makes 8; adapted from Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen
Put crab in a large sieve and drain out excess liquid—do not rinse with water or you will dilute the delicious flavor. Press firmly to get out as much liquid as you can. Transfer crab to a bowl.
Tear bread into pieces and put in food processor. Pulse to make bread crumbs. Reserve 1 cup bread crumbs for the crab and put the rest in a rimmed sheet pan, and wipe any straggler crumbs out of the food processor bowl.
Make the spicy mayonnaise: Put egg yolk, Dijon, lemon juice, Worcestershire, hot sauce, and spices in food processor and purée for a minute. Scrape down the bowl with a spatula and whirr again. With the motor running, slowly drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube. After the last drop of olive oil goes in, turn off the motor, and transfer the spicy mayonnaise to the crab bowl.
Add the onion, bell peppers, reserved 1/4 cup chopped parsley, and 1 cup bread crumbs to the crab bowl. Mix gently to combine. Add remaining 1/2 cup parsley to the remaining bread crumbs on the sheet pan and mix with your fingers to combine.
Form 8 crab cakes, about 3-inches diameter, 1 1/2-inches high. As you make each one, transfer to the bread crumb-parsley covered sheet pan. Using your fingers, sprinkle bread crumbs over the top and sides of each crab cake, and press gently to get them to stick.
Heat ghee or butter in frying pan, add crab cakes and let cook until brown on the bottom, a couple minutes. Gently flip each and brown the other side. Transfer crab cakes to a clean rimmed sheet pan or oven-safe dish. Proceed to baking or wrap with plastic and refrigerate for later.
Preheat oven to 425°F. Bake crab cakes until hot in the center, about 8–10 minutes from refrigerated (6–8 minutes from room temperature). Serve with lemon wedges, tomatillo salsa, apple-fennel slaw or coleslaw. Or simply a handful of arugula. Enjoy!