Recently I was challenged to cook salmon in a different way, something I never tried before. After some research I came out with the conclusion that I never prepared salmon burgers. How complicated can it be? Easy-peasy job, trust me! Check out my recipe!
Salmon burgers
Servings: 2
Calories: 450kcal
Equipment
- Burger press
- food processor
Ingredients
Patties
- 200 g salmon file skinless
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- ½ small red onion
- ¼ tsp ground garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 puffs olive oil ~4 ml for greasing the burger press
Salad
- 1 carrot
- ¼ small celery root
- 80 g low fat Greek yogurt 2% fat
- 1 tsp sweet mustard
- 1 tsp fresh dill chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
Serving
- 2 burger buns
- ½ red onion cut into rings
- a handful arugula
- 2 tsp simple green pesto
Instructions
Patties
- Dice the salmon and the half onion, then add them to a food processor.
- Add the spices and the mustard, then blitz it for a few seconds until a chunky paste is obtained. The composition should not be very lumpy but not too pureed either, just about in between.
- Add a large frying pan to heat up on medium heat.
- Grease the burger press with a puff of olive oil. This way, you will be able to remove the formed patty easier.
- Add half of the composition to the burger press, mount the top and press it down gently.
- Remove the patty from the burger press and gently add it to the frying pan. Repeat the process with the remaining salmon mix.
- Rise the heat up and cook the patties 2 minutes on one side, turn and cook for one minute.
- Remove the burger patties on a serving plate, while you prepare the salad.
Salad
- Grate the celery root quarter and the carrot.
- Add the Greek yogurt, the dill, the mustard, the ground garlic, salt and pepper to taste, then mix thoroughly. This is a more guilt free substitution of the traditional mayonnaise coleslaw salad.
Serving
- Slice the buns in halves width-wise.
- Add one teaspoon of pesto to each bun bottom and spread evenly.
- Add the arugula, the salmon patty, the salad, the onion rings, then the top of the bun.
- Secure it with a skewer and serve immediately.
Notes
Calories count take into account the homemade bun per serving, but without it, the count it’s somewhere around 230.
