Homemade Salmon Cakes

 

Salmon cakes is one of my favorite ways to eat salmon - it's fairly quick, easy, and I usually have all of the ingredients on-hand.  It's also great for snacking on in between meals!

I did a quick search on the internet for a recipe to follow, and I chose this one from Natasha's Kitchen. I must admit though, I didn't follow the recipe exactly as presented, but I followed the gist of it.

First I cooked a small filet of salmon on the stove.  You can also bake it at 425 instead of pan frying if you have more time.

While the salmon was cooking, I sautéed finely diced onions (about 1/4 of a whole onion) and a couple of cloves of minced garlic in olive oil and butter.  I removed everything from the stove, placed the onions/garlic mixture into a mixing bowl.  For the cooked salmon, I removed the skin and bones and flaked the salmon on the side before adding it to the mixing bowl.  I allowed the ingredients to cool before adding one beaten egg, about 1 1/2 cups of panko, garlic salt, pepper, 2 TBSP of mayonnaise, and 1 TSP of Worchester sauce to the mixture. Then I combined everything by hand, and then formed round patties (about the size of a scoop of ice cream) with my hands and placed them on a tray.  

After heating up about 1 TBSP of oil and 1 TBSP of butter in a frying pan, I cooked each patty on both sides until a nice crust formed on each side. 

These salmon cakes can be enjoyed with salad, rice, or hamburger buns!

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Easy Recipe: Salmon Cakes

We make salmon at home on a weekly basis, since it's a good source of protein and rich in Omega-3s. I decided to try a new method of cooking salmon - salmon patties. I looked for a simple recipe on allrecipes.com to find out what ingredients I would need, then I started cooking.

First I cooked my piece of raw salmon on the stove (you can also use canned salmon). Next, I chopped up my salmon and added it to my mixing bowl, along with minced onion, minced garlic, and panko. 

Then I added one beaten egg, mixed everything together by hand, and formed small patties about the size of my palm.  I then coated each patty with more panko, and pan fried the patties in cooking oil until the exterior of each side turned golden brown.

There are a lot of variations of this recipe on the web - some incorporate mayonnaise, green onions, parmesan cheese, crushed crackers or corn meal (instead of panko).  Next time I plan to make these with a garlic aioli sauce!

 

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Keto Garlic Butter Salmon Recipe

The American Heart Association recommends 2-3 servings of fish per week. We try to get that in by eating salmon, since it's known as a great source of protein, rich of Omega-3s and Potassium, and may reduce the risk of heart disease. 

Since I'm usually short on time, I'll simply pan fry slices of salmon with oil and salt (mixed in with onions to give it some flavor).  But tonight I wanted to change it up, so I googled easy salmon recipes and found this recipe on Delish.com. They call the recipe "Keto", so if you're one of the many who are on the keto diet, you'll definitely want to try this one out! 

I didn't "follow it to the T", but it still turned out great!

Here's how I made it:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
• line baking pan with foil and spray with cooking oil
• melt approximately 2 Tablespoons of butter in microwave
• combine melted butter, two cloves of minced garlic, and Kraft Parmesan Cheese
• pour mixture over salmon fillets
• sprinkle garlic salt and pepper
• bake for 22 minutes
• turn oven up to high broil and broil for additional 2-3 minutes

Hopefully next time I will have parsley and FRESH Parmesan cheese on hand!

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Pesto Crusted Salmon

I love pesto.  Having recently made two batches of this tasty and easy Spinach Pesto, I decided to use it on salmon.

You can use store-bought pesto as well for this recipe.

Simply take 1/4 cup pesto and mix with 1/4 c panko.  If you love pesto as much as I do, go ahead and add a few more tablespoons of pesto to the mix (I did)!

The mix should be a little crumbly.

Spread the mixture on 1 lb of salmon.  Bake in a preheated 400-degree Fahrenheit oven for approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the thickness of your salmon.

That's it!  Quick and delicious!

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Miso Salmon

I had a lot of leftover miso after making Miso Chicken, so I decided to make some Miso Salmon.

I found a recipe online, and although I didn't have a few of the ingredients, I still went ahead with trying it since other reviewers mentioned they did without a few ingredients as well.

It was quick and easy, and everyone in the family, except for my youngest son (who is the pickiest eater), loved it.

Miso Salmon

Ingredients:

• 2 -3 lbs salmon fillets
• 1 cup miso paste
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 1/8 c water
• 3 T seasoned rice vinegar

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 
• In a small bowl, mix together all ingredients except salmon.
• Spread mixture over salmon and bake for 20 minutes.
• Broil for 5 minutes. 

You can find the original recipe here on Allrecipes.com.

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Baked Dijon Salmon

I found another easy recipe to satisfy my middle son's craving for fish - Baked Dijon Salmon, based on this recipe from Allrecipes.com.

Most likely you'll have all the ingredients on hand.  I made some substitutions, but it still turned out delicious!

Baked Dijon Salmon (recipe adapted from Allrecipes)

Ingredients

• 1/4 c butter, melted
• 3 T Dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 T honey
• 1/4 c panko
• 4 t parsley
• 4 4 oz salmon fillets

Directions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F 
• In a small bowl, mix together the butter, mustard and honey.  Spread the mixture on each salmon fillet.  
• In a separate small bowl, mix together the bread crumbs and parsley, and sprinkle atop the salmon fillets. 
• Bake salmon 12 to 15 minutes.

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Lemon Dill Salmon

Because my middle son loves salmon, I've been trying to cook more salmon dishes.  One of my recent attempts was this Lemon Dill Salmon (recipe from Allrecipes.com).

It's a super easy recipe, and I served it with a lemon dill sauce which made it even tastier! And thankfully everyone in my family ate it up!

Lemon Dill Salmon (recipe credit Allrecipes.com)

Ingredients

• 1 lb salmon fillets
• 1/4 c butter, melted
• 5 T lemon juice
• 1 T dried dill weed
• 1/4 t garlic powder
• sea salt
• black pepper

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix butter and lemon juice in a small bowl.
• Place salmon in a prepared baking dish and drizzle butter and lemon mixture over salmon.
• Sprinkle dill and garlic powder.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Bake for approximately 25 minutes.  

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Parmesan Herb-Crusted Salmon Recipe

In my quest to find new salmon recipes, I came across this Parmesan Herb-Crusted Salmon recipe from Add a Pinch.

It was quite easy to make, and the crust was super yummy!

It's definitely a great last-minute meal.  You probably already have the crust ingredients on hand - you just need to get some salmon, and you'll have an easy, delicious meal ready in no time!

Parmesan Herb-Crusted Salmon Recipe (recipe credit Add a Pinch)

Ingredients:

• 2 lb salmon filet, left whole
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ c chopped parsley
• ½ c shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 425º F. 
• Place salmon, skin side down, onto parchment-lined baking sheet. 
• Cover salmon with another piece of parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes. 
• While the salmon is baking, combine the remaining ingredients.
• Remove from oven and remove top piece of parchment paper. 
• Top the salmon with the Parmesan herb mixture.
• Bake uncovered for approximately 10-15 minutes, or until a meat thermometer registers 135º F and crust is golden brown.

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