How to make crispy moist salmon patties easy way!

These salmon patties are the must-try easy, quick homemade recipe for you all! You make these salmon patties with canned salmon mixed with the goodness of sourdough starter (or substitutes), egg, and seasoned with garlic and onion powder. Fried in avocado oil are so crispy, moist, and delicious that you will see them disappear before your eyes. You make this simple, healthy dish in 20 minutes.

Everyone loves to munch on these salmon patties, from the youngest to the oldest person I know! Especially salmon patties this good! You do not even need a sauce to eat them!

Salmon patties are particularly a staple dish in our house during the spring and summer seasons when the weather is nice and warm. I usually make them ahead of time for a quick outdoor picnic or potluck meal with family and friends.

These salmon patties are a great easy lunch box idea and excellent road trip meals.

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• Tips
• Substitutes
• Side dishes
• How to make it perfect
• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Notes
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Tips

• Use a cast-iron skillet to fry them. This will create a nice thick, crispy crust.
• Use less salt than usual since canned salmon has salt in them.
• If you like to add more crispy vegetables to them, make sure to remove their excess water.
• Learn how to make your own delicious sourdough starter and how to maintain it.
• Remove the canned salmon bones; otherwise, let them be for an extra calcium boost.
• Mix the ingredients with your hands. This will make it easy to bind the ingredients well.
• Since we are frying salmon patties in a hot skillet, use a high smoke point oil such as avocado oil.

Substitutes

• Substitute canned salmon with other canned, fresh, or frozen fish. Ground beef, ground chicken breast. Or make it vegan and substitute salmon with grounded chickpeas, beans, or legumes, or grounded nuts such as walnuts, cashews, or peanuts are the other alternatives to this recipe.
• Leave the egg out to make it vegan; the addition of flour will make up for it and help the patties to bind together.
• Replace the sourdough starter with bread crumbs, flour, or rolled oats. Or make it keto-friendly and replace the sourdough starter with a mixture of your favorites finely chopped fresh herbs such as cilantro, chives, parsley, oregano, mint, dill, or rosemary. Finely chopped broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage are other choices.
• Substitute onion and garlic powder with leeks, chives, garlic, or shallot. Or your favorite vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and bell peppers. Just make sure to chop them finely and remove their excess water.
• Use spices such as cumin, ginger, pepper, or turmeric...
• Butter, ghee, and coconut oil are great substitutes and have a high smoke point like avocado oil.
• Instead of frying salmon patties, you can simply add two tablespoons of oil to the mixture, mix them all, place them on a greased sheet pan, and bake them at 400 °F for about 15 minutes or until crispy brown.

Side dishes

• I like to serve sautéed vegetables as a side dish with salmon patties rather than mixing vegetables into the salmon patties. This way, salmon patties' texture will stay soft and crispy. Among vegetables, sautéed cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower, kale, broccoli, Brussel sprout, bok choy, and cabbage go well with this dish. Fresh turnips, radish, and fresh spring salad are other great choices.
• Quick grilled or oven broiled fruits such as mango, pineapple, and apple are absolutely delicious with this dish.
• A simple sauce made of lime or lemon, chopped herbs, and butter complements the dish.
• Serve them with baguette, ciabatta bread, pita bread, or my absolute easy stovetop sourdough starter bread.

How to make it perfect

The key ingredient to crispy, moist salmon patties is the sourdough starter or flour that helps to sear them fast and well on a hot cast-iron skillet. Plus, the addition of egg is another key ingredient to keep the patties moist and firm, so they do not fall apart.

If you are using frozen fish to bake these patties, make sure to remove their excess water.

Ingredients

You will need:

• 15 ounces of canned pink salmon
• One egg
• ½ cup sourdough starter. Learn how to make your own delicious sourdough starter and how to maintain it.
• One tablespoon of onion powder
• ½ tablespoon garlic powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Oil as needed to fry

Instructions

1. First, let your skillet warm up nicely. I used a 10-inch cast-iron skillet.
2. Next, place the canned salmon into a bowl and remove any fishbone necessary.
3. Add sourdough starter, egg, garlic powder, and onion powder.
4. Season them with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Break the salmon fillet with a fork and mix the ingredients well.
6. Add oil to the hot skillet. I used avocado oil which has a high smoke point.
7. Take a spoon full of the mixture, place it into the hot skillet, and flatten it slightly.
8. Fry both sides of the patties until golden and brown.
9. ENJOY!

Notes

• If you are in a hurry, you could make these salmon patties as one big skillet salmon patty. Just pour the salmon patty mixture into a hot skillet over the stovetop. Then, when one side of the patty is nice and brown, transfer the skillet to the oven and broil it until the top side is nice and brown. Then cut it into pieces and serve it.
• Learn how to make your own delicious sourdough starter and how to maintain it.

What did you substitute? How did your family and kids like it? Let me know in the comment below your favorite combination.

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