• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

GreenLiteBites

Cooking and Cocktails. My sanity.

  • About
  • Recipes
  • Favs
  • Macros
  • Contact
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

Home » Recipes » Appetizer Ideas

Maryland-Style Crab Balls

Published: Mar 27, 2023 by Veronica Noone · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

crab balls pin
crab balls 1

I originally posted this recipe for fat-free Crab Balls in 2015 and it's been a staple in my house ever since.

The 13-Year-Old requested them when we meal planned together on Sunday making this as good of a time as any to re-post.

Interestingly, this is one of my few archive recipes where I couldn't find the original photos. So I snapped these last night. As you can see someone was getting pretty impatient.

crab balls 2

Ingredients

  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tbsp nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 2 heaping teaspoon Old Bay
  • 2 heaping teaspoon parsley
  • ½ tsp yellow mustard
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • 2 slices of soft whole wheat bread with the crusts removed
  • 1 lb crabmeat

Instructions

Preheat the broiler.

Put the egg, yogurt, Old Bay, parsley, mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl. Whisk until everything is well combined.

Cut or tear the bread into small pieces. Add the bread and crabmeat to the egg mixture and toss everything together.

Form into 20 balls and place them on a cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

Broil for 10 minutes or until tops begin to get crusty.

crab balls featured

Maryland-Style Crab Balls

These crab balls are a tasty, fat-free addition to any event or party. Best part, they are super easy to make and only take 10 minutes in the oven!
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 20 Crab Balls
Calories 31 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoon nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 2 heaping teaspoon Old Bay
  • 2 heaping teaspoon parsley
  • ½ teaspoon yellow mustard
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • 2 slices of soft whole wheat bread with the crusts removed
  • 1 lb crabmeat

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the broiler.
  • Put the egg, yogurt, Old Bay, parsley, mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl. Whisk until everything is well combined.
    1 large egg, 2 tablespoon nonfat Greek yogurt, 2 heaping teaspoon Old Bay, ½ teaspoon yellow mustard, pinch of salt and pepper, 2 heaping teaspoon parsley
  • Cut or tear the bread into small pieces. Add the bread and crabmeat to the egg mixture and toss everything together.
    2 slices of soft whole wheat bread with the crusts removed, 1 lb crabmeat
  • Form into 20 balls and place them on a cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Broil for 10 minutes or until tops begin to get crusty.

Notes

  • I normally use claw meat as it's the most affordable and the meat is nice and sweet.
  • I had to add "heaping" to the recipe as I'm always super generous with the Old Bay and parsley but 2 teaspoons of each make a nice mild ball.
  • If you don't have yogurt, a dollap of mayo works too.
  • I'm giving the nutrition information for each ball to make it easy to track. That's how I enter them in MyFitnessPal.

Nutrition

Calories: 31kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 5gFat: 0.5gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 207mgPotassium: 60mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 29IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 0.3mg
Keyword Balls, Crab, Maryland Style
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
« Indian Spiced Beans with Turkey
Toasted Savory Oats with Chicken and Bacon »

Have a question? Connect with me!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Jessica says

    October 22, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    Is it okay to used canned crab? If you have, do you have any recommendations on brands?

    Reply
    • Roni says

      November 06, 2018 at 10:50 am

      Totally! I usually just buy the store brand that they sell in the fish department. I'm not picky. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Megan Green says

    September 28, 2018 at 1:21 am

    Would this work with imitation crab meat?

    Reply
    • Roni says

      September 28, 2018 at 9:13 pm

      Good question! I'm not sure, I've never bought it but I don't see what not. You may have to chop it a bit to it incorporated into the mixture better. I'm imagining the imitation isn't as soft (for lack of a better word).

      Reply
  3. Margaret Brown says

    September 26, 2018 at 5:35 pm

    Could these be cooked in a air fryer?

    Reply
    • Roni says

      September 28, 2018 at 9:12 pm

      I don't see why not! But I've never done it.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Categories

Tags

apple avocado baby spinach bacon bits banana beans black beans blueberries butternut squash cabbage carrots cheese chicken cilantro cinnamon cocoa powder corn cucumber cumin egg egg white feta cheese garlic ground turkey ham honey kale laughing cow cheese lime juice maple syrup mushrooms oatmeal olive oil onion peppers potatoes pumpkin soy sauce spinach sweet potato tomato turkey whole wheat flour yogurt zucchini

Legal and Ad Info

  • Disclaimer
  • Sponsorships and Ads
  • Terms and Privacy Statement

Footer

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2023 · Greenlitebites LLC

  • 1