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These light, homemade Salmon Burgers taste super fresh and are a delicious alternative to a meaty burger. They’re so easy and have a real zesty, summery flavour – a perfect fish recipe for the whole family for a midweek treat.
These light, fresh, zesty Salmon Burgers are PERFECT for a quick family meal, and ideal if you’re looking for an alternative to regular beef.
You can’t beat a homemade burger. They’re fun to make, really healthy, full of flavour and so easy.
You can also add your own take on these if you fancy – spice it up a bit with curry powder or diced chilli if you like a bit of heat, or add a few other veggies like sweetcorn or spring onion to complement the peas.
Why you’ll love this Salmon burger recipe
⭐️ Juicy and delicious
⭐️ Healthy burger recipe
⭐️ Perfect for introducing more fish
Sarah’s Notes
I’m always on the look-out for ways to get more fish into our family meals, and have made it my mission to perfect fish dishes that the kids will happily tuck into.
What better way to do this than with a burger?! We can add all of our favourite side dishes and a burger bun too – WINNER.
When creating this homemade Salmon Burger recipe, I knew it might work best for children if we move away from the usual texture of a salmon fillet, so for this dish we’re blending all the ingredients up to form a sort of patty or fishcake, so it’s less obvious.
The added flavours are also nice and delicate, making it taste fresh and light rather than heavy or overbearing.
Notes: Ingredients for Salmon Burgers
- Salmon – It’s best to use fresh skinless and boneless salmon from the supermarket or fishmonger for this so we don’t have any fiddly work to do
- Fresh herbs – You can add whatever you prefer here that you have in or like the taste of. Dill, parsley or chives work especially well
- Tzatziki – We’re making up this easy dressing from scratch with natural yoghurt, cucumber and garlic. You can follow my Tzatziki recipe here
- Side dishes and buns – Don’t forget your chosen extras (see ideas below). A bit of lettuce is a nice addition to the burger filling too
How to make Salmon Burgers
1. Blend together the salmon, herbs, lemon, garlic powder, egg, flour, salt and pepper and pulse until you have a well combined mix.
2. Add the peas and stir (by hand, not blending) in enough milk until you have a thick batter.
3. Pour the oil into a frying pan and heat, then spoon the burger mix into four evenly sized patties in the pan. Cook for on each side as per the recipe below, until golden brown and cooked through.
4. Meanwhile, make the tzatziki and serve when the burgers are ready.
Substitutions
- Fish – If your loved ones just really won’t entertain salmon, you could follow this recipe using a less-flavoursome fish, like white fish
Leftovers
In the fridge You can keep this recipe in the fridge for 3 days. Reheat fully by before serving. These would be perfect the next day heated up for lunch on a bed of salad leaves. Yum.
Can you freeze salmon burgers? This recipe freezes well. Just wait until it’s totally cold and then put into a freezer proof container and freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost thoroughly before reheating.
Alternatively, make up the burgers and freeze them before cooking. Defrost and cook as normal in the recipe.
Top Tips
⭐️ Make sure the pan is nice and hot before dolloping in the batter. This will help them to keep their shape.
⭐️ Add enough milk to make a ‘dollop-able’ consistency. Not too much or they’ll be runny.
⭐️ Make sure the burgers are cooked all the way through before serving.
What to serve with Salmon burgers…
Side Dishes
Easiest Ever Homemade Oven Chips
Side Dishes
Classic Coleslaw
Side Dishes
Crunchy Cabbage Salad {with Peanut Dressing}
FAQs
Yes! This recipe uses fresh salmon fillets, which are a great source of omega-3 fatty acids, which have a variety of health benefits. Salmon is also low in fat and a good source of protein.
For small jobs like this I really like this Mini Chopper. It’s affordable and not a pain to get in and out of the cupboard.
Sure, I have lots. If you’re trying to introduce it a little more to beginners, I would recommend my Easy Fish Pie, Classic Tuna Pasta Salad or my Homemade Fish Fingers.
There’s also my Air Fryer Salmon, Salmon Fish Fingers, Cajun Salmon Tacos, Prawn Tacos, Easy Fish Stew, Prawn Pasta and Italian Cod Traybake.
You can, just make sure you use gluten free flour and gluten free burger buns to serve.
Of course! Just serve with your chosen sides and enjoy without the burger bun instead.
Let me know how you got on and what you thought of these recipes. Please rate the recipe using the ⭐️ below.
Also I’d LOVE to see your cooking creations. If you’d like to share yours with me, you can tag me on Instagram (@tamingtwins).
Fresh Salmon Burgers {with Tzatziki Dressing}
Ingredients
- 500 g (1.1 lb) Salmon fillets, Skinless and boneless
- 15 g (3 tsp) Any fresh herb (dill, parsley or chives)
- 1 Lemon, Zest only
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 Medium egg
- 4 tbsp Plain flour
- Salt and pepper
- 1-2 tsp Milk
- 50 g (2 oz) Peas, Defrosted
- Olive oil
For the Tzatziki:
- 300 ml (1.25 cups) Natural yoghurt
- 1/2 Cucumber, Grated
- 1 clove Garlic, Crushed
To serve:
- Lettuce and burger buns
Instructions
- Cut the salmon into bite sized pieces and place in a food processor.
- Add the herbs, lemon, garlic powder, egg, flour, salt and pepper and pulse until you have a well combined mix. Don't over blend it, chop until it's JUST mixed.
- Add the peas and stir (by hand, not blending) in enough milk until you have a thick batter.
- Pour the oil in to a frying pan and heat.
- Spoon the burger mix in to four evenly sized patties in the pan.
- Cook for about 8-10 minutes on each side, until golden brown and cooked through.
- Meanwhile, make the tzatziki by mixing all the ingredients together.
- When the burgers are cooked, serve in buns with the lettuce and tomato, and the tzatziki.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This post was originally published on November 12, 2016 and updated later to make improvements.
These look great! Can they be made as more formed patties and frozen?
Really delicious. I had mine in a ciabatta roll and hubby had his wrapped in lettuce. Will definitely make these again. Will probably double the ingredients next time so that I can take some for work lunch. Thank you
This is going to become a regular meal in our house!
My 5 yrs old devoured it, it’s absolutely delicious, well balanced and easy to make. 100% recommend to try it!
This burger was delicious and so easy to make! Was really good as leftovers for lunch the next day as well.
Definitely will make them again.
yum! made these with vegan brioche bun and also added satay sauce on top of the patty. but the rest followed to a T and would make it again.
Absolutely Brilliant!! Love all the details and helpful tips in the recipe as well as the nutrition details too which are so great for calorie deficit tracking!! Really tasty and easy to make – 100% Recommended!
Thanks so much Charlotte! So glad you liked the burgers 🙂
Made these today for the first time and everyone loved them! My 5 year old doesn’t usually like salmon when I dish it up so was sceptical but once he saw everyone else enjoying them he tool a bitei and declared them ‘really yummy’. Win! I mean he did eat them with ketchup rather than the tzatziki but I will take that!
The kids love this, thanks