Cooked sushi rice is the binder is these gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, crab cakes made without breadcrumbs. Serve these delicious crab cakes on top of a salad or as a stand-alone appetizer.  JUMP TO RECIPE

I went to Baltimore recently for a family event and dined on the most mouth-watering crab cakes. They were so delicious that when I got home I was inspired to develop a crab cake recipe.  I knew mine had to be a little different though, after all, there are a million recipes for crab cakes floating around the internet – no sense adding one more to the mix unless it offers something unique. Since just about every recipe for crab cakes calls for eggs and/or breadcrumbs as a binder, I thought it would be interesting to create a recipe that didn’t use either of these ingredients. After racking my brain for a while, I came up with the idea of using cooked sushi rice as the magic ingredient to bind everything together.  Sushi Rice Crab Cakes with Egg-Free Avocado Lemon Aioli turned out even better than I expected! (more…)