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Smoked salmon cakes served with sauce on top.
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Smoked Salmon Cakes

An easy to make salmon cake recipe that's cooked in the smoker for a delicately delicious smoked fish flavor. Serve up these smoky salmon patties with lemon wedges and your favorite tartar sauce.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 195kcal
Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ pounds salmon fillet skinless or 3 cans salmon drained and cleaned if desired
  • 1 cup green onion diced
  • 3 tablespoons onion minced
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons parsley dried
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons crumbs, panko or bread
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

Fresh Salmon

  • Remove any skin from the salmon and dice into ¼ inch chunks. The smaller the better.
  • In a medium bowl combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, green onion, onion, mustard, parsley, salt, pepper, crumbs and salmon.
  • Gently combine and set aside.

Canned Salmon

  • Get out and measure your ingredients.
    Ingredients to make smoked salmon cakes on the table.
  • Open your 3 cans, drain them and dump into a good sized mixing bowl. Flake your salmon with a fork. Remove any skin and bones if you want. Some people do and some people don't.
  • Add ¼ cup of mayo, 5 tablespoons of crumbs, green onions, onions, mustard, lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper.
    Mixing the salmon with other ingredients in a bowl.
  • Gently combine and set aside.
    Salmon mixture is thoroughly mixed together.

Making the Salmon Cake

  • Place 1 cup of the crumbs on to a shallow bowl or plate. Set aside.
  • Make 6 patties, discs or hockey pucks, approximately 1 inch thick and 3 to 4 inches wide. Carefully coat each cake in crumbs, on top, bottom and sides, and place on parchment paper.
    Hand holding a shaped patty over the bowl of smoked salmon cake mixture.
  • If patties will not hold their shape you have two options. If they are dry and won't hold together add one tablespoon of mayo until they will. If the burgers are too moist add crumbs, one tablespoon at a time until the hold their shape.
    Smoked salmon patty in the breadcrumbs and those already made in the pan.
  • Place salmon cakes, one a time, into your pan.
    All the smoked salmon cakes are breaded and in the foil pan.
  • Smoke at 250 degrees for about 90 minutes.
    Salmon cakes in the pan inside the smoker.
  • Checking every 30 minutes for doneness and flip at 30 minute mark.
    After cooking, the smoked salmon cakes are flipped to cook on the other side.
  • Remove from smoker and serve.
    Cooked smoked salmon patties in the foil pan.
  • Serve immediately with mayo, tartar sauce, lemon or anything else you desire.
    Smoked salmon cake on a plate with bite missing and tartar sauce dripping down the side.
  • Enjoy every bite.
    An overhead view of smoked salmon cakes served up on a plate.

Notes

Smoked salmon cakes are great on their own but even better when served with the perfect side dish. Ken and I created a list of sides that will make you drool and call out to your grumbling belly. So take a look and find what speaks to you.
Take this dish to the next level with a side. Find one at What to Serve With Ratatouille. 

Nutrition

Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 412mg | Potassium: 540mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 321IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg