Healthy Salmon Burger Recipe
This healthy salmon burger recipe is made with fresh salmon fillets. It's easy, nourishing, and full of flavor! Not to mention, it's a great way to get more fish into your diet.
Servings: 4 patties
Ingredients
Salmon Burgers.
- 1.5 lb skinless, boneless salmon fillets
- 1 TBSP lemon juice
- 1 TBSP chopped capers
- 1 TBSP chopped fresh dill
- 1 TBSP Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp sea salt
- A few cracked of black pepper
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallion
- 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
Caper Mayo.
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 TBSP chopped capers
- 2 tsp caper brine
- Zest of one lemon
- A few cracks of black pepper
Instructions
Salmon burgers.
- Cut the salmon into 1/4-inch pieces, then transfer about 3/4 of the salmon pieces to a food processor. Add in the mustard, lemon juice, capers, fresh dill, onion powder, and garlic powder; pulse the contents until a paste is formed.
- Add the rest of the salmon pieces to the processor and pulse a few times to simply break apart the salmon. You want some salmon chunks in there for texture.
- Scoop the salmon mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the scallions, panko breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper, and gently mix it all up with your hands until it's well combined.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; divide the salmon mixture into four even parts, then form four patties with your hands. Place each one onto the baking sheet.
- Refrigerate the patties for at least 30 minutes. While the salmon patties set in the fridge, you can make the caper mayo (see below).
- Heat the grill to medium-high heat; make sure your grill grates are very clean.
- Once the grill is hot, grease it well to prevent sticking. Use tongs to dip a wad of paper towels into a little bowl of oil (one with a high smoke point like avocado, canola, or sunflower oil) and glide the oily paper towel over the grates to make them slick and shiny. Do this about 4-5 times to ensure they're slick
- Place the salmon patties onto the grill, cover, and cook for 2-3 minutes. Gently flip the burgers, cover, and cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until the patties reach an internal temperature of 140-145º F.
- Serve the burgers on nice fresh buns and top them however you please!
Caper Mayo.
- Put all of the ingredients into a small mixing bowl and whisk until combined. Refrigerate it until it's time to serve the burgers.
Nutrition
Serving: 1burger | Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.2g | Protein: 36.5g | Fat: 10.7g | Sodium: -5mg