a baking tray, side by side, along the width of the tray.  Gently spread the crab mixture onto the bacon, but not too close to the edges.  Wrap the bacon around the crab mixture, gently shaping everything into a log until completely wrapped, with the ends of the bacon slices meeting on the underside of the log.  Bake for about 30 minutes or until the bacon is done to your desired level of crispiness.  After removing from the oven, let the log rest for about five minutes.  Slice the log between each slice of bacon to create individual crab cake pieces for serving.

This recipe rocks!  This meal was a tad expensive with the Bachelor on the Cheap budget in mind, costing about $8 to prepare but boy was it worth it!  I had two cakes for dinner and even though I was quite full, I found myself looking forward to the great leftovers of bacon wrapped crab cakes in a future meal.

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