Easy Salmon Cakes on Yogurt Slaw

Crispy.

Pinch of Yum succeeds again! I don't think I've found a recipe there that I didn't love.

In this case, I was won over by the beautiful photo in the original recipe. It convinced me to make this with the slaw, even though I'm not normally a slaw person. It took willpower while shopping, and again while cooking, to not just replace it with a bed of spinach.

It turns out the slaw is brilliant. Normally, I serve salmon-cake-type-things with some kind of yogurt-lemon-garlic sauce on top. Here, the yogurt-lemon-garlic sauce is underneath, together with the cabbage. And the saucy cabbage provides the perfect watery, tangy, crunch of freshness to cut through the salmon cakes. I get it now.

The original recipe serves it with more yogurt and herbs on top, but I skipped that step. Less photogenic but still delicious.

The Recipe: (from Pinch of Yum) (serves 2 adults and a toddler)

Salmon Cakes:

2 small filets of salmon, cooked and crumbled

1 egg

1/4 c panko breadcrumbs

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 c fresh parsley, chopped

splash of lemon juice

Slaw:

1/2 bag cole slaw mix or plain shredded cabbage

1/2 c plain yogurt

1 1/2 tb cider vinegar (the original recipe uses white vinegar)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp garlic powder

Combine the slaw ingredients. I like to make this in advance and let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour.
Combine the salmon cake ingredients.
Form into patties and fry them in olive oil over medium-high heat for a few minutes per side, until crispy and browned.
Move to a plate lined with paper towel and sprinkle with salt.

The Verdict:

Overall grade: A

Overall reason: Easy, delicious, and healthy. Would be A+ if they weren't fried. I might experiment with baking them but I'm pretty sure I would miss the crispiness.

Time to prepare: 30 minutes, plus baking and cooling the salmon

Toddler quote: "I KIND of like it." (This is what he says about unfamiliar foods that he really loves, when he was expecting to hate them and he has too much pride to admit that he was wrong.)

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