Description
These 30-minute salmon cakes with homemade lemon dill yogurt sauce are juicy, tender, and creamy all in one. You’ll love how easy they are!
Ingredients
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Salmon Cakes:
- 1 lb. salmon
- salt & pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
- 1 shallot, diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 cup gluten-free panko
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1.5 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Lemon Dill Yogurt Sauce:
- 5.3 oz. plain greek yogurt
- 1 – 1.5 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1.5 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chives, chopped
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt & pepper to taste
Optional: spring mix, lemon wedges
Instructions
- Season salmon with salt, pepper and smoked paprika. Bake salmon for 10 minutes in oven at 400°F. Remove from oven and break apart with fork. Place salmon in a bowl.
- Heat a skillet to medium high heat. Add avocado oil, shallots and garlic. Saute for 1-2 minutes. Add in red pepper and saute another minute.
- To the bowl with salmon, add saute veggies, panko, hellmann’s real mayonnaise, mustard, parsley, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt to taste. Mix everything together until it is well combined. Form into 8-10 small patties (about 1/3 cup).
- Heat a large skillet to medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of butter and half of the salmon cakes. Sear for 1-2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining butter & salmon cakes.
- Make Lemon Dill Yogurt Sauce: to a small bowl add yogurt, lemon juice, garlic, fresh dill, chives, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste. Using a spoon, mix everything together.
- Serve salmon cakes on a spring mix bed, top with yogurt sauce, garnish with lemon wedges and more fresh herbs.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 patties
- Calories: 445
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 475 mg
- Fat: 29 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 64 mg