Working outside, trying to wring the last few minutes of sunlight out of the day, usually means that dinner has to be an easy, quick affair. I find that these October days when sunset seems to come earlier and earlier, are the hardest ones to get dinner on the table before 7:30. Here’s an easy recipe that can be put together in the time it takes for rice to cook.
For this recipe, I was out of green onions, so used a shallot, and for the herb, I used some hardy Greek basil leaves, torn.
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Ingredients:
2 – 213 gr tins of Sockeye Salmon
1 egg
a handful of cilantro, or basil – chopped (in a pinch, use parsley)
2 green onions, chopped thinly (or a shallot, finely chopped)
¼ c fine dry breadcrumbs
1 lime, zested & juiced
1 t Tabasco sauce
½ t salt
Directions:
In a medium sized bowl, whisk the egg.
Add in the chopped herbs & onion.
Drain the salmon.
Add the salmon (bones, skin & all) to the egg mixture.
Add in the breadcrumbs, lime zest, lime juice, Tabasco & salt.
Mix with a fork, or your hands until well combined.
This will make just about 500 grams of salmon mix.
Using a ⅓ cup measure, scoop out salmon and form into a cake about 3”x ½”.
You should have 6 cakes of equal size.
Heat the oil over medium – high heat, in a skillet large enough to hold all six cakes, or use two skillets.
Gently fry the cakes over medium heat until browned, about 4 minutes.
Using a spatula, turn the cakes and continue to cook for another 4 minutes.
By now, if you put your rice on to cook first, it will be ready to serve with the salmon cakes.
All you need to complete the dish is a simple salad.
If you like, serve the salmon cakes with a dollop of mayonnaise. If you want to enhance the zestiness, stir a little chipotle powder into the mayonnaise before serving.