Salmon Cakes With Lime Sauce

Submitted by mamadelogan

"This is a quick and healthy meal that can be made for lunch or dinner.I like to serve this with my roasted corn and black bean salad for a light and tasty meal."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 3 cakes each
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• Sauce

• 1 lime (juice of)
• 118.29 ml mayonnaise (may use fat free to reduce calories)
• 59.14 ml sour cream (may use fat free to reduce calories)

• Salmon Cakes

• 2 (340.19 g) can boneless skinless pink salmon, packed in water, drained and flaked
• 59.14 ml red bell pepper (finely chopped)
• 0 thinly sliced green green onions with top
• 14.79 ml cilantro (fresh and chopped)
• 177.44 ml breadcrumbs (unseasoned and divided)
• 78.78 ml mayonnaise (may use fat free to reduce calories)
• 1 egg (may use just white part to reduce calories)

directions

1. For the sauce:

2. Combine in small bowl juice of lime, mayonnaise and sour cream; mix well. Cover; refrigerate until ready to serve.

3. For salmon cakes:

4. Drain salmon using a small colander bowl and flake using a pastry blender or fork. Add salmon to a bowl and add remaining ingredients (use only 1/2 cup of bread crumbs); mix well to combine.
5. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of bread crumbs onto bottom of a shallow dish or plate. Scoop salmon mixture into balls ( I use a 2tb scoop) and flatten into bread crumbs coating booth sides evenly. Use more bread crumbs if necessary to coat salmon cakes.
6. Heat 1-2 tb of olive oil in skillet over medium heat until hot. Cook salmon cakes until golden brown, carefully turning once.