Salmon Cakes Recipe
The benefits of omega-3 fats are immense! In addition to have anti inflammatory properties, they have also been proven effective in the treatment and prevention of hundreds of medical conditions. Get your daily dose of these amazing omega-3 fats with this delicious and easy to make salmon cakes recipe! It’s fast, tasty and healthy! Add this soon to be staple dish to your menu tonight!
Ingredients:
- 1 sweet potato, cooked, peeled and mashed
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 3 strips turkey bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 3 tbsp onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1 tsp dill
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2 eggs
- 2 cans (14 oz) salmon, bones/skin removed and drained
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 2 tbsp pecorino cheese, grated
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients except ghee in a bowl and mix until well combined.
- Form patties and place in saucepan with ghee over medium high heat
- Cook for 4-6 minutes on each side.
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My mother would put her slightly different mix in a muffin pan and bake these tasty cakes.
This has been a staple of mine for years. As a single woman, I make a double batch and freeze the patties individually so that I can pull them out of the freezer as needed. Thank you for a great recipe.
Where is the nutritional info for this recipe. Please.
This recipe is a great upgrade to your original recipe with more nutritional ingredients. Made it tonite and was so good with enough leftovers for tomorrow and only used 1 can with bones. Can’t really tell the bones are in there so more calcium. Air fried them. Thanks!
Just made these for dinner. WONDERFUL!!!! Everyone loved them. I think I may start making these once a week!
I’m thrilled to hear you enjoyed this recipe, LaLeeRu!
Can’t a “Wild caught salmon fish OIL supplement” work as well or almost as well as eating actual salmon fish?
If you don’t like salmon, I think an oil supplement is a great substitute to get all of the nutrients.
Yummy salmon cakes. Cant wait to try!!
I would like the nutritional information. It’s important for me to know how many calories I am taking in along the the nutritional values.
The nutrition information is not listed. I don’t understand why that would not be attached to every recipe you post? Can you please provide this. I certainly hope I receive an answer. I love the information on this website, but I find Customer Service to be lacking.
I can’t have cheese/dairy. Could I use nutritional yeast flakes instead of the cheese? If so, do you think the same amount?
We make our own ghee from butter we make from our cows cream. I know others who buy butter and make ghee from it, making it affordable.
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Sweet potatoes are high in carbs. Would using cauliflower work?
I would have never thought of adding cheese. I will try this!
Think this recipe would still be good W/o the cheese? I try to be dairy free.
Thanks!!
I don’t eat meat, can I just leave it away? And our food stores doesn’t have any canned salmon in Finland. Can I use fresh or smoked salmon instead?
WOW! These are amazing!! I have one question, how do you get them to stay together better. They fell apart really easily. Thanks for all you do!!
I use a similar recipe, which suggests putting the patties in the freezer for 15 minutes or so before frying.
My doctor put me on Ladolis powder which is sweetened by Aspertame. I know Aspertame is not good for your health. Ladolis is to lower my cholesterol , since I could not continue taking Crestor. Why is it they make medications sweetened by Aspertame ? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
Annie Shamoun
Try sme herbs/. Fenugreek, red yeast rice, and policanisol (a sugar alcohol) are all good substitutes. Check them out on google. I put my husband on them a few yrs ago when he had very high cholesterol, and it/they brought the cholesterol down.
The doctors don’t learn about the herbal approaches, because the drug companies do all the continuing education, and they market their drugs to make money. (I speak from experience – my first husband is a physician. And, oh – the fancy restaurants you get to eat at while you are learning! Absolutely free, of course.)
Can I use something else instead of almond flour as my son is allergic to nuts.
I don’t eat fish can I replace Salmon with something else?
I haven’t tried it but I’m sure you could! Let us know if you do and how it turns out!
In answer to Tammey. We buy wild caught Alaskan salmon in cans and feel much safer with it than farmed.
This is basically the recipe I have always used only without the almond flour. The patties are much thicker and firmer with it and we love this addition but it can be made without any flour at all. Thanks for the recipe Dr. Axe.
I am confused,as is Nancy, Jan 12. What good reason is there for removing the skin and bones? The bones are a good source of very digestable calcium and the skin is where a fair amount of the omega3 is. Please explain your reasoning.
You can definitely keep them in. I only used the protein when I created the recipe so that is why it is written that way. You may have to play with the ratios a little
Thanks Jennifer—I wanted to use the delicious real bacon I got from farmers market so that answered my question. Personally, I tried Turkey bacon (not for this recipe, though) and I think it’s awful but perhaps using it in recipes might not be too bad. Thanks Dr. Axe–this recipe looks Yummy!!!!
Delicious food I love your healty recipes my family and me. Thank so much for share values information.
Sounds delicious – cant wait to try this
Thank you for all the valuable information!
Now about the Salmon Patties, can I bake them please, or they will be dry??
I haven’t tried it! If you try it, let us know how they turn out.
The Salmon Cake recipe looks delicious, but I do not do well with almond flour. Can coconut flour be substituted for the almond flour; and if so, how much coconut flour?
Try using a gluten free flour instead
DELICIOUS! I stuck to the recipe (except the ghee – used olive oil and the bacon – used real bacon) and it was a hit with the entire family.
Can you use fresh salmon? Frozen salmon fillets?
Yes, those should work
Do you have an approximate calorie count on this, please?
Why remove bones and skin? My mother never did. She said the bones are good for you . they’re so soft you dont even notice them. Ive also read on other sites to leave in bones and skin.
I wanted to ask the same thing. I thought the bones and skin were good for you.
You can definitely eat them! I just didn’t use them when making this specific recipe so I didn’t include it in the ingredients. But definitely use them and let us know how it turns out!
Love many of your recipes. However, I have numerous food allergies, too many to mention. What can I use in place of eggs, citrus, dairy/ghee, that appear in so many? I know what to do to substitute the flours and milks. Applesauce for egg isn’t appropriate for all recipes. Thanks for your help!
For the dairy or ghee, coconut oil and milk is a great alternative. For an egg substitute, you could try 1 tbsp chia in 3 tbsp water = 1 egg
You list canned salmon .. I thought it was very unhealthy due to most if not all is farmed salmon and not fresh caught.
In addition, every article I ‘ve read speaks repeatedly about how unhealthy and in some cases toxic canned foods can be, especially fish.
At this time ALL canned salmon must be wild caught…farmed is not allowed. Ever can I have says “Wild” on the label…get it before our bureaucrats change that law!!!
Apologies for the typo….that’s EVERY can, not ever can.
Tammey, use wild caught Alaskan Salmon. The fisheries in Alaska are very tightly regulated and have a great sustainable population. Alaskan Salmon tests very low for water/fish borne pollutants like PCBs, mercury and others.
What about salmon caught in Prince William Sound? Is there any evidence of levels of radiation from Fukushima?
Look for Pillar Rock (or other) brand canned wild-caught Alaskan red salmon in your grocery store, or order canned sockeye salmon from vitalchoice.com. My family prefers the patties to broiled sockeye filets.
I made this last night and it was a huge hit with my family. Quick, easy and tasty! This my newest weekly staple. I hope it reheats well… because I made enough for lunches today. This gets 5 stars!
There’s no salmon in this recipe.
Yes there is, 3rd ingredient from the bottom
This is also good with grilled wild caught salmon you can flake it of put it in your food processer for a min.
what is ghee and u never heard of Pecorino cheese can I substitute another cheese
Ghee is clarified grassfed butter…I am obsessed! And it is full of awesome health benefits! Pecorino is a type of sheep cheese. I typically recommend raw sheep or goats milk cheese. You can substitute with what cheese you personally prefer.
Have you seen the price of ghee ? Almost $8.00/lb
What can be used in place of ghee?
Grassfed butter or coconut oil
The instructions read to cook over high heat, thus the purpose of the ghee. Butter, from grass fed cows or otherwise has a low burning point. Grapeseed oil burns at a much higher temp. Coconut oil burns high but adds a very specific flavor. Butter adder to grapeseed oil might be a way to go.
I have a severe allergy to ALL nuts. What could I use to substitute for the almond flour in the Salmon burger recipe?
Gluten free flour or another flour of your choosing
You could substitute Chia seeds as well.
sunflower seed flour (ground sunflower seeds) has made a very nice substitute for us
I used coconut flour and it was a great option!