Salmon Croquettes Cornmeal Style

Submitted by Southern Lady

"I have prepared these 3 ways: Fried, browned, and oven baked (baked add 15 more minutes to passive cooking). This is the Southern twist as I don't know any other way. If you ask DH what he's hungry for, he'll ALWAYS ask for these."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4-8

ingredients

• 2 (14 3/4 ounce) cans pink salmon
• 1⁄4 cup cornmeal
• 1⁄3 cup egg substitute (or 2 eggs)
• 2 tablespoons onions, grated or 2 tablespoons onions, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce (optional)
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional) or 1 teaspoon louisiana hot sauce (optional)
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup cornmeal

directions

1. Open and drain cans of salmon. Clean by removing skin and bones. (If you miss a few of the tiny bones, don't worry, salmon is so forgiving--they're brittle and edible).
2. In a medium bowl, add salmon and the next 9 ingredients and mix well.
3. If you're pan browning or baking, form 8 patties (flying saucer shape).
4. If you're frying, form 8-10 round balls.
5. Once the croquettes are formed, roll or dredge in 1/2 cup cornmeal in a shallow bowl.
6. PAN BROWNING: On med-high, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil and pan brown 4 patties at a time, making sure they don't touch and you have room to flip each one easily. Brown on each side approximately 3 minutes each. Lay a paper towel on a plate and place the first 4 patties. ADD 3 tablespoons more olive oil for remaining patties.
7. BAKING: Preheat oven to 400°F; lay 8 patties in a metal 9x13-inch pan and Pam spray the top of each. Bake for 10-15 minutes and flip and continue baking for another 10-15 minutes.
8. FRYING: In a large skillet on medium high heat, add enough oil to cover 1/3 the height of the croquette. Fry 4 at a time giving you room to roll them on all sides until the entire piece is nicely browned (4-5 minutes). Drain on paper towels.
9. Eat them plain or I offer homemade tartar sauce and seafood cocktail sauce as condiments.

Reviews

[goldieleflore]

These were so GOOD! I will be making these again for sure.

 

[SusieQusie]

I baked these last night for dinner and we really enjoyed them. I omitted the salt altogether and threw in some dried dill just for fun. They held together well and got reasonably browned during baking. Thanks for posting your recipe; a nice change from frying.

 

[Chef Dawn Renee]

This was a really good way to make salmon patties. I chose to bake them in the oven. Patties is the only way that I will eat salmon. My son liked it this way also.

 

[sugarpea]

I baked the patties and enjoyed them with sweet chili sauce. I used cajun seasoning as the seasoning salt.

 

[Jeffsmom]

This recipe raises the bar on salmon patties. These were very good! The only thing I would suggest is reducing the amount of seasoning salt to 1/2 tsp. My son and I loved them, and I will definitely make them again. Thanks for the posting!