High Five Recipes: Lunchtime Salmon Patties
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As I’ve been developing this idea for High Five Recipes…I am AMAZED at how many yummy dishes you can make with five ingredients or less. Cooking healthy food really, really is simple. I have a big (and ever growing) list of recipes to share with you ranging from main dishes to side dishes to desserts and snacks…all that only require FIVE or less high quality ingredients!!
I mentioned here that we’re trying to add more fish to our diets. A friend of mine told me about how she makes Salmon Patties and what an EASY lunch they are. Ooh, she was right.
These Salmon Patties are SO easy and super delicious. I used Rubinstein’s Wild Alaskan Pink Salmon…it was the best quality I could find for the best price. (This is a very inexpensive dish to make!)
Not only are these a perfect lunch idea…it’s a great “rescue me” dinner too if you’re on the run in the evening since you don’t have to plan ahead to thaw meat for this dish!
Lunchtime Salmon Patties
14 oz can salmon
1 egg
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 t. lemon juice
oil for cooking (I use palm kernel oil)
In a bowl, mix together salmon, egg, bread crumbs and lemon juice. (You can mix the bones from the salmon in if you’d like…they cook right in and are good for you. However, I get a little wigged out about them and take out the biggest ones.)
Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet. Spoon tablespoon sized balls of the salmon mixture into the oil, flatten and cook for about five minutes, turning once. The salmon patties should be golden brown.
If you’re not a big fan of fish…I encourage you to give this simple recipe a try. I think you’ll probably be surprised!! And…this is one of those recipes that not only takes five ingredients…it only takes about five minutes to prepare. Yay!
Okay, now let’s take a vote:
Which High Five Recipe would you like me to post next in the series? Peanut Butter Honey Fudge….or Ranch Potato Wedges?????
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Since we have a peanut allergy in our house, I’d choose the ranch potato wedges! They sound very yummy!
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I vote Ranch Potato Wedges, sounds like a really yummy side dish!
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Will def be trying these next week!! I too vote for potato wedges, ranch-style.
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Great recipe. I actually have a can of salmon from Trader Joes that I wasn’t sure what to do with. I will try this recipe this week. And I vote for the potato wedges next as well.
Great series. Very helpful.
Elizabeth
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I make something like this. We call them salmon burgers. Mine has more ingredients to season them and we eat them on buns like burgers
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Hello,
Your salmon patties look so delicious! My husband and I love salmon in all forms but for some reason I seldom think to make the patties. We add a little diced green onion and mayo to ours.
Take Care,
Trixie
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BOTH!?!? :o) I can’t choose!
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This definitely looks better than my father-in-law’s infamous tuna patties. Maybe I’ll get brave enough to try it. I dislike fish, usually, and the tuna patty thing made it worse, lol. But I tend to like your recipes!
Please do the ranch potato wedges next. !!! I’m drooling just at the name of them right now!
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Peanut butter honey fudge please! ;)
We love, love salmon patties! I make mine just like yours, but also add in some Old Bay.
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Yum! We love salmon patties especially with ketchup and spicy fries!!
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This is sooo easy! I want more fish in our diet as well, so we’ll be trying this soon.
Okay, a difficult choice, but I’m voting for Ranch Potato Wedges! As long as you post Peanut Butter Honey Fudge next. :)
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We love salmon patties! I always put the bones in. I crush them between my fingers and mix it all up! That way there’s no weird, crunchy bones, but we get all the wonderful calcium! :)
The fudge sounds really yummy!!
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Both sound great, but I have got to go with the fugde… even though I’ll have to until Lent is over. I’ll have something to look forward to, definitely. :)
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I just got some salmon on good sale and didn’t know what to do with it – you have good timing, for me at least! I vote for the potato wedge recipe next!
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I’d choose the potatoes next! :)
By the way, for those of us who can’t have bread crumbs, I find that some cooked brown rice works well in salmon patties. I also like to season with some Tamari.
Blessings,
Michele
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Yum..I grew up eating these and they are very good, simple and delicious. I am looking forward to seeing your other recipes. I am always looking for good easy recipes.
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Well, given that I’ve just had a bite of chocolate and I’m not sugar wiggin’…I cast my vote for the potatoes!
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Potato wedges. I gave up chocolate for Lent. Otherwise that would sound great.
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We eat Tuna Patties nearly every week: 2 cans of tuna mixed with crushed ritz crackers, sliced green onion (if you have it) and some REAL mayo. Saute the patties lightly in butter. Perfect with some plain pasta and a fruit salad.
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I do this recipe as a big salmon loaf but I add a 1/2 stick of butter to make up for the frying. But I will definitely have to try to do this as patties as well.
My vote is for both recipes – the fudge and potato wedges.
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I say ranch wedges, then we’ll have something to serve along with the salmon patties. ;-)
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My mom did this with tuna. I can’t eat canned salmon – I don’t care how healthy they are for you… the bones just make me gag
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Oh wow! I haven’t had salmon patties in ages! What a great idea! We will definitely be making these!
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Does the canned Salmon have bones in it?? I bought canned salmon once to make these and I gagged when I opened the can. I wasn’t expecting bones and pieces of skin. I just wasn’t sure if it was the can I bought or all cans of salmon???
My vote it for potatoes as well. Another peanut allergy family here!
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Oh, these look good!
I vote for the ranch potato wedges next.
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You can also buy salmon in pouches (like the tuna) and it doesn’t contain any bones! I haven’t bought it in a while, but I think they still have it.
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potato wedges! yum!
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Definitely the fudge! Thanks!
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These look good, my mom is making them for dinner tonight, and I can’t wait intill their done.
I think the potato weges winn.
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I vote for potatoe wedges!!!!!
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Hi Laura,
Just pondering this recipe and wondering how many servings this makes?? Thanks!
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Laura Reply:
February 15th, 2010 at 8:22 am
Usually, I get about 8-10 patties out of this recipe. Depends on how big I make them.
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Old fashioned oatmeal instead of bread crumbs. Years ago, the can was 16 oz though and we always made 4 patties from it. As size decreases, so does the yield.
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Have you ever had Salmon on tortillas with cheese? Very good and great when you’re trying to get the little ones to eat fish!
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Laura Reply:
February 15th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Ooh, great idea!!
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Had this for dinner tonight with veggies…the kids loved them! The adults did too. I have never cooked with canned salmon before and too was weirded out by the bones and skin…picked out the biggest bones and cooked up the recipe…and it was a BIG HIT!
Thanks for your recipes…they’ve really helped me make the switch to healthy whole food eating that my husband and kids enjoy!
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I tried this with tuna. It looked sad and fell apart, but still tasted good. I look forward to trying this with salmon very soon.
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I’m trying these this week. I can’t figure out what to serve with them though because my mom always served salmon patties with biscuits and gravy! And I’m not good at gravy making! I guess I could do biscuits and a veggie? Hmm.. more to ponder! :)
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