Salmon Croquettes (Spiced Up)

Submitted by Derf2440

"A good way to use up leftover cooked salmon or use canned, either way these are crisp and good!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil (or veggie spray)
• 1 (7 1/2 ounce) can red salmon (or an equal amount of fresh cooked leftover salmon)
• 1⁄4 cup wheat germ or 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon chives
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 8 tablespoons hot salsa or 8 tablespoons chili sauce
• 1⁄4 cup wheat germ or 1/4 cup breadcrumbs

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mash and mix all ingredients together, except the last two, (salsa and 1/4 c wheat germ) Shape into 4 cakes and coat with 1/4 cup wheat germ or breadcrumbs.
3. oil a cookie sheet with 2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil or spray with veggie spray.
4. Heat cookie sheet with oilor spray in oven until hot.
5. Place cakes on hot cookie sheet and cook in oven for 5 to 7 minutes, turn cakes over and cook a further 5 to 7 minutes.
6. Top each cake with 2 tablespoons salsa or chilli sauce.

Reviews

[Mike McCartney]

I normally cook about 4-5 times per week, and most of the dinners are OK, but quickly forgotten. My family has talked about this one for weeks.

 

[Margaret3]

We liked this! I threw in about 4T of green onions and 1/8 t. granulated garlic. used extra parsley, too. i thought it was a little too heavy on the worcestershire, tho, so will cut back on that next time. Used some prepared remoulade sauce on it that really gave it a punch. a keeper for certain! UPDATE: Did this one again, tweaking and experimenting as i went. We like it better every time we have it! This time i added 3 T minced red onion, subsituted oat bran for the 2T wheat germ, used a 50/50 mix of Italian bread crumbs and Wondra flour to coat it.Then i sauted it 5 min on ea side in a mix of butter and olive oil-not very much. Used bottled remoulade sauce instead of salsa--this is most definitely staying on the menu rotations! Thanks, Dorothy!

 

[Tebo3759]

This was good Dorothy but it just didn't go over the top for me!!? I found them a bit "loose". I think next time I'll used breadcrumbs and less Worcestershire. Course I upped the Tabasco too. But it sure is easy to make (which I always like) and I will give them a go again.

 

[Linda from Canada]

I've been making Granny's Salmon Patty recipe for years so when I saw this one I thought it deserved a chance and we loved it. I did cut back the Worcstershire to 1 tablespoon and used bread crumbs rather then wheat germ. My family loved the flavour mix of the salsa and salmon. I will use this recipe again.

 

[angelak]

Very tasty. Not terribly spicy, even with the extra hot sauce I added, but at least the flavour of the salmon wasn't masked. I followed the recipe nearly perfectly, using breadcrumbs instead of wheat germ, but I didn't do the final coating before frying, which I did on the stovetop instead of the oven. They got crispy and brown on their own.