These Fresh and Easy Salmon Burgers are easy to make, healthy and a great change up from a regular burger!
Notice none of my burgers are beef? It isn’t because I don’t enjoy a beef burger…I just don’t cook them well. I save that task for the uppidity Seattle tavern restaurants that we love!
Another thing I am not a fan of, is using a bunch of fancy equipment. Fancy equipment equals tons of clean up. I am more into eating than cleaning. My trusty knife and I do a quick job of mincing up the salmon in record time! I simply removed the skin and got to chopping. All I had to wash was my knife (I love my knife)…
These Salmon Burgers are so easy you will wonder where they have been all your life!
There isn’t much too these…a bit of egg, bread crumbs, red pepper – the usual suspects but they were divine! I will make them again and again. Next time I’ll add a bit of jalapeño or Anaheim peppers to kick it up a notch. But the simplicity of this recipe makes it noteworthy.
Note: You can sub almond meal for the Panko to make this GF, Paleo and Whole30 compliant.
And I love my Grill Pan!
Here are a few other healthy fresh, fast fabulous burgers to try!
This Chicken Avocado Burger was the most popular recipe on the blog for several years and still holds its place in the top 10!. Who knew you could include chunks of avo right in the burger!
These Tropical Chicken Burgers are a great mash up of fresh fruit salsa and ground chicken!
To Easy and Fresh Burgers!
Clink!
Kathi
Fresh and Easy Salmon Burgers! No fancy equipment needed to make these and about 20 minutes from start to finish.
- 1 pound salmon fillet
- 1/2 cup Panko style crumbs Almond meal can be substituted for you GF folks
- 1 egg - slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1/2 cup chopped red pepper
- pinch of chili pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/3 teaspoon pepper
- Remove skin from salmon fillet and mince salmon.
- Add minced salmon and remaining ingredients to bowl and combine.
- Careful not to over handle.
- Form into 3 large or 4 small patties about 1/2 inch thick
- Heat grill pan or BBQ to medium to medium high.
- Cook 4 minutes on each side or until completely cooked through and center feels slightly firm.
- These cook fast - careful not to over cook or will become dry.
I have made these two times and they are yummy! I used flavored bread crumbs and I love them! So easy and fast. I agree they fall apart a little so maybe add another egg for moisture.
So glad you love them Pamela!
How many calories are in this?
Hi Nina – we have been going through and updating all the nutrition information for all 350 recipes! yikes! I have updated this one for you. Please take a look…you can see all our healthy burgers HERE! https://laughingspatula.com/?s=burgers
I made these last night for dinner and they were really excellent. I followed the recipe exactly re: ingredients but I changed up the technique just a wee bit. Once I formed the patties, I was afraid they would fall apart on the grill. Maybe I didn’t mince the salmon fine enough. Anyway, I took one of the burgers and whizzed it about in the food processor then reformed the patties. The processed salmon provided a little sticking power and they grilled up perfectly. I’ll be making these again. Also, I asked the fish monger to remove the skin for me = time saver!
Hi Sarah! Super great idea and I am so glad you loved these!
I’m not a salmon fan, but my husband loves it, and my freezer is full of red salmon(we live in Alaska) anyways, since I don’t eat it, I’ve never cooked it.. so please excuse the silly question.. but what about the bones? And Is this recipe using red salmon?
Magnific hamburguer fish, delicious, congratulations
How many does this recipe make?
I like them big so I get 3 out of a pound but you could get 4 1/4 pounders if you prefer.
Thanks,
Kathi
Great recipe! Have you ever frozen extra burgers? wondering if it’s worth trying since I have more salmon than I need to make these…
Hi Kara – I have not tried freezing these so not sure how they would hold up. Would probably depend on if the salmon had been fresh or previously frozen. My opinion would be that they would freeze up well. Glad you like them, let me know if you give it a try!
This (and all of your burgers) looks so yummy! I eat a lot of salmon, but have never thought to make a burger out of it. I feel a recipe idea coming on…. Thanks!
Kathi, that looks like a super delicious salmon burger! A few years ago I tried those frozen salmon burgers and they didn’t go over with us too well. This looks so good I’m inspired to try making my own. Thanks 🙂
My family loves salmon! So I’m always on the lookout for a good salmon recipe and these look fantastic. Plus the weather is finally getting nice enough for us to get back out and grill some!
Hi Amy, I grill on my grill pan indoors most of the time. Seattle…need I say more! Thanks for your note!
kathi